Unfortunately, the grace of God is completely secure except when it isn't. Even though the Father has qualified us for an inheritance in the saints, no one who turns his back to the till is fit for, worthy of, the Kingdom. No one who is unwilling to leave his family for the Kingdom of God is fit for it. No one who does not take up his cross daily is fit for it.
Too bad there wasn't a word in Greek for pre-qualified. The Father has pre-qualified you for grace, but unless you are better than the rich young ruler who was unable to leave everything behind, you are unfit though qualified. Grace is really more like those letters that tell you that there's a million dollars waiting for you; all you need to do is open the letter. Or so it would seem.
This is not meant to poke fun at the mystery at the center of such phrases as "eternal security" and "predestination", but rather expose a misunderstanding about grace and works. Sometimes a grace-based understanding can be shallow, but the works-based mentality is necessarily shallow, because it tells us to lean confidently on a salvation that is as shaky as our fleshly ability to follow God.
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