Chapter 5—Saved Only “in Christ”
“He Will Save Me Now”
The perishing sinner may say: “I am a lost sinner; but Christ came
to seek and to save that which was lost. He says, ‘I came not to call
the righteous, but sinners to repentance’ (
Mark 2:17
). I am a sinner,
and He died upon Calvary’s cross to save me. I need not remain a
moment longer unsaved. He died and rose again for my justification,
and He will save me now. I accept the forgiveness He has promised.”
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Selected Messages 1:392
.]
He who repents of his sin and accepts the gift of the life of the Son
of God, cannot be overcome. Laying hold by faith of the divine nature,
he becomes a child of God. He prays, he believes. When tempted
and tried, he claims the power that Christ died to give, and overcomes
through His grace. This every sinner needs to understand. He must
repent of his sin, he must believe in the power of Christ, and accept
that power to save and to keep him from sin. How thankful ought we
to be for the gift of Christ’s example! [
Selected Messages 1:224
.]
Why Worry?
A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of
feeling, but there should be an abiding, peaceful trust. Your hope is
not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your weakness is united to His strength,
your ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might....
We should not make self the center and indulge anxiety and fear
as to whether we shall be saved. All this turns the soul away from the
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Source of our strength. Commit the keeping of your soul to God, and
trust in Him. Talk and think of Jesus. Let self be lost in Him. Put away
all doubt; dismiss your fears. Say with the apostle Paul, “I live; yet
not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself
for me” (
Galatians 2:20
). Rest in God. He is able to keep that which
you have committed to Him. If you will leave yourself in His hands,
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