Myth, 55

~ God's Love Must Be Earned ~

Introduction  ~  This is the great divide in spiritual beliefs.  All religions are based on self-effort and earning your rights.  Religions are all based on what you DO.  Christianity on the other hand is a relationship with a living Savior through the indwelling of God’s Spirit within you.  Rather than based on what you do it is based entirely on what God has DONE through the sacrificial death of His Son Jesus Christ. 

Scripture  ~  “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.  For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:4-10). 

“And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.  But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work” (Romans 11:6). 

“Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace” (2 Timothy 1:9a).

Comment  ~  Grace has been defined many different ways, the most common being “unmerited favor.”  I like to think of it this way: Grace is getting something good which you do not deserve. 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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