{"id":718,"date":"2015-11-18T06:33:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T12:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=718"},"modified":"2015-11-18T06:33:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T12:33:59","slug":"truly-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2015\/11\/truly-a-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Truly a Christian?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Salvation is not dependent on your own morality or religious attainments. We must be absolutely clear about the truth of the gospel of salvation. Those who are truly saved are those who come to Jesus with the attitude expressed in the words of an old hymn, &#8220;Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to thy cross I cling.&#8221;<br \/>\nIn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navpress.com\/Transforming-Grace-Living-Confidently-Unfailing\/dp\/1600063039?field_availability=-1&amp;field_browse=8288038011&amp;field_keywords=transforming+grace&amp;id=Transforming+Grace+Living+Confidently+Unfailing&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;refinementHistory=brandtextbin%2Csubjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Cprice%2Csize_name&amp;searchBinNameList=brandtextbin%2Csubjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Cprice%2Csize_name&amp;searchKeywords=transforming+grace&amp;searchNodeID=8288038011&amp;searchPage=1&amp;searchRank=relevancerank&amp;searchSize=12#sthash.lrpAFqww.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transforming Grace<\/a> Jerry Bridges explains how to live confidently in God&#8217;s unfailing love. 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