Salvation Is In Christ Alone

John 15:5 "I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing."

Salvation, the wonderful gift from God. A gift so precious, God didn't leave any part of it up to us. He gave His son to be the sacrifice, His spirit to draw us, and it is by His word that we are cleaned. There is nothing about salvation that we can take credit for. We can't even come to know salvation unless the spirit of God draws us to Jesus. The only thing God left us with, is the choice, we could choose life or we could by default choose death.

Jesus says He is the vine and we are the branches, and aside from the vine the branch can do nothing, yet many walk through life staking claim to glory that belongs to God. It doesn't matter what it is that you have, what you have done, or how gifted you are ,all good and perfect gifts come from God and all the glory is due to Him. Our worship is a blessing from God, our testimony is a blessing from God, our salvation is a blessing from God, all that we have is a blessing from God.We must be careful not to get caught up on self and who we are, how saved we are, or how much we got, and make sure that all we do is bringing  honor to God. If you are satisfied and God is not being glorified, chances are you are doing the wrong thing.Jesus called us to bear witness that He lives, and the best way to bear this truth is to allow Him to live through you. One of the greatest witnesses in the bible is Lazarus, he never says a word yet his witness was so strong ,the religious leaders wanted to kill him because his life glorified God, leading others to believe.

Jesus says He is the vine, it is the vine that contains all of the branches needs. Notice the branch does nothing, everything is done by the vine through the branch and for the branch. Jesus wants us to be willing branches on the vine that He might work His plan of salvation through us. Let us truly become branches on the vine and let the Lord have His way with our lives, after all it is not about us.