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To: Kitty Mittens

Thank you, Kitty Mittens!
Sleep well, my sweet friend!

2,703 posted on 09/29/2008 10:32:56 PM PDT by yorkie (For God so loved the world, that He DIDN'T send a committee.........)
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September 30, 2008
That You May Know
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. —1 John 5:13

One day, while Wim was in the marketplace in the Netherlands, he struck up a conversation with a woman who remarked that you can get to heaven by doing good works.

His attempt to explain that it is by God’s grace that we are “saved through faith” (Eph. 2:8) brought a smile as the woman repeated confidently: “and . . . by doing good works.” Then another woman volunteered, “You can hope you’ll go to heaven, but you can’t be sure.” Wim’s assertion that he did know for sure was met with a muttered, “Nobody knows for sure.”

Wim then showed the woman what 1 John 5:11-13 says. He explained: “See, it doesn’t say hope there, it says know.” Unconvinced, she said, “Like you, my pastor says that we have to have faith, but you really never know whether you’ve been good enough. You may think you have, but who can be sure?”

To some, Wim’s confidence may seem incredible. But he based his words on this statement: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works” (Eph. 2:8-9).

It’s true. We can’t be good enough. We can never do enough good things. But we can be sure of heaven if we simply believe on the Lord (Acts 16:31).

We cannot earn our way to heaven
By word or work or worth;
But if we trust in Christ to save us,
Then we’ll enjoy new birth. —Branon

We are saved by God’s mercy, not by our merit—by Christ’s dying, not by our doing.


Bible in One Year: Jeremiah 4–6; Proverbs 1:1-7


2,704 posted on 09/30/2008 5:26:00 AM PDT by The Mayor ( In Gods works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)
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To: yorkie
Dearest Yorkie, Thank you for the Sweet Kitty Angel Graphic you Posted to me Last Night. It's Absolutely Precious!


2,870 posted on 09/30/2008 9:36:25 PM PDT by Kitty Mittens (To God Be All Excellent Praise!!)
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