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Salvation by Faith in Christ |
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What is the most important thing you have ever learned?
The issues of eternity hang on the great truth that salvation is received by grace alone, through faith alone in the saving work of Jesus Christ alone. God has provided His own righteousness for sinful men and women. The righteousness of God is all that God demands and approves. This righteousness of God is ultimately found in Christ alone because Christ met and fulfilled in our place every requirement of the Law. Christ has become our righteousness, and the righteousness of all who believe on Him.
The righteousness of God has been revealed in the person and work of Jesus Christ, and God has made it available to us sinners. The righteousness that we need comes from God, and it is accounted to us by placing our faith in Jesus Christ.
We need His righteousness in order to be saved because we cannot live up to His perfect standard. The perfect righteousness that God requires is the righteousness of God revealed in Jesus Christ, and it comes to us from God and is received as a free gift. If God did not give us His righteousness, as a gift there is no way we could ever possibly be saved. It is His gift to those who will humble themselves, confess their need and call upon His name alone to be saved. No one can satisfy God's perfect standard by his self-righteousness.
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