The Bible says, lest any man should boast.
You know, there's no mayabang person in heaven.
Because nobody in heaven can say,
I'm here because I'm better than other people.
I'm here because I quit drinking and he didn't.
Nobody can say that.
Everybody in heaven is going to say,
I'm in heaven because I was a sinner
that did not deserve to be here.
I believed on Jesus Christ who paid it all.
And I'm saved.
Everybody, isn't it interesting how God
set up a system of salvation where nobody
can boast in what they've done?
So here's the thing, if you've got a preacher up here
saying, whoa, I used to be a drunk
and I don't drink anymore, are you boasting?
Right?
Right.
I mean, it sounds like boasting to me.
It sounds like bragging.
Well, that's not salvation, my friend,
because there's no boasting in salvation.
And when you make a statement like that
and say, hey, you know what, I'm saved.
I used to be a drunk.
I don't drink anymore.
That's my salvation.
That's my proof.
Well, according to Ephesians 2, 8, and 9,
you're not saved because nobody can boast
in their salvation because it's not what you do at all.