That's the big difference between Christianity and other religions. The difference between Works and Grace or Do and Done.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.
Grace is a much more accurate word to use when dealing with the state of human existence. God gives us unmerited favor through Jesus Christ, and since Adam and Eve, our lives have depended on it.
Put bluntly, the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it in practice. We say we believe that the fundamental structure of reality is grace, not works - but our lives refute our faith.
The word 'grace' means after we must have done everything humanly possible, we must leave the issue with God. That is grace.
Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.
Real Christianity can be summed up in two commands: Love God, and love people.
The Gospel is about grace and we all know that grace is about us receiving from God blessings that we don't deserve.
In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.