Salvation a Gift

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“GRANDMA,” said little Carrie Neil, “I want to be a Christian, and so I will try to be good and to do all the good I can.”
“And do you think that will make you a Christian, Carrie?”
“Yes; if I am able to do all the good I mean to do, surely God will be pleased with me and reward me for it, won’t He?”
“What would you have said, Carrie, if that when you offered cousin George that fifteen cents yesterday, he had said, ‘Wait till I have done all the good I can first?’"
“I should have told him he was a foolish boy, and that I was not paying him wages, but making him a present.”
“Just so, Carrie. And you are a foolish girl to refuse the gift Jesus offers you, and to think that you can work for it.”
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Rom. 6:2323For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23).
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” Eph. 2:88For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (Ephesians 2:8).
ML-11/24/1963