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Saved in an Instant - Pentecostal (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Source: Testimony76 words

A drug dealer came to an altar call—desperate, strung out, hopeless. He had nothing to offer God but his mess. That night, everything changed. No rehab, no twelve steps—instant deliverance. "By grace through faith, not by works." The testimonies in Pentecostal churches often sound like this: people who couldn't clean themselves up were cleaned up by grace. The power that saves is supernatural. Ephesians 2:8-9 isn't just doctrine; it's experience. Have you EXPERIENCED grace that saves?

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Ephesians 2:8-9

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