By sheer grace I don’t have to be perfect because I am being made perfect in Him.
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
—2 Corinthians 5:21
“To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect.”
—John Owen
#imputationist
So true...Jesus has the lock box on salvation...No one can get into it...No one passes it out but Jesus...
You can't bargain with Jesus...You can comfort thousands of people at their death...You can not visit those in prison or feed the poor and hope to gain salvation from it...You can not eat a wafer or get water sprinkled on you and expect salvation...It is not from a 'spiritual' experience you have...
There is only one way is THIS age to gain salvation...That is to turn your heart toward Jesus...Acknowledge him as your savior and he will adopt you as his son...He will take your sins and give you his perfection...