Cruz... we are saved, not by deeds, but by redemption.
What a perfect cop out
The actual picture is complex. It entails the accepted work of a Savior which in turn energizes us to some kind of gospel oriented works. “Deeds” will appear as proof. So it isn’t a cop out. But neither is it a “cop in” to self will.
Read the Bible much?
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:8-10