I do believe we have the ability to love and if we do not use it we will not receive the free gift of eternal life from God, but when we love and recieve that gift we will still not have earned it and still will not be able to boast about anything.
You begin your sentence by saying we have the ABILITY to love and end by saying we will not be ABLE to boast.
Ability is defined as being able. Having the power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc.
So to say at the beginning of the sentence that we love because of our power or capacity, and then to say at the end of the same sentence that it was not our power or capacity, simply makes no sense. If we love because of Our Power and Our Capacity then it is We who do it and our Reward is heaven. And while it still may not be polite to boast, we sure are Able to take credit, or there is no logic in your thought process whatsoever.
So, in other words what you are saying is,
We can do nothing to earn our salvation. But if you go to eternal suffering, its your own fault.
That statement and your above quote are logically impossible.
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