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Salvation Is a Gift

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 13, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 50.

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Salvation Is a Gift

By Editor

Editorial

SALVATION is a gift, and must be received as a gift. “Not of works, lest any man should boast.” The mere effort to change this gift into a purchase for which a price is to be paid defeats the divine plan, and makes the gift of no effect. Works of any kind, even a man's best efforts to obey the commandments of God when put forth in his own strength, do not entitle one to salvation.
“Not what these hands have done Can save this guilty soul; Not what this toiling flesh has borne Can make my spirit whole. “Thy work alone, O Christ, Can ease this weight of sin; Thy blood alone, O Lamb of God, Can give me peace within.”