What does it mean for Muslims and Catholics to seek salvation?

The sermon highlights the futility of seeking salvation through human effort or religious observances. Jesus made it clear in Matthew 9:13 that He came to call sinners, not the righteous. Anyone who depends on their moral goodness, religious rituals, or lawful actions to attain salvation is, according to the biblical narrative, mistaken. Instead, true salvation is only by grace through faith in Christ's finished work on the cross. The righteousness of Christ becomes the believer's only plea, affirming that without acknowledgment of one's sinfulness and need for divine mercy, one cannot experience the transformative power of the Gospel.