But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” Here we learn that, just as Abraham was accounted righteous before God on the ground of faith alone, so to-day we who believe are justified from all our ungodliness the moment we trust in Christ. Were it otherwise, were it necessary that we should prove ourselves worthy in order to be saved, our salvation would not be of grace, for we would be putting God in our debt. If salvation
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