We are saved by God�s mercy, not by our merit�by Christ�s dying, not by our doing. "We cannot earn our way to heaven By word or work or worth; But if we trust in Christ to save us, Then we�ll enjoy new birth." Branon Eph 2:8 & 9: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God,not by works, so that no one can boast. (Taken from Daily Bread, 30 September 2008)