Some will say we need to add “good works” to Christ’s work to be saved. Others will say since we are saved by God’s grace and because all of our sins are already forgiven in Christ we can live as we wish. So, the first says following God’s law is necessary to be saved. The other says following God’s law is unnecessary once saved. Both are terribly wrong! We are saved by grace alone, but the grace that saves is never alone. God’s grace will always give us the desire and ability to follow God. The greatest evidence that we are recipients of God’s grace will be seen through our obedience – not to get saved or stay saved, but proof that we truly are already saved.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Grains		Salsa, Fruits, Appetizer	5	servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Fresh lime juice
1/4	c	Pineapple juice
3		Anjou pears; unpeeled, diced
3		Red delicious apples unpeeled and diced
2	tb	Fresh mint; diced
3		Serrano chilies; seeded, minced

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix the pineapple juice and lime juice in a large non-reactive bowl.
Add the diced pears and apple, toss to combine juices with fruit and
to prevent the fruit from turning brown. Add the chilies.
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A Message from our Provider:

“God is bigger than any church”

When Jesus commands us to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect (Matt. 5:48), this simply shows that God’s own absolute moral purity is the standard toward which we are to aim and the standard for which God holds us accountable. The fact that we are unable to attain that standard does not mean that it will be lowered; rather, it means that we need God’s grace and forgiveness to overcome our remaining sin. Similarly, when Paul commands the Corinthians to make holiness perfect in the fear of the Lord (2 Cor. 7:1), or prays that God would sanctify the Thessalonians wholly (1 Thess. 5:23), he is pointing to the goal that he desires them to reach. He does not imply that any reach it, but only that this is the high moral standard toward which God wants all believers to aspire.

Wayne Grudem