Faith was selected as the channel of our salvation! "By grace are ye saved through faith," is confidently the doctrine of Holy Scripture, and the decree of God; have you ever wondered why? How come faith is chosen rather than hope, love, or even patience?We should be reserved in answering such a question, for God's ways are not always to be understood; we should not question them. The reason Faith saves us is because it makes us cling to God, thus bringing us into a direct connection with Him. Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift: Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.
I am going to illustrate this very clearly. The kind of Faith which receives Christ is as simple as an act where your child receives a banana from you, because you hold it out and promise to give her the banana she comes for it. The belief and the receiving relate only to a banana; but they make up precisely the same act as the faith which deals with everlasting salvation. What the child's hand is to the banana, your faith is to the perfect salvation of Christ. The child's hand does not make the banana, nor improve the banana, nor warrant the banana; it only takes it; and faith is chosen by God to be the receiver of salvation, because it does not pretend to create salvation, or to help in it, but it is satisfied humbly to receive it.
God Bless,
Gerald Friend JR
gerald@goyoli.com Email
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