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It is also clear that God is the source of all good things. That God is the source of “talents” is a given. What we do with the “talents” determines our eternal destiny.

And if you DO the right thing then God OWES you Heaven, right?

Basically you are saying that by you performing correctly you make God your debtor.

[PetroniusMaximus]

“And if you DO the right thing then God OWES you Heaven, right? Basically you are saying that by you performing correctly you make God your debtor.”

By stepping off a sinking ship on to a Coast Guard cutter that has come to rescue you, could you honestly claim to have “saved yourself”?

Conversely, by refusing to climb aboard that same cutter, you would, in fact, be guilty of damning yourself.

That is the Biblical model. People must agree to be saved. And people can, by their refusal to accept the freely offered salvation, damn themselves.