It's NOT a point system!
Faith is about believing, not doing. I had a discussion with my grandson because I am starting another time of fasting and prayer. I just came off a 30 day time of fasting and prayer. He told me that I am going to run out of "GOD POINTS." We had a fun, lighthearted discussion about that not being very Biblical. But, it did make me think about what the world believes. In reality, many people look at their relationship with the LORD as being a balance scale and we are earning rewards by DOING SOMETHING. So many people limit God by our own, humanly devised point system. If we run out of points, we need to do more things to fill up the scale. That is just not true. God is not a GREAT SCOREKEEPER . He is a God of FAITH, not works. I was reading the story of Lazarus in Luke 16 this morning. Lazarus was a poor man who believed and he was rewarded for his faith in heaven. But the RICH MAN, who had everything in life and was focused on worldly things, trying to earn...
