Tag: Salvation

Salvation Is God’s Complete Gift

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JEFF TURNER

Ephesians 2:8 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” Some wonder whether the “gift” in this verse refers only to faith, only to grace, or to both. The passage shows that the answer includes all of it. It includes grace, faith, and salvation. All are given by God. None of them come from human effort.

The chapter explains the need for this gift. Before receiving new life, people are spiritually dead because of sin, following the ways of the world and under God’s judgment. This is the natural state of humanity, separated from Him and unable to save itself.

The turning point is found in the words “But God.” Because of His mercy and great love, He gives spiritual life, provides His grace, grants saving faith, and brings complete salvation. All who are saved have received every part of it from Him alone.

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

2 Corinthians 9:15

The Holy Spirit: Our Source of Comfort

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FLOYD ROGERS

When someone places their trust in Jesus Christ as their Saviour, something important happens. According to Scripture, the Holy Spirit comes to live within that person. While God the Father and Jesus the Son remain in heaven, the Holy Spirit works here on earth, living in every believer.

The Holy Spirit has many roles, but one key purpose is to bring comfort. This means that those who follow Christ are never truly alone. They do not need to search outside themselves for peace or strength in hard times, because God’s Spirit already lives within them.

Unlike the rest of the world, believers have access to comfort that doesn’t depend on outside circumstances. The presence of the Holy Spirit offers a steady and lasting sense of peace that comes from God.

I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever;

John 14:16

The Good Work God Completes in Believers

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AMY TURNER

In Philippians 1:6, Paul writes that the Lord will finish the good work He has begun in His people until the day of Christ. This good work is salvation. Salvation is not only a moment in time but a work of God that stretches across all time.

When a person first repents and trusts in Jesus, they are saved from the penalty of sin. The believer is made right with God. But the work does not stop there. The Holy Spirit continues to shape the believer’s life, helping them turn away from sin and grow more like Christ. This present part of salvation is called sanctification.

There is also a future promise. One day, when believers are with Christ forever, they will be completely free from the presence of sin. This final part of salvation is known as glorification.

So salvation is one work of God with three parts: we were saved from the penalty of sin, we are being saved from the power of sin, and we will be saved from the presence of sin. This is the work the Lord will bring to completion.

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Ephesians 2:8

The Warning Against a Different Gospel

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AMY TURNER

In Galatians 1, Paul speaks strongly to believers who were turning away from the true message of Christ. He tells them they were being drawn to another gospel, which was not the gospel at all. This false message centred on the idea that salvation could come through keeping the law and through human effort.

Paul reminds the church that faith begins with the Spirit, not with the works of the flesh. To return to law-keeping as a way of salvation is to go back to weak and empty things. In chapter 5, he makes it clear that such a path is disobedience to the truth.

The danger in Galatia came from those who insisted that Christians must still follow Jewish laws to be saved. Paul’s teaching is clear: if works are added to grace, then grace is lost. Any message that mixes human effort with God’s free gift of salvation is not the gospel and cannot save.

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Ephesians 2:8

Jesus Is the Way the Truth and the Life

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AMY TURNER

Jesus is described in many ways throughout the Bible. He is known as Christ, Lord, Saviour, the Son of God, and the Son of Man. He is also called the Alpha and Omega, meaning the beginning and the end. Other names include the son of David, the great king, the lamb of God, and the lion from the tribe of Judah. These titles reflect different parts of who he is and what he came to do.

In the Gospel of John, Jesus makes seven statements that begin with “I am,” where he reveals more about himself. One important statement is found in John 14:6, where Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Jesus does not just show the way to God. He is the way.

Through Jesus, people can know the truth and receive life that never ends.

And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12