If the Scriptures make any thing plain, it is that man can not save himself but must accept his salvation as a gift.
FOR by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9.
WHO hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace.
II Timothy 1:9.
NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Titus 3:5.
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John 10:1.
Jesus Christ is the door as the next verse shows and he who tries to save himself in any other way is called a “thief” and a “robber.”
I AM the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John 10:9.
JESUS said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 22:37-38.
Are you loving God with all your heart! If you were, you would trust Him.
AND he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Luke 16:15.
Are you an abomination in the sight of God because of what you do in your effort to save yourself!
See: Luke 18:10-14.