The Gift of Grace

Those who find me find life, and the Lord will be pleased with them. Proverbs 8:35

Grace is created by God and given to man....On the basis of this point alone, Christianity, is set apart from any other religion in the world....Every other approach to God is a bartering system; if I do this, God will do that. I'm either saved by works (what I do), emotions (what I experience), or knowledge (what I know).

By contrast, Christianity has no whiff of negotiation at all. Man is not the negotiator; indeed, man has no grounds from which to negotiate.

In the Grip of Grace
Max Lucado
(as quoted in "Grace for the Moment")