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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, I'm Reverend Micah Vicar in the Church of England. Growing up, my favourite time of the day was the after-school visit to the pick-and-mix
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You'd select your sweets and the lady would weigh them on a scale
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and it wasn't just any old scale, but one of those antique balance scales
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You know the kind I mean. Now, many imagine that God essentially deals with us in that way
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Our good deeds are balanced with our bad deeds. And depending on which side is the heaviest, you either go to the good place or to the not so good place
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But that, friends, is not the Bible's understanding. Salvation is a gift of God's goodness, earned by Christ and given freely to those who trust in him
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By grace, the Apostle Paul says, not by our works. now God of course wants us to live good lives of courage and love to those around us
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but that is not our earning his love and favor no the good that we do in Christ's name
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is a joyful response of a heart that is transformed by God's goodness
