We are saved not by our works, but by believing in what Jesus did to save us [Christian Testimony 28]
I give thanks and praise to the Lord who saved me from all sins and made me born again. The only way mankind can reciprocate the love of its Creator is by believing in the name of Jesus Christ, who is God’s only begotten Son and our Savior. Thus, far from being justified by our own works, we come to know what a grateful being Jesus Christ, our Creator and Savior is, by having faith in the work that He executed to save us from sin. The Creator has created us anew spiritually by giving us the truth of Christ’s baptism, bloodshed, and resurrection, and by granting newness of life in Christ to those who believe. Thus, whoever is in Christ is a new creature by virtue of the true faith which admits the sinful nature of mankind and accepts with gratitude the righteousness of God fulfilled by Christ, which is the gospel of water and the Spirit. We cannot stop thanking God for His mercies which endure forever. A grateful heart is the faith that acknowledges one’s fundamental sin whose end...