Repentance and Keeping Commandments is only the beginning of salvation.

[Blade]

Repeating a phrase multiple times doesn’t make it true. Judging from this post alone, OP, you don’t seem to understand grace, faith, and works. You’re posting random verses to support a point that those verses don’t actually convey—context matters. You’re not quoting His word accurately; instead, you keep adding the phrase 'repentance to keep God's commandments is the beginning of His salvation'

Take Heb 6 1 they needed to go beyond an elementary understanding of the difference between Judaism and Christian messianic teaching. To a deep mature understanding of the implications of their confession of faith in Jesus the Messiah. Take repentance from dead works. The phrase dead works appears again in 9 14 in both places it seems best to take it as a reference to reliance upon good works as the means or causes of ones salvation. Repentance would then be recognition that ones good works have no power to save because they were dead. They cannot produce eternal life. Those who have truly repented have stopped relying on their own good works for salvation. Pffft.. On the contrary.. they have discovered the second of the messianic ABC's. They have turned away from their own works and trusted GOD to give them eternal life. Their faith is not in themselves but in the power of the living GOD.

I am already justified and secured in Christ, yet the full, visible manifestation of that salvation is "not yet" complete.

"In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God]. The Spirit is the guarantee [the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste] of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own [purchased] possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory." I am in right standing with my Father because I trust in cling to believe in Yeshua/Jesus Christ the Messiah.

 

[pinebeach]

Repeating a phrase multiple times doesn’t make it true. Judging from this post alone, OP, you don’t seem to understand grace, faith, and works. You’re posting random verses to support a point that those verses don’t actually convey—context matters. You’re not quoting His word accurately; instead, you keep adding the phrase 'repentance to keep God's commandments is the beginning of His salvation'

Take Heb 6 1 they needed to go beyond an elementary understanding of the difference between Judaism and Christian messianic teaching. To a deep mature understanding of the implications of their confession of faith in Jesus the Messiah. Take repentance from dead works. The phrase dead works appears again in 9 14 in both places it seems best to take it as a reference to reliance upon good works as the means or causes of ones salvation. Repentance would then be recognition that ones good works have no power to save because they were dead. They cannot produce eternal life. Those who have truly repented have stopped relying on their own good works for salvation. Pffft.. On the contrary.. they have discovered the second of the messianic ABC's. They have turned away from their own works and trusted GOD to give them eternal life. Their faith is not in themselves but in the power of the living GOD.

I am already justified and secured in Christ, yet the full, visible manifestation of that salvation is "not yet" complete.

"In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God]. The Spirit is the guarantee [the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste] of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own [purchased] possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory." I am in right standing with my Father because I trust in cling to believe in Yeshua/Jesus Christ the Messiah.

I think you are shouting into the void.

 

[ATG]

ATG said:
God seeks commandment keepers, not religious hypocrites.
NO HE DOES NOT!!!

God seeks religious hypocrites and commandment breakers?

2Th 2:10
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Righteousness by faith alone without repentance.

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DIED BECAUSE WE CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS.

Psa 2:1
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

Psa 94:4
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

Righteousness by faith alone without repentance.

We are not ancient Israel.

Nor are transgressors the Israel of God.

For all transgressors are enemies of the God of Israel:

Jas 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Phl 3:17
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

But you go ahead and play law keeping.

Doing the law of Christ is not playing with the law. Only those despising the law are playing with God.

Deu 4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

Heb 12:25
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:...For our God is a consuming fire.

If you are playing law keeping, you are no longer considered by God to be without sin and therefore are guilty.

And so, the only ones that have faith in Christ, that are not righteous and justified by their faith in Christ, are those preaching and keeping the commandments of God and Jesus Christ.

Every other lawless, unrepentant, transgressor, that CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT keep His commandments, having faith-alone in Christ, is wholly justified.

In the faith-alone kingdom of transgressors, the only condemnation is doing righteousness, and not just preaching it on the inside by faith-alone:

Psa 106:3
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

1 John{3:7}
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous

1 John{2:29}
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

People have told you this over and over and over and you just reject it, no matter how much scripture is given to support those facts so it seems to be beyond your underestanding. Maybe you should repent of false doctrine and pray you understand true doctrine.

Mat 23:15
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

No thanks. I'll keep the Scriptures and commandments I quote over and over and over...

