Jesus didn’t say, “Earn this” from the cross. He said, “It is finished.” The message of Jesus is a message of Grace. And so many people and Christians don’t really understand what Grace really is… and so they go through life aiming at the wrong targets and they feel shame and condemnation and live under a fear of failure?… They live performance-oriented , perfection-driven lives and they end up discouraged and depressed, because they feel like they can never measure up … no matter how hard they try, they just can’t seem to “earn this”… And so lets be clear this morning… You can’t earn this. God’s love, God approval, God’s favor… You can’t earn it….