This assurance of pardon originally appeared in the worship service "Good News!—Lent 5: For All."
Assurance of Pardon
People of God, hear these words of assurance from Ephesians 2:8: “For it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” The salvation that we have from the Lord is a gift. We didn’t earn it. We don’t deserve it. God just gave it to us by God’s grace. So now we become motivated to live for Christ. Even though we don’t do it perfectly, we still aspire to live for him because he gave up his life for us.
Revised Common Lectionary
Year B: Lent—Fourth Sunday in Lent
