Hold Fast
Rose believes that her good works give her standing enough before God to gain eternal life, and she cannot understand why her aged grandfather, who is a model of patience and godliness, disagrees. Surely, if any person could earn salvation, it would be he.
But Peter knows his place with God is only due to Christ and faith in His death, so he proceeds to tell his granddaughter of the day he learned that nothing he could do would ever be enough. Stranded by the rising tide, can Peter and his brother, Sam, save themselves?
Elements for Parental Consideration:
Strong salvation story, but it seems rather weak in another area. The grandfather says:
"In vain do we grasp the hope of salvation, in vain do we seem to be raised from a state of danger by the mercy of Christ, if we resolve not to try to cast from us every sin that our God condemns! Without holiness no man shall see the Lord."
Which seems to add a salvation-kept-by-works philosophy to a salvation-gained-by-faith story.
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