How one understands the message of salvation depends on one's perspective. The evangelist does not go around telling people there is nothing they can do to be saved. Imagine the jailer in Acts chapter 16 when there was an earthquake and his prisoners, Paul and Silas, were found walking about freed from their chains. The jailer in fear and trembling says to Paul and Silas, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" If Paul would have said, "Sorry pal, there is nothing you can do." The jailer would have likely thrust himself through with his own sword. After he received the message of Christ however Paul could have explained that the whole ordeal of the earthquake and all things leading up to it was God's grace bringing the jailer to the door, which by faith, he entered. One must walk to get through the door but he does not open the door on his own. The door is Christ and it swings on the hinges of God's grace.
