Saved by grace and empowered by the Spirit for new life in Jesus
I’ve got to say I am constantly meeting people who think they can work hard enough and long enough so that God will save them. I used to be one of those thinkers. The concept that we are saved by grace is completely opposed to the concept that our own personal efforts enable us to meet the requirements of a holy God. It is in the nature of every person alive to think that they can do something to better themselves, to make themselves more acceptable to God, but this isn’t h