<p>15:11 <em>But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as them</em>- Note that Peter cried out &ldquo;<em>Lord</em>, save me&rdquo; when most men in that situation would have simply cried out &ldquo;Save me&rdquo;. But his grasp of the Lordship of the One he followed inspired faith. If He was truly Lord, He was capable of all things. &ldquo;Lord, save me&rdquo; was a call uttered in a moment of weakness. His &ldquo;sinking&rdquo; (Mt. 14:30) is described with the same word used about condemnation at the last day (Mt. 18:6), and yet Peter in his preaching persuades condemned men to do just the same: to&nbsp;<em>call</em>&nbsp;on the&nbsp;<em>Lord</em>&nbsp;in order to be&nbsp;<em>saved</em>&nbsp;(Acts 2:21,40,47; 4:12; 11:14). He invited all men to enter into the weakness and desperation which he had known on the water of Galilee, and receive a like unmerited salvation. And when he tells his sheep that the righteous are &ldquo;scarcely saved&rdquo; (1 Pet. 4:18) he surely writes with memories of that same gracious deliverance. And so now here in discussing ecclesial problems he points out that all of us have had a similar salvation, and should act with an appropriate inclusiveness of our brethren.&nbsp;</p><p>Grace, <em>charis</em>, basically means a gift. The gift of the Holy Spirit to the Gentiles was the means of their salvation. The reference is not therefore to the visual manifestations of that gift in miraculous terms; for those died out. But the gift / grace of the Lord was the basis of salvation. It is therefore not only available today, but deeply necessary for salvation; for without the spirit of Christ &quot;we are none of His&quot;.</p>