Receiving The Gift of God

[Don Gieseke]

Receiving the Gift of God
by Billy Graham

Let me tell you something. Your baptism, your church membership, your good works are as filthy rags in the sight of God (see Isaiah 64:6) unless you are clothed in the righteousness of Jesus Christ. The Bible says, “For by grace are ye saved through faith … it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

You don’t have to work for it. You don’t have to pay for it. You don’t have to join anything. All you have to do is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. If we confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead, we shall be saved (see Romans 10:9).


Today’s Prayer

Dear Lord, I acknowledge that I can never earn my way to a right relationship with You. Thank You for paying the price for my sin on the cross to provide for me the free gift of salvation. I receive this priceless gift and put my trust in You. In Your Name. Amen.










Adapted from “Almost,” by Billy Graham, Decision magazine, January 2018. Scripture quotations from The Holy Bible, King James Version.