The Equality of Christianity

 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God"(Ephesians 2:8 NIV).

My church, Calvary Chapel of Delaware County, again dove into the scripture of Ephesians. Like it says above in Ephesians 2:8, anybody in the world can be saved through having a strong faith. My pastor looked at a lot of the world religions recently, and most of them had duties you had to perform to get into heaven or be close to their god. The good news with Christianity is it is black and white. Just like the apostle Paul said, we do not get into Heaven based on good works, but through our faith in Christ. 

Based on this ideology, there is 3 things my pastor wants the World to hear.

1. Only 1 good person has lived on Earth. 

This person is Jesus Christ. We are all sinners and there is no rank of people based on their goodness. Billy Graham and Mother Theresa even admitted of being a broken person. God loves us all the same and he knows that we are all broken. It is just a natural part of being a human being. That is why Jesus sacrifice himself for all of us to cover all our sins.

2. God can give you new nature and life.

All God wants is for us to come to him. It does not matter if your dad is Billy Graham, or if you go to church every week. The only thing that matters is being transform by God by being born again. Ephesians 2:4 says, "But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us"(NIV). God is always involved in our lives, even if we are the biggest sinners.

3. Were saved to do good works.

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10). If we accomplish these good works we can get others to be saved by God's grace through their faith. It is not our free will to do these good works, but it is by God working through us.

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