My father in law is a pretty handy guy. He can make just about anything. Jordan and I currently have several things in our possession that he has built for us. Jordan’s cutting table: He made it. My desk: He made it. Our cool bed frame: He made it. It is quite often that we get complements about the pieces that he has made. When the complements come I love bragging on Dennis’s abilities. I like telling people about how gifted he is at building things. I am really thankful for the stuff he has made and given us.
Let’s think about something together. Imagine you came over to our house or my office. During your visit your eyes come upon these items. You say “Wow, those are cool!” I then tell you that my Father-in-law built them. Since you like them, you would probably start talking about how gifted the builder was. What if, as you are braggin on my father-in-laws abilities you noticed me and Jordan getting a little nervous. All of the sudden we blurt out blurt out “He is talented but we ACCEPTED THE GIFTS. We saw how great these gifts were and I accepted them!”. Would you not think it strange that we would want to take credit for the gifts we received? Sure you would. It would be weird. Why then is it so easy for us to do this with the gift of salvation?
The bible teaches that salvation is in Christ Alone. Check this out.
“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
(Ephesians 2:1-10 ESV)”
He gets all the glory! He even gives the faith to believe. Let us not rise up and cry “I accepted Him, praise me!”
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