By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew
“I am persuaded that our good deeds never merit salvation. To merit salvation would mean to earn it or to deserve it. The deeds would have to be so good, so perfect, with no mixture of sin in them, that it would impose an obligation upon God to grant us salvation. I believe that the New Testament is abundantly clear that none of us lives a life that is good enough to earn salvation. We receive God’s salvation while we are sinners (Eph. 2:1-6). That’s why we need a Savior, an atonement – and why we need grace.”
-R.C. Sproul