Eyes on Christ

We're saved by grace alone, not by our performance, yet it's easy to drift from awe and wonder at God into quietly keeping score against other people. Jesus' parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector shows that the truly devoted can walk away unjustified while the desperate sinner who simply cries for mercy goes home right with God. The call is to keep pursuing growth while never graduating from grace, with our eyes fixed on the cross rather than on each other.