231003 Unearned

Unearned


Earn a promotion, earn a raise

Earn touchdown for good football plays

Earn gold medal or blue ribbon

Earn leading role for play you're in


Earn soccer trophy, scholarship 

Earn respect in a relationship 

Earn settlement in legal suit

Earn recognition playing flute


While every one of those is nice

Won't earn your way to paradise 

It's not something you can work for

Only one way opens that door


It's a free gift! Can you believe it?

The one thing to do is receive it

Accept that Jesus is the Christ

And then can live in paradise 


It seems too simple to be true

For surely there is more to do

In this life, everyone has learned

All things of value must be earned


How could this gift be freely given

A golden ticket into heaven?

Not really free - cost dearest price

Through broken body of Jesus Christ 


For with his death, sin's bill was paid

Then rose so we could all be saved

All done because of unearned love

From God, our Father up above


Don't strive to earn it anymore

Just worship one who our sins bore

And to his will gladly submit

Give him all praise, for he earned it


John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life


Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast


Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord 

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