Most people embrace the assumption that
God saves good people. So be good! Be moral. Be honest. Be decent. Pray the
rosary. Keep the Sabbath. Keep your promises. Pray five times a day facing
east. Stay sober. Pay taxes. Earn merit badges.
Yet for all the talk about being good,
still no one can answer the fundamental question: What level of good is good
enough? Bizarre. At stake is our eternal destination, yet we are more confident
about lasagna recipes than the entrance requirements for heaven.
God has a better idea: “For by grace you
have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift
of God -- not the result of works, so that no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9
NRSV)
We contribute nothing. Zilch. As opposed
to the merit badge of the Scout, salvation of the soul is unearned. A gift. Our
merits merit nothing. God’s work merits everything.
-- Max Lucado in “Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We
Imagine”
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