MERCY OF JESUS LEADS TO ETERNAL LIFE

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Friday, November 4

Jude 20-25

MERCY OF JESUS LEADS TO ETERNAL LIFE

Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Jude 21, NIV

Salvation is not achievable by human work. In other words, no man can be saved by his activities. Apostle Paul stated this in Ephesians 2:8-9 when he said that “For it is by grace you have
been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast.” No amount of good work can save. Salvation is only made available to humans by grace through Christ alone who paid the penalty for man’s sin and redeemed him by His blood.

Nothing else you do can make you qualify for eternal life except the mercy of Christ. You can tap into this mercy today and earn yourself an everlasting life with God. No amount of your efforts can give this except you surrender and embrace the love of God for your life. This is not a liberty for laziness however. Be busy for Christ, but depend on His mercy for salvation.

• Birthday Blessing: Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you, declared the LORD. (Jeremiah 1:8)

RBT Passage: Lamentations 3, 4, 5; Philemon

No mariner ever enters upon a more uncharted sea than does the average human being born in the 20th century. Our ancestors know their way from birth through eternity; we are puzzled about the day after tomorrow. -Walter Lippman