{"id":4046,"date":"2014-10-15T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=4046"},"modified":"2014-10-14T14:45:41","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T21:45:41","slug":"qualified-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/qualified-2\/","title":{"rendered":"QUALIFIED!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ephesians 2:8-9<\/strong><\/p>\n

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith\u2014and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God\u2014not by works, so that no one can boast.<\/em> \u00a0<\/sup>For we are God\u2019s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today I was listening to a local radio station that plays only music of the 30\u2019s 40\u2019s and 50\u2019s. One of the songs was unfamiliar to me and I was struck by the message that it portrayed. The lyrics said that you have to live right to get to heaven. That false message has been around for generations. IT IS WRONG!<\/p>\n

The stuff Hollywood has been dishing out for years is false. No bells ring and we do not become angels. We are a separate creation from the angels and God has graciously given us the opportunity to become the bride of Christ. I think it is natural for us to feel that we have to do something in order to earn our salvation, but it just is not so.<\/p>\n

When I was in the US Air Force I served as a Minuteman Missile Launch Officer. There were weeks of schooling followed by hours spent in a simulator. Every step we took was under the scrutiny of our instructors. After successfully completing the required work we received our Missile Combat Officer\u2019s pin. QUALIFIED!<\/p>\n

There is no such requirement in the spiritual realm. There are no classes to take, tests to pass, or evaluations to be made. It is a sincere decision to confess that we sinners in need of a Savior and invite Jesus to come into our heart. From that very moment we are QUALIFIED! Growth follows, but we now wear His name!<\/p>\n

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!<\/p>\n

– – – Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith\u2014and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God\u2014not by works, so that no one can boast. \u00a0For we are God\u2019s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Today […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ephesians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}