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How do we come into a relationship with God? What does that mean, and how does one go about that? How does somebody get to heaven?

Re: Salvation is not a gift because it must be earned.

Postby Luminosity » Fri Apr 30, 2021 1:12 pm

> 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.
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Re: Salvation is not a gift because it must be earned.

Postby jimwalton » Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:23 pm

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.


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