Comments on: He gives to us, not us to him https://lisanotes.com/he-gives-to-us/ on Life and Love Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:39:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Barbara H. https://lisanotes.com/he-gives-to-us/#comment-150126 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:39:31 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=4889#comment-150126 I agree that is true in regard to salvation – there is nothing we can do to “earn” it. But there is a giving of our lives to Him, a “presenting your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship” (Romans 12:2) in response. Yet even that is “by the mercies of God” and we can only do it by His grace.

But yes, I agree very much that “Salvation is God’s work. Our response to Him is because He initiated the whole thing. We love because He first loved us. Grace means we are merely recipients of what He did through Jesus Christ. He is the initiator, activator, and perpetuator of our salvation. From start to finish, it’s Him. . . . ” Amen! Praise the Lord!

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