Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

Works Don't Save

14 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief sermon, the speaker asserts that good works are a consequence of being saved rather than a means to obtain or maintain salvation. He contrasts legalistic religiosity, which he describes as fostering despair, doubt, fear, and tension, with the freedom that comes from fully embracing the reality of forgiveness, acceptance, union with God, and the assurance of eternal security. This assurance, he argues, liberates believers to experience joy, peace, and mental clarity, thereby breaking the power of sin and enabling them to walk in grace and live worthy of their divine calling.

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Works are the fruit of salvation, not the root of it. You don't do good works to be saved. You don't even do good works to continue to be saved. You do good works because you are saved, and that's your thanks back to God. And that is true freedom. When you live under legalism, you live under despair. You live under doubt. You live under fear and tension. But when you fully embrace the reality that you are forgiven, accepted, united with God, assured of that salvation, guaranteed a place in heaven, this does something in you. It frees you to have joy and peace and clarity of mind. And that is what breaks the power of sin. That is what gives you the ability to walk in grace. That is what gives you the ability to walk worthy of your calling.