Faith Meets Grace

Faith Meets Grace

Let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, because we have been made free from a guilty conscience . . .

Hebrews 10:22

Faith is not born at the negotiating table where we barter our gifts in exchange for God’s goodness. Faith is not an award given to the most learned. It’s not a prize given to the most disciplined. It’s not a title bequeathed to the most religious.

Faith is a desperate dive out of the sinking boat of human effort and a prayer that God will be there to pull us out of the water. The apostle Paul wrote about this kind of faith:

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast” (Eph. 2:8–9).

The supreme force in salvation is God’s grace.

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