We know that all that is eternal is ours only by Grace, through the Blood of Jesus Christ.
There is no qualifier. There is, however, a price that must be paid for the daily experience of salvation and the infilling of the Holy Spirit. Of course, salvation is free. The ongoing experience of salvation and the release of living in the supernatural, come at the cost of taking up The Cross and following Him.
Birds of a feather flock together. Those who want Him gravitate to those who are chasing hard after Him. They hear about His faithfulness. They hear about His deliverance. They hear about His cleansing and His transforming power. They are stirred by the Spirit to pray to be changed.
Then, they are tested and always in something that is hard and unpredictable. When they come through the fire, they are refined and there is no smell of smoke on them.
Soldier of The cross, He always gives Grace for the trial, but not one second before it is needed.
We have a marvelous and infinitely loving, all-powerful God. Do we believe it? I have heard many Christians say they are afraid to tell the Lord He can do anything in their lives because they think He will hurt them.
Amazing.
Soldier of The Cross, above all, learn to trust Him.
There is nothing else.