Reality is...

Tonight, I am giving a message on Salvation. The title of the message is "reality is..." and really the reality is that we cannot be close to the God of the universe no matter how hard we try and no matter how much we want to be. It is by grace that we are saved through faith and it is not of ourselves but it is a gift of God, not of works so that no one can boast. We can't do anything to earn our salvation because when we do try and do that on our own, we fail miserably. One of the things that I enjoy most about salvation is that God's power is at work in me in crazy ways and he is my strength and my salvation.

Amen.