The Gospel is the Power of God
By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the
gift of God. Ephesians 2:8.
The gospel is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes.
"With the heart man believeth unto righteousness." Romans 10:10.
"This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath
sent." John 6:29. Faith works.
Time would fail to
tell of those "who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises, . . . out of weakness were made
strong," etc. (Hebrews 11:33, 34). Men may say, "I can not see how
it is possible for one to be made righteous simply by believing." It
makes no difference what you can see; you are not saved by sight, but by
faith. You do not need to see how it is done, because it is the Lord who
does the work of saving. Christ dwells in the heart by faith (Ephesians
3:17), and because He is our righteousness, "He also is become my
salvation" (Isaiah 12:2).
If when the preaching
of the gospel reveals to us the law of God, we reject it and find fault with
it because it condemns our course, we are simply saying that we do not
desire that God should put his own righteousness upon us. But, as we receive
Him by faith, and we walk in Him as we have received Him, we shall
"walk by faith, and not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7)
Waggoner on Romans, pgs. 23, 26 |
