Salvation has absolutely nothing to do with human merit and absolutely everything to do with divine mercy.
People will never know how glorious the cross is until they know how serious sin is.
We do not have time to waste our lives coasting out casual, comfortable Christianity.
Believing in the Jesus of the Bible makes life risky on a lot of levels because it is absolute surrender of every decision we make, every dollar we spend, our lives belong to another.
Clearly our greatest need is not more regulations in order to merit salvation.
The Bible clearly reminds us that left to ourselves, we would be lost forever.