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Tonight I was walking along and thinking about the latest contest I had entered. I thought the odds of winning something were somewhat better than the lottery, but not by much. Then my mind drifted to thoughts of God’s grace. That was a free gift of God, but you still had to enter. That is, accept that gift and follow Christ. Yet unlike the lottery or some contest you only had to enter once, and you were a “winner” (of eternal life).
The world thinks you have to keep entering (works), and if you have enough entries you get to receive the grand prize (heaven). Fortunately it’s not like that. You can’t enter enough to win the prize on your own. God enters for you, and all His entries are winners! All we have to do is accept His entry for us. You can eternally bank on that.
