As the Holy Spirit illumines Scripture, these truths become so clear. Sadly, formulations and false teachings cloud the plain text on the page so that salvation is no longer a free gift from God to His children but is a reward to be gained if one takes all the right steps and does all of the right things. Amen!
Pondering the role of works I started thinking can you work to have FAITH? I think you can study, to learn and believe but that is not Faith.
Faith for me is just blindly trusting JESUS. I think you either have it or you don't.