@Ash_Kvetchum @Omega_Variant @Xenophon >Remember that Christ Himself dismisses that accepting Christ is the way of salvation.
where does this happen?
>Any idea that "If you believe/do [insert threshold], then I will give it to you" is *earning* it, by definition--just with a threshold moved.
Accepting a gift ≠ earning, and choosing to not accept a gift is still an option if we are to assume free will.

I appreciate the effortposts. Within the paradigm you're outlining, there's still question of why Christ would bother answering those who ask Him what they must do to be saved (Luke 10:25-29, Matthew 19:16). If the answer was as simple as "lol be born to the right person noob" or "you're already good, bucko!" would we not have heard a variant of that?