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  “ more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life ”. Romans‬ ‭5:9-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Faithfulness is synonymous to trust in every relationship. While trust is built by actions in the past, faithfulness is anchored on future events. And since everyone has an ugly past, even if yet undiscovered, building a reliable trust in friendship on earth is pretty hard. But here comes a friend who doesn’t need our blood or sacrifices to pay the trust requirement. Jesus paid the price for our salvation and justification by His own blood, even when His friends (everyone and everywhere) were totally unfriendly. Unfortunately, many of us who have been redeemed and reconciled to God by this faithful friend will often prefer to put our trust in promises received from earthly friends, at the expense of our faith in...

  “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭5:9-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/rom.5.9-10.nkjv Without the understanding of the power of grace, the salvation experience becomes redundant and a mere resemblance of a call to a new lifestyle of dutiful relationship with God. Little wonder many religious people do struggle to convince the unbelievers about the import of the salvation message, being mostly deficient when measured on the scale of morality. Fortunately, everything changed supernaturally and instantaneously the moment a soul has a genuine encounter with the grace of God. When the scriptures affirmed that old things are passed away, it truly emphasized that all things immediately become new. Unfortunately, many people do think of salvation as just a ti...