A Gift

Today's sermon made me realize two things.

A.) God doesn't use a heavenly scale to weigh our good and bad deeds.

I remember how back when I was in middle school and high school, I would actually be scare of what might happen to me once I die. Back then, I always thought that I had to do good things to be on God's good side. And this went on into high school, but around senior year, I slowly came to a realization that God doesn't weigh our good deeds and bad deeds. The good and bad deeds, it's not my ticket to being saved. Instead it's God's grace that saves me. Without His grace, I wouldn't be saved.

B.) God freely gave us His grace.

Even though we never deserved it. He gave us a gift. And that wonderful gift was His grace. Sometimes when I think about it, it just boggles my mind. Why would He of all person give us something so precious. And really it just comes to one thing. It's because he LOVES us. I know 'WTF' right? How could someone so pure and righteous LOVE us, people who are just tainted with sin? It's outrageous, but at the same time it's a blessing. I am so blessed to know that there is a God who loves us so much that he would send his only son to die on the cross for us. So that we may be saved by His grace and live an eternal life with Him.