Grace represents one of Christianity's most powerful yet misunderstood concepts. It's God's riches given at Christ's expense, bringing an unburdening that revolutionizes how we live and relate to God. Many believers struggle with righteousness, not understanding the crucial difference between working toward God and working for God. The former attempts to earn salvation through good deeds, leading to bondage, while the latter serves God from a place of already being saved, leading to freedom.Christ is the end of law-based righteousness because even perfect law-keeping from today forward cannot save us—God requires payment for past sins, and breaking one point of the law makes us guilty of breaking it all. Salvation rests entirely on Christ's finished work, not on human merits, works, or efforts. However, this doesn't diminish the importance of good works; rather, it establishes their proper order and motivation. True conversion brings inevitable change, but these works flow from salvation, not toward it.Understanding grace brings freedom from religious performance, rules, and regulations that enslave rather than liberate. It reveals our true identity in Christ—we are crucified with Him, and He lives in us. This isn't mere theological language but a profound truth about our new nature. Christ's sacrifice was deeply personal, and believers must embrace this revelation knowledge of who they are in Him, avoiding the enemy's counterfeit identities that fill the God-shaped vacuum in human hearts.