“I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!” Galatians 2:21
It’s the best gift we can receive! We do not have to do a single thing to gain our salvation! God did not send Christ to die a shameful death on the cross merely to burden His children with rules that are impossible to keep. We have lost the meaning of the cross if we think we can do anything to get closer to God.
On the contrary, the cross is a free gift! It is set before each of us, ready to be opened and received.
As the grace of Jesus Christ sets before, we have the choice to open it or not. We can live our lives, merely holding the box, trying to open it our own way; but that will get us nowhere. Following step-by-step books or praying and reading the Bible will never open our free gift from God. Striving will merely wear us out.
The only way to get our free gift opened is through Jesus Christ. He has the magic touch! He came to free us from the striving and trying. He came to free us from having to go through a set of rules established by man trying to get closer to God their own way. If we step away from the grace of God by following strict rules and feeling guilty everytime we break them, then we are wasting the meaning of the cross.
But if we receive the gift of grace, run away from religiousness and striving, and walk freely in the unconditional love of the Father, then Christ’s death is worth more than we can image.
Christ came to free us, not to burden us!