“I am saved solely and wholly because of Christ’s work, not mine. He has reserved a place in heaven for me, given freely to me by Him. I ‘never boast’—I take no credit for my standing with God—‘except in the cross’; what Christ has done is now something I ‘boast’ in. To boast is to joyously exult, and to have high confidence, in something. To know you are saved by Christ’s work alone bring a joyous ‘boasting’ confidence; not a self-confidence, but Christ-confidence.” —Tim Keller
