Jesus does not say, Be holy, and I will save you; Give attention to conduct, and then you shall be Mine. He says, “Dost thou believe on the Son of God?” “Whosoever believeth in Me shall never die”; “Come to Me”; “Follow Me”; “Abide in Me.” Oh how royal a message this is, that salvation is the free gift of God, that it is not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy that He saves us; and that the way of salvation is the way of a living faith which brings us into vital union with Christ Himself, so that through this faith, as through an open channel, the power of God flows in unto the salvation of the soul.

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