Exodus: Saved by Faith, Not by Works

The plan is finally fully executed, from God's instruction on how to build the pieces, the tabernacle, the garments and all, to Moses commanding the Israelites to give and craft these things such as the breastplate or the ephod, and finally having it all put together, and checked over. The project was complete.

⁴² The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ⁴³ Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them. - Exodus 39:42-43

This bit was repeated quite a bit throughout the chapter, verses 1, 5, 7, 21, 26 etc... "just as the Lord had commanded."

Everything was done to a tee, looking back, they gave more than enough for the materials, they brought in the finest craftsmen to build and create these pieces, everything was done, basically to perfection, "just as the Lord had commanded". But if you notice something, there was never any talk about salvation. As Christians, salvation is the gospel, receiving that gift of eternal life when we choose to believe and follow him, yet there is absolutely no talk about it.

Its because there's nothing we can do on this earth that will give us eternal life, this gift cannot be bought, it doesnt matter what we've done, who we are, our status, our greatness, the "level of goodness" in us, salvation does not equal good works.

Do we sometimes get caught up and think that we could cover up our sins or something with good works?

Even if we could gain salvation with good works, it is absolutely impossible to even give back, compared to what we've done wrong, our sins are far far far greater than anything we could ever do to repay Christ.

Salvation is a free gift from God when we decide to follow and commit our lives to Him. If you are a true Christian, you've been granted and reassured that this gift is yours. There's no fear in death, because you know that you're going somewhere far greater.

verse of the day: Ephesians 2:8-9

⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast.