WE DID NOT DO, CANNOT DO, AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO EARN OUR SALVATION - OR REPAY THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST - WHEN HE DIED TO PURCHASE IT.
I AM A SINNER, CHRIST IS MY ATONING SACRIFICE, HE DIED FOR MY SINS. MY SALVATION IS BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH, NOT BY WORKS.
GOD’S LOVE IS NECESSARY, FREE, THOROUGH, AND COMPLETE!
FOR SOME OF US THAT IS AWESOME NEWS. FOR MOST OF US, WE CANNOT BELIEVE BUT IT IS TRUE.
Until you can receive that, you can not be saved… BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL HEARING ….
- GOD IS AN INSPECTING GOD... HERE ARE MY GOOD DEEDS.
- GOD IS AN IMPERSONAL GOD... HERE IS MY APPEASEMENT.
- GOD IS A DISAPPOINTED GOD... HERE IS MY DUTIFUL LIFE.
WHAT CAN I OFFER GOD TO “EVEN THE SCORE”? NOTHING
- OUR EFFORTS ARE COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY TO CHRIST; THEY ARE WORTHLESS.
CHRIST DID WHAT HE DID, BY GRACE, UNMERITED FAVOR.
SO WHAT DOES CHRIST WANT FROM ME?