Daily Devotional: Tuesday, August 27 – Not About Performance

“For it’s by grace you will have been saved, by religion — and this isn’t from yourselves, it’s the reward of God — not by works, in order that nobody can boast.” — Ephesians 2:8-9

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Many consider that every one world religions are the identical and there are a lot of methods to God. Nearer examination, nevertheless, reveals that world religions are works-based or performance-based, besides true Christianity. All different world religions, at their core, train that their followers should do one thing to get to Heaven, attain nirvana, or get to a better airplane within the subsequent life. However that’s not what we discover within the Bible.

What’s the Gospel? The Gospel means “excellent news!” True Christianity believes that God is the initiator with man, and He initiated out of affection for us by sending His solely Son, Jesus. In His earthly life, Jesus carried out many miracles, indicators and wonders, and lived a sinless life, proving He was God within the flesh. He allowed Himself to be arrested, crushed and nailed to the cross although He was harmless. Jesus shed His harmless blood for the forgiveness of our sins. He died on the cross, was buried, however after three days He rose from the grave simply as He mentioned He would. He proved His energy over dying and the grave. His resurrection was witnessed by the disciples and greater than 500 folks. He ascended into Heaven and is seated on the proper hand of God the Father at the moment.

Sooner or later, probably quickly, He’ll return to guage the dwelling and the useless. Those that have positioned their religion in Him might be saved to everlasting glory, however those that don’t consider will discover everlasting separation in a spot Jesus referred to as hell.

What should we do to be saved from this everlasting judgment? Learn Romans 10:9-10 and place your religion in Jesus. Salvation is a free reward based mostly upon grace, not works. That’s excellent news!

— Mickey Weston, Chicago White Sox chaplain

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