only by grace

"Anyone can love his friends. Only grace can produce someone who loves his enemies and seeks their good so that God gets all the honour.

Anyone can forgive one act of betrayel. Only grace can produce someone who goes on forgiving time after time so that God gets all the  honour.

Anyone can dip into her purse and give coins to a beggar. Only grace can produce someone who sells her posessions and gives the proceeds to the poor so that God gets all the honour.

Anyone can expend himself on behalf of his wife. Only grace can produce a husband and wife who open their home to the destitute and opressed so that God gets all the honour."

Steve Timmis & Tim Chester, Gospel centered life