Merit

Who has enough merit to earn God’s precious key? It ain’t the clergy; it ain’t the Sunday school teacher Nor is it a church team leader or choir members who sing so sweetly. Who has enough merit to get into Heaven? Is it the family who lives clean and is church every Sunday at eleven? Is it the group of outreach volunteers who visit the sick and feed the poor? Or is the person who works for God a lot more? The answer is no one has enough merit to make it in Because even willing vessels have fallen deep into sin If it was not for Jesus dying on the cross Our good works would be useless; our souls would still be lost If it wasn’t for mercy and for God’s grace There would be a permanent lock on the pearly gates There would be no hope for anyone getting in And eternal suffering would be for all and would never come to an end So remember, no one has enough merit to make God proud It’s the fact that God loved us first that should make us shout out loud God is not impressed by the works that we do He is concerned about the heart and whether or not He abides in me and you