'That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life'
(Titus 3:7).
Humankind sinned and our loving Saviour, Jesus Christ came down from heaven to save us from eternal ruin. He did not save us because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. It was through the shedding of His precious blood that our sins were been washed away, and through the working of the Holy Spirit receive newness of life. It is only because of God's grace that we were made right and given the confidence of inheriting eternal life.
If we think for one second that, it is because of our own righteousness we are saved, we fool ourselves, seeing that our righteousness is as filthy rags. We can only be made right by Christ's righteousness. It is God's grace that declares us forgiven and reconciled back to Himself after sin had separated us. It is salvation by grace through faith in Christ, that makes eternal life possible, not our works. As believers it behoves us to live a life that reflects the beauty and character of Christ. We must truly believe that it's only by the grace and kindness and mercy of God that His Son was sent to die in order to save us; not because of anything good we have done. We ought to thank God that through His Son we have been made new, and by the cleansing word of the Holy Spirit which He has poured out upon us we are purified. Let us be encouraged, that "because of His grace, He made us right in his sight and give us confidence that we will inherit eternal life." Let us take time to reflect on what that means to us as believers and alsothose who are still in the Valley of decision.
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EC
'But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you' (Matthew 6:33). The Lord is our Provider and knows all that we are in need of before we even ask. We do not need to worry or fret ourselves about what we shall eat or drink. Our Father in heaven will take care of these things we need. We are told by Jesus, 'To seek first the kingdom of God.' What does that mean? It means we should lean on, and trust in the grace of Jesus Christ. We should repent of our sins and have a desire to turn away from it. We should seek to put God first in our praise to Him, in our worship of Him, to put our total trust in Him and to rely on Him rather than ourselves or others. We need to seek Him first in our reassurance and acknowledging who He is and what He can do. We also need to seek God's righteousness by loving our neighbors and feeding the poor and destitute, seek justice for the vulnerable. We should put God's plan and
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