Oct 10.97.: Light For The Day - "What's Next?"

We cannot work for salvation,
but salvation is followed by works
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"If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die,
we die to the Lord. So, wether we live or die,
we belong to the Lord"
-- Roman 14:8 (NIV): 
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"What's Next?"

Having just received the Lord Jesus as his Savior
from sin, an enthusiastic young boy blurted out,
"Now what do I do? What's next?" He had the right
idea! Although nothing futher had to be done to
receive salvation, there was much more to do to
serve God.

The Bible, in Ephesians 2:8-9, makes it crystal
clear that we are saved by grace through faith.
We could never do anything to deserve salvation.
The best we have to offer is not good enough to
meet the Lord's holy standards. We experience
forgiveness of sin, find peace with God, have the
promise of heaven and become possessors of
everlasting life by trusting the Lord Jesus and
Him alone. It is impossible for anyone to earn
these favors!

Following conversion, however, we should respond
as that young boy and the apostle Paul did, "Now
what do I do? What's next?" Immediately after stating
that we are not saved by works, Ephesians 2 tells us,
"We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
for good works, which God prepared beforehand that
we should walk in them" (v.10).

Find there's faith, then comes service. We believe to
become Christians. We serve because we have been
saved.

That's what's next!

-- Richard W. De Haan

Oh, what can I give to the Master,
The One who from sin set me free?
I'll give Him a lifetime of service
To thank Him for dying for me.
- K. De Haan

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