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Which side are you on? God's grace or your own works?
Dear reader, you either believe you are totally saved by God's grace alone when you believe in Jesus, or you believe you're saved by your own works. Period.
It is all grace, or all works. But you cannot have both. This is because one nullifies the other. In other words, works is the opposite of grace and grace is the opposite of works.
So which side are you on? You must decide. Let me explain further.
What I'm saying is this people of the world: You are either saved 100% completely and totally by God's grace alone when you believe in Jesus His Son, or you believe you're saved completely and totally by your own works and good deeds.
Again, I say it's either all grace or all works. But you cannot have both. This means salvation cannot be by both grace and works. If salvation is achieved or gained by your works you've nullified grace and Christ Jesus died in vain.
And if salvation is indeed by grace alone through faith alone in Christ Jesus alone, then your works and good deeds are useless (in regard to salvation). This is a revelation by The Spirit of God that you must understand people of the world.
You either believe you're saved by Christ or the law. But you cannot be saved by both. And if you truly think you can be saved by the law (or by your works or good deeds) you are already deceived.
This is because the bible teaches us that no one will be saved by God by keeping the law and no one will be saved by God because of their works or so-called good deeds.
Furthermore, if you believe you're saved by the law, your works, or good deeds, then what you are truly saying is that Jesus' death was useless and thus you are saying Christ died in vain.
Read (Ephesians 2:8-9) (Galatians 2:16, 21) (Acts 13:38-39) (Romans 10:3-4) (Galatians 3:14-29).
Here's the revelation revealed unto you: Either Jesus is The Savior or you're The Savior. And if you truly think you're The Savior who can save yourself from your own depraved sinful condition you are completely deceived and are lost.
People of the world you must decide which side you're going to be on. You are either on the side of God's grace or you're on the side of trusting in your own works to save you.
Either you believe you can save yourself by your own works and good deeds or you will simply do what the Bible says which is trusting in Jesus The Savior alone to save you who indeed saves you everlastingly by his loving grace, power and mercy when you believe in him.
Read (John 3:14-18) (John 5:24) (John 6:40, 47) (John 20:31) (Luke 7:50) (Acts 4:12) (1 John 5:11-13). I'm on the side of God's grace. I know full well I am a helpless wicked sinner in desperate need of God's forgiveness and grace that's offered alone through faith in Christ Jesus The Savior
(John 10:9) (John 14:6) (Acts 4:12). I will not trust in myself or good deeds to save me for all my righteousness as the Bible says is as filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). I place my trust and faith in the perfect sinless Eternal Son of God Jesus Christ to Save me. And by his loving grace and mercy he did!
And he continues to graciously save everlastingly all those who genuinely believe in Him and what he did for them at the cross. Which side are you on dear reader? God's Grace alone through faith in Christ or are you trusting in your own works to save you? Who are you going to trust for your eternal salvation?
Are you going to trust in yourself or are you going to do what the Bible says and trust in the sinless Savior who came into the world to save you who is The Holy Son of God Jesus Christ. Read (1 Timothy 1:15) (John 3:16).
Many people do not understand this revelation of the Holy Spirit of God and it is this:
If salvation is not a free gift of God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone then no one will be saved by God (Romans 6:23).
This is because all are sinners who have fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23) and no one is good enough nor ever can be good enough to make it into heaven based on their own good works or behavior.
This is the beauty of the gospel. The gospel teaches us that we are not saved by God because of our good deeds or behavior we are saved by God's grace alone when we place our faith alone in God's Holy Son The Savior Jesus Christ.
Salvation is not you are saved 50% by Gods grace and 50% by your good deeds. No, the gospel teaches us that salvation in Christ means God saves you himself from start to finish 100% by his grace the very moment you believe in Jesus. Your own works and good deeds are not involved at all whatsoever when it comes to your salvation.
Again, I say believers in Jesus Christ are saved totally 100% by God's grace when they believe in Him. Read (Ephesians 2:4-9) (Ephesians 1:7) (Titus 2:11) (Titus 3:4-7) (Romans 5:1-2, 20-21) (Romans 6:14) (Romans 11:5-6) (Galatians 5:4) (2 Thessalonians 2:16).
Titus 3:4-7 (KJV)
4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Ephesians 1:7 (KJV)
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians 2:4-9 (KJV)
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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