Grace: The Gift That Cannot Be Earned

Grace is not God reluctantly forgiving us after we become worthy. It is His generous nature moving toward us before worthiness could ever be proved.

Scripture

Ephesians 2:4–10

World English Bible (Public Domain)

⁴But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

⁵even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

⁶and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

⁷that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

⁸for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

⁹not of works, that no one would boast.

¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

What have you tried to earn that can only be received?

The moment we pay for a gift, it becomes a purchase. Grace cannot be earned because earning would change its nature.

Grace is received, not achieved.

Grace is not God reluctantly forgiving us after we become worthy. It is His generous nature moving toward us before worthiness could ever be proved.

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