As much as we’d like to think that all our “good works” are somehow influencing our merit with God…Salvation by grace through faith is a gift from Him and is in no way contingent on any of our good works, moral intentions, or virtuous actions. We are reminded of this again in Ephesians 2:8-9 that tell us that it’s by grace we’ve been saved, through faith alone. And in I Peter 1:3 it also ties our Salvation solely to the work accomplished by Jesus Christ… based entirely on God’s loving initiative…and nothing from us.
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