Then you must consider God's gift of salvation a bribe, because, when God grants us salvation, He requires that we forsake sin. Also, you must of necessity consider a relationship with God as a bribe, rather than a gift, because He makes it conditional:
II Corinthians 6:17-18
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty
I'm sorry, but the Bible does not agree with you on this, as the following verses will show that, indeed God does put conditions upon His grace:
I Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and
giveth grace to the humble.
James 4:6
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but
giveth grace unto the humble.
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from
them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 3:34
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but
he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Romans 1:1-5
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
By whom we have received
grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
And conditions upon His mercy:
Exodus 20:5-6
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments
Deuteronomy 7:9,12
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and
mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Wherefore it shall come to pass,
if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers
I Kings 3:6
And Solomon said,
Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
II Chronicles 6:14
And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and
shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
Nehemiah 1:5
And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and
mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
Psalm 32:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but
he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about
Psalm 103:8,11,17
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so
great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
But
the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but
whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither
shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Daniel 9:4
And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said,
O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Jonah 2:8
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Luke 1:50
And
his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Jude 20, 21
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
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