Pastors teach that salvation is a free gift from God, based upon Christ's dying on the cross to open the gates of heaven, relieve us of our burden of sin, so that we can escape the burning pits of hell.
Pastors, the good altruists that they are, preach that we have the gift of eternal life, not by our own attempt, but solely due to God's mercy and love.
As a committed egoist, I mostly buy that, but do insist that we are personally responsible for achieving salvation too, by our faith, by our good works, by our free choice to receive the freely offered, unconditional gift of grace from God, made possible through the death of Jesus, and his resurrection.
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