“God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.” (Ephesians 2:8-9 NLT)
Thank God that He doesn't make us finish some sort of spiritual ["to do"] list before He accepts us. As the old hymn title summarizes so well, He accepts me "just as I am."
That's the uniquely Christian message of grace. Unlike other faith traditions where a person must do good works to earn God's favor, we as Christians understand that we do good works precisely because God favors us in spite of ourselves and our sin.
-- Matt Donnelly, ChristianityToday.com
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