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When we come to God offering our good deeds as even a partial payment it not only fails to impress him, it ends up being the ultimate offense and insult to His great gift of grace. The only proper response is to humbly accept that offer of grace and forgiveness. If someone saved our son's life, even though we would never insult them by offering to pay, we would be looking for ways to show gratitude the rest of our lives. That just happens to be one of the legitimate responses, one of the valid motivations, for living life in a way that pleases God---one of the good motivations for doing good deeds. Not to earn forgiveness, but to thank Him for the forgiveness you've already received. |
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