What do you have to do to get in to Heaven? Often, people think that we must do good to others in order to gain eternal life, and that's all it takes. While geared towards God's relationship with Israel, today's passage reminds us that it is by grace we are saved, not by works.
Christians believe that for a person to go to Heaven, they must have a relationship with God, crediting Him as their personal savior who died for their sins to provide the gift of eternal life. So often, I think this gets translated as "read the Bible", "pray", "worship", "do good to others", but all of these things would be considered works, and we cannot get into Heaven through anything we do. We can only get into heaven through God's grace alone. It is not a combination of God's grace and us doing good, because if it's grace, then it's a gift that is not impacted by anything we do. This knowledge should free us to engage in "works" purely for our enjoyment, not because we feel like we should, but because we WANT TO, purely for the sake of connecting with God. I encourage you this week to consider God's amazing gift of grace towards us, and then think about how you'd like to connect with the giver of grace.
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