Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Ephesians 2:1-10
by: Jerry Johnson.
When I was a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy in the mid-1980s, I studied under the Navigators who gave me the “Bridge” illustration. Verses eight and nine clearly teach that salvation is not through good works, but by faith in Jesus Christ. He alone is our bridge to the Father. But there is another piece of news here—that salvation is the beginning of his reclamation project. Through Christ we have the ability to perform good works. That is his purpose for us. By God’s gracious initiative we who were dead have been made alive to serve him. How wonderful!