NO SON... Grace is what we receive even though we are not worthy. Only through His grace and His grace alone can we look upon He who is pure and holy in all things.
I understand some people are scared of the word grace but it is the best thing that ever could happen to us...We hit the jackpot! How could you or I ever buy or do anything worthy of salvation?
I am sure we condemn ourselves more than our Father does many times for he remembers we are flesh...sometimes we try to be gods....
We must always remember we must balance the love of God
with God's justice and holiness. He loves the sinner but hates sin... human efforts alone to earn salvation are an impossibly...yet faith without works is dead...what may seem to be a paradox to some becomes crystal clear as we learn more about Christ.
When we read about grace it is often difficult it is for humans to accept...
Danny, we all struggle with their real or imagined inadequacies yet the Bible tells us.. Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (
Hebrews 4:14-16)
Grace does not give us a pass to sin BUT if we sin we have an advocate...In the Old Testament it was an eye for an eye…Today thank God for grace and mercy…and the more mercy we have with and on others the more God will show to us.