Points de Grâces

Today in our Islam class we talked about how Muslims get to Paradise. In their life, sings are minus points and good things (deeds, praying on time, etc) are plus. There is a secret positive number needed to get into Paradise, and the points are the "Points de Grâces" and they are what save you from hell.

I don't think it was any coincidence my morning devotionals included Ephesians 2, with its infamous grace verse. God's standards are simply too high - He requires perfection; there's no way we could ever do enough good things to "cancel out" our sins because even one sin is too many (Romans 6:23, James 2:10). Further, since Muslims don't know what the secret number is, they face death with fear and uncertainty; they don't know if they will be in heaven or hell. But Jesus conquered the grave (See also Romans 8). He holds the keys, with which He set the captives free.

So then, there are not points of grace to be earned, but rather a sole point of grace: Calvary.

Amen