Tag Archives: justified

It is hard to wrap my mind around the spiritual truth that, despite the fact that I am a sinner who falls far short of God’s righteousness, I am saved, justified, and declared righteous by God. This is true of anyone who has accepted Jesus as his or her personal ...

The hymn, Amazing Grace, is one of the most popular songs of all time. It is sung or played at funerals and even at secular concerts. The text was written by John Newton in 1772. Before his conversion to the Christian faith, he was a slave trader, during which time he had ...

James 2:24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? How can we know that we have a true ...

1. SAVED BY GRACE “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast”(Ephesians 2:8-9). “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and ...

​I read Proverbs 16:14 this morning: “A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will appease it.” Right then, the Holy Spirit touched my heart to pray for a sister’s believer husband who is weak and helpless in his spiritual life. I noticed that my prayer ...