GOSPEL NUGGET #592

Saving Faith Is Relying On The Efficacious Work Of Another

A sinner is not saved by his own efforts and labors. Rather, he is saved by what the Lord Jesus worked and labored on the cross. It was Him who did all the strenuous toil and exerted all the grueling effort for the sinner's behalf.

And that atoning work was eternally finished and completed to the satisfaction of God. Nothing more can be done in addition to it. No extra works are necessary.

People often react vehemently against the thought that salvation is by faith alone. In many cases, they think of "faith alone" as taking place in a vacuum, without any connection at all to anything that is efficacious. Nothing could be further from the truth. Saving faith is relying on the efficacious work of the Lord Jesus on the cross.

Saving faith is not relying on nothing. It's not plugging onto empty space. No, it's relying on something that Someone did for us. It's plugging into a powerful dynamo of a work that can truly affect our standing before God. It's banking on a project, an undertaking and an enterprise that can truly make a difference with our relationship to God.

And so, you see, trusting and relying ON CHRIST AND WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS is not a sterile exercise. It's hooking up with God's powerful force for salvation.