Saved by Grace!

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; Rom. 2:8

Today as I was enjoying the Lord's presence in my time with the Lord, a sister called me informing of a new one they met in their gospel preaching and that they would bring him over for more fellowship on the gospel of salvation. 

Later, it turned out to be a middle aged man from Punjab from a religious background who had been seeking for God. As the Spirit moved and we preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to him; of how the One and True Living God became a Man in Jesus Christ who died for the redemption of our sins and was resurrected to become the Life-giving Spirit to impart the divine life of God to whoever would believe into Jesus Christ. He simply believed and prayed the sinner's prayer to receive the Lord. On further explanation from the word of God from Mark 16:16 on believing and baptism, the Spirit took control of the situation and led him to baptism. O what a glorious deed it was! Only a sinner saved by grace indeed! We sang this hymn over and over again. 

God has done everything that needed to be done for the redemption of fallen mankind. Only what is required is man's simple faith to believe into Jesus Christ. No merit have none, to deserve God's salvation. But God in His great mercy saved man by grace to those who simply believe. Only the blind religious people have conditions for salvation according to their superstitious and religious concept about God's salvation. In fact, many a times mixing up salvation by grace, with the growth in life that follows salvation; erroneously bringing in the steps after salvation, before salvation itself. O what a grace to be even clear about salvation by grace.  "Jesus hath found me, happy my case;

I now am a sinner saved by grace!"

Saved by Grace

https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/311

1	Naught have I gotten but what I received; Grace hath bestowed it since I have believed; Boasting excluded, pride I abase; I’m only a sinner saved by grace!
	Only a sinner saved by grace! Only a sinner saved by grace! This is my story, to God be the glory,   I’m only a sinner saved by grace!
2	Once I was foolish, and sin ruled my heart, Causing my footsteps from God to depart; Jesus hath found me, happy my case; I now am a sinner saved by grace!
3	Tears unavailing, no merit had I; Mercy had saved me, or else I must die; Sin had alarmed me, fearing God’s face; But now I’m a sinner saved by grace!
4	Suffer a sinner whose heart overflows, Loving his Savior to tell what he knows; Once more to tell it, would I embrace— I’m only a sinner saved by grace!