Can a person do anything to bring about his own salvation?

Les explains that justification is a judicial act of God, pictured as a courtroom scene where God sits as judge. The believing sinner is declared just as if he had never sinned. This justification is freely by God's grace, without cost or penny involved. Salvation is prompted by the power of God, and nothing man can do contributes to it. It rolls together with forgiveness: God can justify because He forgives, and He can forgive because He justifies.