Salvation

Just thinking over some stuff in our Christian circles, want to set the record straight. Make sure we understand what we're about. Let me know what you think..

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. Ephesians 2:8-9

The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. Acts 16:29-31

Several months back at a student ministries events, one of the other leaders posed the question, "how do you become a Christian?" Some said you have to go to church, some said read the bible. Some said you need to volunteer at church. All good things, essential things to be an active part of Christ's body (the Church).

But just in those two verses is proof that the idea of having to do something in order to be good enough for God is absolutely not correct. Like what it said at Mountain a lot, "all that thinking about Religion where you have to do this, or do that that, we realize it just a bunch of doo-doo"

How am I saved? By grace, God loves you enough he brought his Son into the world to die for our sins. Through faith, we place our trust in Jesus. Not something we've done, not by doing good works, or doing good things, so that way no one can boast. "I'm a better Christian than you, look what I offered to the Lord." No, the ground at the foot of the cross is level. Everyone who shows up there is equally broken in our sin, and just as sinful and wretched as the person standing next to us and redemption is only brought through Christ's sacrifice.

Do we really believe what our Bibles tell us, or is our faith, instead of being built on the rock of our salvation, is built by a bunch of do-do?

Take a minute this week and read over Ephesians 2, see what it is to be made alive in Christ. A good look at just what people are.