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Originally Posted by Zyr
Salvation through deeds.
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My take on that is that it is not salvation through deeds. It is that when someone decides to dedicate their lives to the Christian ideal, there are lots of behaviors they try and stay away from (or actively pursue) because of that dedication to doing their God's will. So it isn't deeds make salvation, it's salvation makes the deeds.
The story of the crucifixtion has a man who was a sinner all his life who accepted Jesus as his savior while on the cross. According to scripture, that would put him in the "saved" column, and his life was pretty sinful.
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