“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.” | Galatians 2: 16

The Lord said in Matthew 11: 12: “The kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.”

While it is true that salvation is a work of God in which we are passive, men dead in sins do not actively seek the Living God. It is equally true that when God does give a dead sinner life, that one who was dead in sins becomes very active.

He “strives to enter in at the straight gate.” (Matthew 7: 13)

He earnestly “seeks God with all his heart.”

He is “importunate”((insistence) in prayer. (Luke 11: 8)

He seeks to “crucify the flesh” and “through the Spirit to mortify the deeds of the body.” (Romans 8: 12-13)

He is willing to “endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus.” (2 Timothy 2: 10)

The rest that the believer enters is not one of laziness, apathy, or indifference. If our belief in sovereign grace has led us to excuse our sin, justify our disobedience, dampen our enthusiasm, become indifferent to our responsibility, or make our love and zeal grow cold… we have not understood sovereign grace.

While all of our former religious activity does need to be killed, may God deliver us from using His grace to have a passive attitude that is not taught in Scripture!

~ Pastor Todd Nibert

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Hurricane Road Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 18 April, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a | Cattletsburg, Kentucky