By the grace of God, I am what
I am. By Charles Simeon. The Apostle
Paul again reminds us that God saved us, not because of righteous
things we had done, but because of His mercy. Titus chapter 3
verse 5. We must not trust in our good
works for salvation any more than in our vilest sins. Salvation
is, and ever must be, of grace, from first to last. Our election
from eternity, our regeneration and conversion and justification
in time, and our glorification when time shall be no more, are
all the fruits of God's free and sovereign grace. There is
not a soul in heaven who must not to all eternity say, By the
grace of God, I am what I am. God saved us and called us with
a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to
His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began. 2 Timothy 1.19