Works may boast and say, "I can get you to heaven, if you try hard and labor to do your best." Salvation is the gift of God to be received. We don't work to earn a gift, we simply receive it. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). Salvation is not by our works, but resting in the finished work of Christ. Salvation is the gift of God through faith in Christ.
Jesus says to you,"Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest"(Matthew 11:28). Jesus invites all who are weary to come to Him and find rest. The word rest refers to our salvation as the gift of God in Christ. Rest in Christ alone means completely depending upon Him to do in us what we cannot do.
Salvation in Christ is by God's grace alone. Salvation is about what God has done for us in Christ. It's what God is doing in us and through us. That's called grace, and its fulness is found in Jesus Christ our Lord (John 1:16). He is the fulness of grace.
Salvation is resting with confidence, trust, and reliance in Christ alone, to do in us what we are unable to do. Only Jesus Christ can save us. That means we rest in Christ alone. Rest in God's love, mercy, and grace, believing on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:30-31).
