give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). Jesus came to give his life for sinners. Sin is the human problem, and God solved that problem at the cross of Christ. Third, sinners cannot save themselves. Paul reminds believers they are saved by grace through faith, “and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Eph 2:8). Salvation is “not by works, so that no one can boast” (v. 9). Any boasting about salvation will be in God because only God saves sinners. Paul clarified to Titus that