Working out our Salvation

[Elin]

The question at hand, which it boils down to, is
if justification at some part, to some degree, is to be found in the sinner or solely in Christ alone.

Justification (sin forgiven=salvation, Lk 1:77) is through the gift of faith (Eph 2:8-9) which comes with regeneration.

Let me ask this question in return:
is there any possibility that a regenerate soul can not believe, or choose not to believe?

My answer is no.

Is there some form of preparationism or "prevenient grace" involved, where a soul indeed can experience a calling, but yet turn out to fail to respond to same?
If faith is the result of regeneration, then it is impossible for the regenerate not to believe.

Agreed.

none that is elect would be able to end up fruitless and yet being saved. Are you really with me on that?

Yes.

That some translations has translated pistis as faithfulness in Gal.5:22 is not a sufficient proof for the point you are pressing on to make.

And that was not my basis for pistis meaning "faithfulness" rather than "faith" in Gal 5:22.

Have I said that justification precedes faith?

I guess I thought that was your meaning when you denied that "our" faith is the means of salvation.

Seems you thought "our" meant of our own doing.
But actually, I was setting it against the faith of Christ or the faith of God
which is forsha's position.

My apologies for the misunderstanding.

Faith is ours as gift, and it is real, but it is not a "condition" on "us", since we are "justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Rom.3:24).
Without faith, we would not be able to receive the gift of justification. But it cannot thereby be concluded from this that faith is the condition of salvation.

Then we are agreed. . .the gift of faith is the necessary means of salvation (Eph 2:8-9).