Eph 2:8-9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Grace. Receiving what you do not deserve. It is His grace that gives us salvation. We could never possibly work our way into Heaven. We must grasp the concept of grace. It is a gift from God Almighty. We have salvation ONLY because God sent His Son to the world to die for our sins. He didn't have to. He could have lived an eternity without us, or created more humans that could love him better, and we would have spent an eternity in hell. Instead -- He decided we were worth saving. Worth saving from that eternity in hell. Worth saving so He could have a way to spend eternity in relationship with us. Grace. You could not work your way into Heaven. You can't. You could never work hard enough. If you could, those who made it by works would boast and be prideful that they did it all by themselves. We can't do it ourselves...
Thoughts from a simple life in rooted in Christ