Being saved, and in right standing with God, is a gift! It is something we don't deserve, but is freely given to us anyway. We cannot earn it no matter what we do. Deliverance from the
curse, and right standing with God, is available only as a free gift. It is not what we have done that matters, but what Jesus did for us. He was our Substitute, suffering what we deserved, so we could receive what He deserved as a gift. God Himself did what no man could, He paid the price for our sin's our creator took our place and done what is necessary for us to be saved and be in right standing with Him. Now we must believe in what God has done, and thank Him for it. People all over the world try to be right with God by what they do: rituals, sacrifices, and devotion. But the Bible reveals we
cannot be right with God by our own actions it is a gift we must receive. By keeping the law it is impossible to be right with God, because no human being can keep it by their own effort. We have
all sinned, according to the Bible. God does not grade on a curve. All have sinned and come short. So we all need a Savior. So salvation is a free gift. Anyone can receive it. It comes
wrapped up in a person -- the Lord Jesus Christ. Receive Jesus no matter who you are or what you have done and instantly you are saved and put in perfect right standing with God, as if you had never sinned. What a gift, what a price our Savior paid for you and I to be reunited with him. Like any father who loved his child would do, which was to lay his life down for us.
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).
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