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Originally Posted by Falla39

Man's response to God's Grace, through faith and obedience is what brings salvation.

Not Grace + 0 = Salvation! But Grace + Faith + Obedience = Salvation.

Titus 2:11-14

11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Falla39

This is what gets me Falla this passage does not say we are saved by obediance. But rather we become obediant once we are saved.

Salvation comes by grace, which then in turn teaches us to deny ungodliness.