“True and saving faith is not tipping the hat to Jesus. It is not nodding the head that he did a few things that I couldn’t do to help me get to heaven, but I was pretty much on my way given what I am in myself. Saving faith is the desperate thrust of a helpless soul upon the arms of an almighty Savior. It is clinging to Christ crucified in a death grip saying, ‘Save me, Lord, or I perish.'” -Albert Martin
Full sermon from which this quote was taken is available here.