Grace

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8-9

We are saved by grace and by grace alone. It has nothing to do with who we are, what we've done or where we are from. Our works can be an expression of our love for Christ but to boast about what we have done for the Lord is wrong. Works will not get you into heaven. Only the sacrifice of Jesus and through God's abundant grace. You must accept Christ for what he has done for you and ask him to forgive you. His grace does the rest. We do not deserve salvation but God's grace allows us to be a child of God. It (grace) is a gift; accept it, it's free.