In Rom 4:4-5, Paul uses the illustration of a man who works for a living, his wages are given to him as an obligation not as a gift. Salvation is a free gift with an expensive price for the giver. When a person knows that it is not works that justify. Their trust in God accounts for righteousness. It is the wicked who try to work their way to heaven. Man has been trying to close the gap between himself and God since Adam sinned in the garden. You cannot recapture paradise lost through works but only through Jesus Christ. Man\’s way leads to an endless lost. God\’s way lead to an endless hope. Choose the Lord today.