Subject: Could there be more? |
Bible Note: Hello, Angel in Training: I rather like your user name; while I would not adjudge myself an Angel, I've been "in training" as a Christian for some 56 years. ..... By the way, would you consider giving the Forum a little background information on yourself in the User Profile? (access by clicking on to your user name on any of your posts). You can use other registrants' profiles a guides if you'd like. ..... I'd like to ask you something so that we can get to know you and your views a little better, and I'd like, if you don't mind, for you to make the answers as short and to the point as you can. The question is about facing God which you touched upon in your post. Angel, do you believe and accept the following statements with all your heart: "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as the result of works, so that no one may boast" (Ephesians 2:8,9). .... No need to be expansive, just a yes or no will do. ..... I was once young and new in the faith, but it was so very long ago. I didn't have all the answers then, and some that I had were wrong ones. After 56 years as a born-again believer in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I still don't have all the answers, but I have more than I had at age 14 when I was saved. But through it all I've hung on to and cherished the firm belief that I was saved, am being saved, and will be saved by God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. And when I come to the end of my journey on earth and meet Him face to face, my plea will not be based on my righteous deeds, which have been so few, and are like filthy rags to Him; or my good intentions, which have been so many, and are equally valueless; but solely upon the finished work of the Lord Jesus on the cross. He and He alone saves me from sin and gives me eternal life. Believest thou this also, Angel? ..... We are happy to have you on the Forum and pray that we can in some measure encourage and strengthen and help you grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (see 2 Peter 3:18). --Hank |