Salvation belongs to the LORD..It is HIS to give Psalms 3:8
One of the most difficult lessons of man to learn is that he cannot save himself.
Man's earliest memories are of being taught to take care of himself, to supply his own needs. Caring parents instill a sense of independence within their children.
Tie your own shoes.
Pick up your own toys.
Make your own bed.
Do your own homework.
The words instilled in childhood carry through to adulthood.
Do your own work.
Rely on your own efforts.
Supply your own needs.
Defend your own possessions.
And indeed, self-sufficiency is a laudable attribute, one that is shared by successful people in every walk of life.
In fact the attainment of eternal salvation is probably the only thing in life that a man cannot do for himself, for no man can please our HOLY GOD by his good works. No man can satisfy GOD's holy law by his own goodness.
It is recognizing his need for a SAVIOR that a man comes to the end of himself and finds himself fulfilled in the only way that transcends time and stretches to eternity.
No matter what you have, no matter the accumulated value of all you've achieved and of all you've acquired, nothing--NOTHING--you own can go with you when you die.
Nothing you've received can go with you except CHRIST'S free and unspeakable gift.
Pick up your own toys.
Make your own bed.
Do your own homework.
The words instilled in childhood carry through to adulthood.
Do your own work.
Rely on your own efforts.
Supply your own needs.
Defend your own possessions.
And indeed, self-sufficiency is a laudable attribute, one that is shared by successful people in every walk of life.
In fact the attainment of eternal salvation is probably the only thing in life that a man cannot do for himself, for no man can please our HOLY GOD by his good works. No man can satisfy GOD's holy law by his own goodness.
It is recognizing his need for a SAVIOR that a man comes to the end of himself and finds himself fulfilled in the only way that transcends time and stretches to eternity.
No matter what you have, no matter the accumulated value of all you've achieved and of all you've acquired, nothing--NOTHING--you own can go with you when you die.
Nothing you've received can go with you except CHRIST'S free and unspeakable gift.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." Ephesians 2:8
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