The Priority of Grace

If we could follow a good example, why did Jesus have to die on the cross? Right. And that's an indication that merely a good example would not be enough. There's something right in our in our very will that needs to be kind of sacrificed on the cross and then reborn in the resurrection. Grace for merit is God crowning his own gifts. So there's nothing of which when I come to the pearly gates, I can pat myself on my back. Where's my crown? No, it's always a gift.