Eph 2:9 NLT
Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
Salvation
God had to step in to save us. There was no hope any other way. There is no good thing we can do to earn our salvation. There is no pious life we can live to earn salvation. There are no religious rights we can do to earn salvation. There is no club, church, religion, denomination, sect, monastery that will do.
Salvation is from God, of God, for God’s glory, by His grace, on His terms.
There is nothing you, or I can do to make that any different. Accept salvation, God’s way, and rejoice in it!
Humility
The question is are we humble enough to accept God’s way?
Almost none of us like hand-outs. Often we feel the need to contribute to our salvation. That is out of pride. A pride that is baseless. We have nothing of value to give to God, no matter how high an opinion we may hold of ourselves.
We have to humble ourselves, and accept the complete work of Christ as the only way we can be saved from separation from God, from death.
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up!”