This is almost a pure reformed position, with a tweek.
Or maybe you are unaware of what a reformed position actually is.
Whose reformed position?
I wonder at such large accusations you are making.
The real crux is simple. Do we have to walk in purity and righteously to follow Jesus?
Yes. The question is how
Yes a result of being saved.(by faith, not of ourselves) If we are not born of God’s righteousness according to His labor of love ,as a work of His faith, there would be no way to follow Him who has no form.
How do we follow Him? We walk by faith not after some
work of the flesh that we have experienced .The faith is not of ourselves least any man boast in vain. For instance like that man in Mathew 7 (worker of iniquity) trying to establish a righteousness of his own self. Blaspheming the Holy name by which we are called.
The key to help understand is found in the gospel (Galatians 3:1-5) as to the hearing of Christ’s faith, as he from heaven gives us ears to hear what the Spirit is teaching. Beginning with that work He works in us as to the end of the matter. And not the first time we sin we need to crucify him over and over like those in Hebrews 6.
God requests us to answer ...Received ye the Spirit by the “works of the law”, or by the “hearing of faith”?
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes
Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth,
crucified among you?This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?Are ye so foolish?
having begun in the Spirit, are ye
now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.He therefore
that ministereth to you the Spirit,
and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the “works of the law”, or by the” hearing of faith”? Even as
Abraham believed God, and it was “accounted to” him for righteousness. (This is a imputed righteousness. )
We therefore can put faith in Christ (towards God) because he first gives His faith from Him. Its faith
in towards Him, that comes from us hearing him, of Christ.
Phi 3:9 And be found
in him,
not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law,
but that which is through the faith
of Christ,
the righteousness which is
of God
by faith: Gal 3:1-5
Offering our faith towards Him is considered dead faith. He must do the first works (hearing Him) before we can love Him.
It’s what was being said I believe in Revelation2. Some of the members, were having their faith in respect to men,( the deeds/works of the Nicolaitanes).
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from
whence thou art fallen, and repent, and
do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
It seems obvious if we are commanded to do the first works of Christ working in us (believing God) ,rather than man he would continue to work in us to the end .
Joh 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, “This is the
work of God”,
that ye believe on him
whom he hath sent.