The author, Chris Wright, was brought up in a Christian family where his father was a church minister. But it wasn't until he was seventeen that Chris realized he had been telling himself for years that to be a Christian he had to try to earn − to somehow deserve − forgiveness and eternal life in heaven.
One night he understood that he could never manage this by his own efforts, but only through accepting − as an underserved gift − the death of Jesus on the cross to wash away all that was wrong in his life, and then asking to be part of God's family. And it worked!
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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith − and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God − not by works, so that no one can boast (Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV).
The author, Chris Wright, was brought up in a Christian family where his father was a church minister. But it wasn't until he was seventeen that Chris realized he had been telling himself for years that to be a Christian he had to try to earn − to somehow deserve − forgiveness and eternal life in heaven.
One night he understood that he could never manage this by his own efforts, but only through accepting − as an underserved gift − the death of Jesus on the cross to wash away all that was wrong in his life, and then asking to be part of God's family. And it worked!
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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith − and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God − not by works, so that no one can boast (Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV).
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780992764210 |
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| Publisher: | White Tree Publishing |
| Publication date: | 11/28/2013 |
| Pages: | 40 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.08(d) |