Thought: By our own effort as mere mortal sinners we cannot achieve salvation. Salvation comes through Christ’s death on the cross, pay for all our sins if we repent and asks him to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness and to accept Christ as Lord and Saviour. The cost to Christ to pay the sins of the world is his life.
So it is the grace of God that we can receive forgiveness through Christ. It is a gift not our good works.