The offer of Salvation is universal, but the application is only : "by Faith".
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On the topic of knowledge;
When a person is a new born babe in Christ they have no knowledge of the things of God and feed upon the milk of the word. They are gradually taught about spiritual things. Only a few (Matt 20:16) grow to full maturity of the knowledge of God's righteousness pertaining to what his Son accomplished on his finished work on the cross.
Rom 10:1-3 is an example of those born again people who have a "zeal of God" but not according to knowledge, and are going about to establish their own righteousness (by the law) , having not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. There is a deliverance (salvation here in time) when a child of God comes unto a knowledge of the truth.
Those that have this lack of knowledge are known as "the lost sheep of the house of Israel".
The unregenerate person will not come to ask for help in in accomplishing a spiritual commandment of a spiritual God (1 Cor 2:14).
Salvation, according to Greek translation means "a deliverance". The born again, child of God is the only person that will ask a spiritual God for help in accomplishing his spiritual laws. (1 Cor 2:14). There is a deliverance here in time when a child of God obeys God's commandments.
All of these scriptures you have quoted are attributes of the born again child of God.
Salvation, according to Greek translation means "a deliverance". There are many deliverances, here in time, for the children of God when they follow his commandments.
The inspired word of God are instructions to God's elect, instructing them as to how he wants them to live their lives as they sojourn here on earth
Eternal deliverance was accomplished for all of those that God gave to his Son, out of the first man on earth to the last, to redeem them from their sins on the cross. It is a finished work of Jesus on the cross
Many things are imparted, but faith isn't one of them. Spiritual gifts are imparted, wisdom is imparted, the gospel is imparted, material things are imparted. That's all Biblical, but faith or righteousness is not imparted.
Righteousness may be imputed to someone's account, that's like giving credit to someone's account, but righteousness is not imparted. Faith is a form of righteousness and it happens to be the one God is most interested in.
Abraham had righteousness imputed to him on account of his faith, not because God gave him faith. If God gives someone faith then it wouldn't have been necessary to prove faith.
Galatians 3:5-7
5So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? 6So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
7Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.
Romans 4:18-23
18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 19Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. 20Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. 22This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” 23The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone,
Righteousness may be imputed to someone's account, that's like giving credit to someone's account, but righteousness is not imparted. Faith is a form of righteousness and it happens to be the one God is most interested in.
Abraham had righteousness imputed to him on account of his faith, not because God gave him faith. If God gives someone faith then it wouldn't have been necessary to prove faith.
Galatians 3:5-7
5So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? 6So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
7Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.
Romans 4:18-23
18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 19Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. 20Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. 22This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” 23The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone,
I supposed I missed the debunking. Do you believe that faith in the things of the Spirit, comes to us as a fruit of the Holy Spirit, that we receive in the new birth with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? The only righteousness that we have is the righteousness of Christ imputed to us when we were quickened together with Christ.
Many were called to be God's elect people, but few were chosen ( the remnant of the house of Israel) to receive, by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, the full knowledge of the righteousness of God about what his Son actually accomplished on the cross. The rest of God's elect were blinded to this knowledge, and are called the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
The remnant are instructed to go and preach to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
There are two different kinds of people in this world from the beginning of it until the end. The unregenerate and the regenerate.
The inspired word of God was written to the regenerate people as instructions as to how God wants them to live their lives as they sojourn here on earth.
According to Greek interpretation for salvation is "a deliverance, saved = delivered and save = deliver"
If God's regenerate people follow his instructions to live their life by, they will be delivered from many things of this world.
The unregenerate people cannot understand the word of a spiritual God, and thinks it to be foolishness (1 Cor 2:14).
Eternal deliverance was accomplished by Jesus for all of those that his Father gave to him to redeem them from their sins by his death on the cross, and Jesus said that he would not lose any of them, but would raise them up at the last day, and that his work on the cross was finished (John 6:39).
I could quote you church history.
But Abrahams election, and he was the first, was that he and his seed should BLESS the nations. You have to see the elect nation of Israel in Egypt ... the Jews found favour among the people, the mid wives for example, Moses and Aaron at Pharoah's court and those who heeded Moses escaped the worst plagues.
When Israel left Egypt the people enriched them.
In Babylon many were saved including kings. The saying has always been true, those who bless thee will be blest, those that curse thee will be cursed.
We are elect to be a city set upon a hill, to exclude everybody? NO but that men who are lost and naked and hungry might find their way.
I am very bold to say this but the church has not interpreted the last judgement rightly. Do you believe in the rapture, the resurrection of the just? "so shall we ever be with the Lord" "we are" says John "passed over from judgement to life"
There is no way the sheep in the last judgement can be the church.
But Abrahams election, and he was the first, was that he and his seed should BLESS the nations. You have to see the elect nation of Israel in Egypt ... the Jews found favour among the people, the mid wives for example, Moses and Aaron at Pharoah's court and those who heeded Moses escaped the worst plagues.
When Israel left Egypt the people enriched them.
In Babylon many were saved including kings. The saying has always been true, those who bless thee will be blest, those that curse thee will be cursed.
We are elect to be a city set upon a hill, to exclude everybody? NO but that men who are lost and naked and hungry might find their way.
I am very bold to say this but the church has not interpreted the last judgement rightly. Do you believe in the rapture, the resurrection of the just? "so shall we ever be with the Lord" "we are" says John "passed over from judgement to life"
There is no way the sheep in the last judgement can be the church.