For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
I'm praying that our speech, our actions and our motives will be pure today, that the Lord will have His way in us and drag us back up off the ground if we trip again.
Posted by Kammer at April 12, 2004 09:07 AMIt always is good to see the context to those verses we quote so often. "not because of works done by us..."
Posted by: micah at April 12, 2004 02:47 PMPlease note: Comments will not appear immediately. Your comment will appear upon approval by the blog's editor. We had to implement this to decrease the amount of spam that our site receives. Please forgive the inconvenience. We are looking into other, friendlier options.