We are saved by grace, and made righteous without merit, so that we cannot boast. New life and eternal life therefore cannot be earned. We humans cannot earn or achieve new and eternal life through religiosity, good works, or a good life. We humans generally believe ourselves self-righteous and think that by doing much good and living a good life, we deserve heaven. But eternal life remains a gift of God — one which, fortunately, we humans cannot earn.
— Fritz Ryser, Autor und Kleinverleger christlicher Schriften
Related Bible passage: EPH.2.8
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Humility & Pride
Fritz Ryser
Fritz Ryser ist ein Schweizer christlicher Autor und Kleinverleger, der seine Schriften vor allem im eigenen Heilsnot-Verlag herausgibt. Sein Werk ist geprägt von einer konservativ-evangelikalen Theologie, die persönliche Bekehrung, Heilsgewissheit und die Kreuzesnachfolge in den Mittelpunkt stellt. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er durch pointierte geistliche Leitsätze zur Buße und zu einer verbindlichen Lebensführung nach biblischen Maßstäben.
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller