GMCGeneral
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Right. And the idea is NOT to earn Salvation, that issue was settled at the CrossIs the Evangelical perspective of justification, "one and done"? Catholics (and some other non-Catholic Christians) see justification as more of a progression. Christ's redemption of the world is our 'one and done'. Justification begins with conversion, as grace is bestowed upon us.
An analogy that might be used is one of pregnancy. No one is "kind of" pregnant, they either are, or they are not. On the other hand, there are growing stages of pregnancy, just as there are in justification.
Or, better yet, as Paul writes in Ephesians (2:10) - For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
In our obedience to God and these good works He prepared beforehand, our walk in them is showered with God's sanctifying graces.
The idea is to bear witness to G-d's infinite grace and mercy in order to bring others to the Cross.