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> Choosing is not earning.

To be "given" grace, you must repent.

You must do something (repent) to get something (salvation).

Getting something in exchange for doing something is not receiving a gift, it's earning a reward.

[jimwalton]

I disagree strongly, because it depends what one is being asked to do. If Grandma is sitting in her rocking chair and says to little Johnny, "I have a present for you. Come and get it." Johnny gets up and takes it from her hand and opens it with joy. Has he earned it? "Earned his reward"? Of course not. That's not what "earning" means. Yes, he had to do something to get it, but his action doesn't detract in the least from the fact this it is a gift that he neither earned nor deserved. He is in no sense earning a reward.