Salvation by Grace Through Faith
It is not difficult for men to believe that salvation is by grace, but it is hard for the human heart to believe that salvation is by grace alone. Men want to contribute something to their own salvation. They do not desire to acknowledge that they are utterly unable to do anything to merit salvation. But eternal life is the gift of God. Where anything is given in payment for a thing received, it ceases to be a gift and becomes a purchase. Who can claim that he has any possession, spiritual or material, that is acceptable to God as the price of salvation? If man could claim any credit for his own salvation, then discord would be introduced into the “new song” which the redeemed sing in heaven, in which they ascribe all the glory of their salvation to the “Lamb that was slain.” That soul sees the truth clearly who has learned to say, “Saved by grace alone.”—Christian Observer.