Salvation is by grace alone…

Here are some thoughts on the issue of whether you need to make Jesus Christ Lord over your life to be saved or if salvation is just by believing in Jesus Christ as your personal savior. As sinners, we need a savior. As believers in Jesus Christ, God desire for us to make Him our Lord over every area of our lives, but that’s NOT what saves us. choosing to put our trust in Him for our eternal destiny is what save us. Its a one time choice; receiving His gift of eternal life. check out the following thoughts…

“God offers to save us as sinners and doesn’t require us to stop sinning and start obeying Him before He saves us. “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” I John 1:8 tells us that “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” No one can say that he stopped his sinning and THEN the Lord saved him. It is impossible.” – Dr Stanford

“There is a vast difference between coming to Jesus for salvation and coming after Jesus for service. Coming to Christ makes one a believer, while coming after Christ makes one a disciple. All believers are not disciples. To become a believer one accepts the invitation of the Gospel. To be a disciple one obeys the challenge of a life of dedicated service and separation. Salvation comes through the sacrifice of Christ, but discipleship comes only by sacrifice of self and surrender to His call for devoted service. Salvation is free, but discipleship involves paying the price of a separated walk. Salvation cannot be lost, because it depends upon God’s faithfulness, but discipleship can be lost, because it depends upon our faithfulness.” – Dr. M. R. DeHaan

“Christ died and rose again for all (Hebrews 2:9; I John 2:2), but He saves only those who trust Him. That is to say, even though He is the “Saviour of the world,” He saves only those in the world who personally and individually receive Him by faith. God invites “whosoever will” to trust in His Son, but it is an amazing truth of God’s Word that men can forbid the Saviour to save them. Such men die without a Saviour, though One was available to them all the time (John 3:16 – 18; I John 5:10 – 12; Revelation 22:17).” – Dr. Stanford

My friend, if you don’t know Jesus Christ as your Savior, I implore you to consider your eternal destiny! Life is fragile. Don’t wait any longer to decide…

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