Ephesians 2:8-9Amplified Bible (AMP)
For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].
Another definition of grace is, the ability to do what you can’t do in and of yourself.
In other words, He Jesus, did only what He could do through His sacrifice on the cross. There was no other way, for in the garden that dreadful night He said, if there be any other way take this cup from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will. A second time He prayed, saying, My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done. And a third time, saying the same thing once more.
He asked crying aloud in angst till He bled, not once, not twice, but three times for His cup to be taken from Him yet it was not. Why is it then we strive to earn His love and forgiveness. We’ve got to stop this, as when we do, it’s as if His dying was for not. We don’t have to earn it. There is nothing we can do to deserve it. We just need to accept it. He made His decision long ago on the cross and died for you and me while we were yet in sin. It is finished!
Blessings!
Passage References: Matthew 28:39,42,44 & Romans 5:8
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