The church of God has taught that God's grace does not abolish His law, emphasizing that the issue is not law or grace but law and grace. God's spiritual law coexists with His grace, and even blessing us with His law is an act of His grace. Faith does not replace the necessity of good works, as works are required as evidence of our faith. The issue is not works or faith but works and faith, since faith without works is dead. Some may be tempted to believe that works ended with Christ's sacrificial death and resurrection, thinking that Christ, through the Holy Spirit, keeps the law in our stead. However, it is considered self-righteous by some to strive to keep the Ten Commandments for salvation, feeling that such efforts take credit away from God for our salvation. Jesus Himself instructs that works are necessary for eternal life, as seen in Matthew 19:16-17, where He tells a man to keep the commandments to enter into life. Our Savior expects us to become coworkers with Him in our salvation, as Paul writes in Ephesians 2:10 that we are created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared for us to walk in. It is a tragic error to believe that no works are needed in our salvation or that Jesus will keep the law for us. The purpose of God's grace and reconciliation is to stop us from transgressing His law, encouraging us to cease bad works and begin good works, practicing godly love instead of selfishness. God pleads with us to keep His commandments if we love Him, as stated in John 14:15. Not keeping the Ten Commandments is an insult to God's grace, while keeping them wholeheartedly requires tremendous effort against the downward pulls of the world, the self, and satan. Paul instructs Timothy in II Timothy 3:15, 17 that the Holy Scriptures are able to make us wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus, equipping us for every good work. The conditions of turning from sin and accepting Christ, including baptism, are actions we must take ourselves, though they do not save us; they reconcile us to God, allowing Him to give us His Holy Spirit, which contains the faith that saves. God's goal is to bring us to cooperate with Him in our salvation, as shown in Philippians 2:12-13, where we are urged to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, while God works in us to will and to do for His good pleasure. We must actively take hold of the life-preserver He throws us, hanging on with all our might as coworkers with Christ in our salvation.