It’s About Faith!

“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God...” Eph. 2:8

“But what can mortal man do to secure his own salvation? Mortal man can do just what God bid him do. He can repent and believe. He can arise and follow Christ as Matthew did.” - Washington Gladden

• To believe on Christ is initial faith.
• To receive Him is appropriating faith.
• To understand Him is intelligent faith.
• To assimilate Him is active faith.

Faith is the acknowledgment of my inability and His ability to save me.

• Salvation is not professing Christianity.
• Salvation is not baptism.
• Salvation is not cleaning up your act.
• Salvation is not going to church.
• Salvation is not conforming to rules.
• Salvation is not morality.

Salvation comes when a person realizes that he is a sinner before a holy and righteous God - when he understands that he is powerless to change himself and agrees with God that he needs help and yields himself to Christ - trusting Jesus Christ to save Him from his sin.

A man must see Christ as God’s remedy for his sin. That must happen not in his head, but in the heart. It is an act of faith, and one that must be taken by all who are saved.