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This one is about the gift of salvation and how Christians present it. The scripture:

Ephesians 2:8

⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰ For we are God’s handiwork, createdin Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (NIV)

There are a lot of people that need to be saved, and most of them are ratchet savage like people, but are STILL entitled to salvation. Whether you’ve been in church since birth or you’ve only heard about Jesus from this blog, salvation is a gift. It can’t be earned, bought, stolen or anything the like. It is a GIFT from God, it must be received and accepted…and honored..but that’s another post for another time. So no matter how long you’ve been saved BE CAREFUL that you don’t judge others or make them seem like they are too wild for Christ. Instead you will be doing the very opposite of what God is expecting from you.

No one can boast in their qualifications for salvation because it is a gift from God, but it has a purpose. The Lord has saved you so that you can do the works that He has already set you up to do. We were made by God with a purpose in mind. We were born into sin, and therefore lost our way and really our value and purpose so Jesus had to die for that to redeem us back to that purpose. Whether or not someone has accepted Christ and their purpose yet or not we as saints should be ready to point them to the cross instead of rubbing in their face how sinful they are and how “holy” we are. Besides, if Jesus is our role model we would notice that He didn’t do things like that.