From Graced Again

"Religion is, I obey, therefore I'm accepted’. The Gospel is, ‘I'm accepted through what Jesus Christ has done for me, therefore I obey’. Religion gives you control, that's why its so popular.
If I am saved by what I can do, then there's a limit to what God can ask of me. I still have some control. But if I am saved by sheer grace, then there's nothing He cannot ask of me”. Tim Keller