My Days with Christ Jesus

Day 166

June 15, 2015
"For by grace you have been saved thru faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." -Ephesians 2:8-9

There's nothing we could ever do to be saved. It is only by God's grace thru faith.
We are a fallen creature. Sinners. Imperfect being. To be called such, we have to agree that in this world there has been a standard being given to all and if we fall short to it, that is if we go against it we become violators, ...sinners and those standards / law are made by God Himself and He is the definition of good and apart from Him are evil.
There is evil because of the absence of goodness. The lack of goodness exist because we are separated from God (no one is good except Him) and we are separated from God because of sin, sin came to be because of man's foolishness which is a product of our bad choices in life. Man is able to choose and think and do on his own because of freewill, a God given freewill. God made humans not puppets, ...and if we were puppets love is absent and we have made God a liar... You can't force someone to love you... all you can do is make them love you by loving them- by letting them decide and not on forcing them. Puppets don't think of their own they move base on what the puppeteer wants. Love is not express by tying others up or imprisoning them rather by allowing them to be free. Well guess what?! Jesus died for you to be free. He has confessed His love on the cross. I tell you if there's anything God can't do, that is He cannot lie.
As i mentioned earlier, being imperfect and foolish as we are has produce sins in our lives and there are consequences that we will soon face... 'for the wages of sin is death.' (Romans 6:23) 'the soul that sin shall die...' (Ez. 18:4)
But the same verse in Romans 6:23 mentioned that, but the gift of God is eternal life thru Jesus Christ. 'Gift', a gift we are undeserving, unworthy to receive that's why its called grace. And if the eternal life is a gift, all we need to do is to receive it, accept it. If you would try to repay for a gift, it wouldn't be called such... it would be buying it, right? God made it clear that it is a gift that we can only receive thru His Son, Jesus Christ. If you are to buy it... you wouldn't afford it not even with your life. Only a sinless person can pay for your debts... only Jesus can that is why He is the only way to God the Father. We are save by God's grace thru faith. Understand that and glorify Him with your life.

To God be the glory!