[LiteKeeper]

That is exactly the point...Eph 2:8
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast."

There is NOTHING we can do to be saved. We are totally dependent upon God. Good works, charity, church-attendance...nothing will get us saved.

[Old Student]

“There is NOTHING we can do to be saved. We are totally dependent upon God. Good works, charity, church-attendance...nothing will get us saved.”

Except depend on God’s Mercy and his Son’s sacrifice. I try to be worthy of that, and fail. Every freaking day.