True Gifts Are Absolutely Free!

Romans 4:4-5 "Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,..."

Christ's righteousness WAS and IS a gift. We don't get paid for "good works." Being a Christian is not a "job," but I think a lot of us treat our salvation as such. Jesus paid it ALL, therefore, anything we do cannot compare, add up, nor amount to what Jesus did on the cross, or what He did while He walked this earth in perfect love. If anything, we need to be paying Him... with our LIFE!

Being a good person has nothing to do with being a child of God. There are atheists that are "good people" who may feed the poor, donate to charities, and help an injured stranger on the side of the road. What makes a believer of Christ so different?
It is the inward change which becomes an outward display of HIS glory and affection for all mankind! It's not forced nor is it our own ideal that if we do good, then we may be accepted by man, and pay off any debt we owe to God.

Romans 9:30-33 What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; ³¹but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. ³²Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, ³³as it is written,
 "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
  and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."

My dear friends =D we do not have to perform works to make ourselves right with God. Christ has already done a perfect finished work! And He expects nothing from you but your heart... your life. And He protects and nourishes your heart and life because it is apart of His heart and life! Please, rest in the salvation of Christ, and He will do all the "work" through and for you! And it will be a work that you'll enjoy and that pleases Him!


♥ Kamaria