Your accusations are false. Your judgement is wrong

Jhn 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

you do not, apparently, understand why Jesus died on our behalf.

Jesus died for sins. He was crucified by sinners. He is resurrected for repentance from sins:

Mar 2:17
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Mat 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen.

The righteous by faith-alone with no need of repentance, die in their sins on their own behalf.

 

[ATG]

15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

THE Son of God tells me if I truly LOVE Him I will show, demonstrate, prove that love by obeying His commandments and then I can enter into Life eternal with Him.

Well said from plain Scripture.

2Co 3:12
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

Them that repent and keep His commandments for love's sake, do enter into life.

It is them that go on to keeps His words of faith in all things, that have reward at His judgment seat of cities, to rule in His heavenly kingdom to come on earth:

Jhn 8:29
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

Phl 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Luk 19:16
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

I have turned over my life as a living sacrifice to My Master --- to live by every WORD out of the mouth of my Master Jesus Christ, who gave His life that I may live.

Amen brother, sister. A more precious confession for Jesus, than all the protestations of sinners that declare loudly they CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT keep His commandments...

Gal 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Phl 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Psa 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

 

[pinebeach]

God seeks religious hypocrites and commandment breakers?

2Th 2:10
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Righteousness by faith alone without repentance.

Psa 2:1
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

Psa 94:4
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

Righteousness by faith alone without repentance.


Nor are transgressors the Israel of God.

For all transgressors are enemies of the God of Israel:

Jas 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Phl 3:17
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)



Doing the law of Christ is not playing with the law. Only those despising the law are playing with God.

Deu 4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

Heb 12:25
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:...For our God is a consuming fire.


And so, the only ones that have faith in Christ, that are not righteous and justified by their faith in Christ, are those preaching and keeping the commandments of God and Jesus Christ.

Every other lawless, unrepentant, transgressor, that CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT keep His commandments, having faith-alone in Christ, is wholly justified.

In the faith-alone kingdom of transgressors, the only condemnation is doing righteousness, and not just preaching it on the inside by faith-alone:

Psa 106:3
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

1 John{3:7}
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous

1 John{2:29}
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.




Mat 23:15
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

No thanks. I'll keep the Scriptures and commandments I quote over and over and over...


Jhn 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.


Jesus died for sins. He was crucified by sinners. He is resurrected for repentance from sins:

Mar 2:17
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Mat 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen.

The righteous by faith-alone with no need of repentance, die in their sins on their own behalf.

You are badly confused mister.

 

[ATG]

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DIED BECAUSE WE CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS.

People have told you this over and over and over and you just reject it, no matter how much scripture is given to support those facts

Scripture given?

We CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT keep His commandments.

Scriptures given:

Rev 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Phl 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

1Jo 2:3
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Psa 119:158
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

Psa 37:38
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Only by faith-alone can transgressors be justified by Christ. Just not by Jesus Christ the righteous...

 

[pinebeach]

Scripture given?

We CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT keep His commandments.

Scriptures given:

Rev 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Phl 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

1Jo 2:3
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Psa 119:158
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

Psa 37:38
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Only by faith-alone can transgressors be justified by Christ. Just not by Jesus Christ the righteous...

I quote the whole Bible in the ESV translation. Nothing is going to help you understand you are adding works to salvation.

I'm not going to bother with your inability to understand that and I am not sure you even actually see that you are doing that in your biblical ramblings.

See ya....but not anymore in this thread.

 

[ATG]

ATG said: God seeks commandment keepers, not religious hypocrites.
NO HE DOES NOT!!!
ATG said: God seeks religious hypocrites and commandment breakers? You are badly confused mister.

Not surprising. When taking the deluded at their word.

So, we'll just conclude with the famous last boast of all the faith-alone righteous:

"The Lord Jesus Christ died because we CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT keep His commandments."

Which in part is true: Jesus Christ came down out of heaven, to dwell as a man among men on earth. But sinful men crucified Him, because they WOULD NOT keep His commandments.

And unrepentant transgressors, that still WILL NOT keep His commandments, crucify Him afresh to themselves today, even after dying for our sins to be repented of:

Heb 10:26
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,... seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

 

[ATG]

I quote the whole Bible in the ESV translation.

We CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT keep His commandments, is ESV? Thanks. I'll stay away from ESV. Even sounds like a disease.

Nothing is going to help you understand you are adding works to salvation.

2 pet 1:4
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Like the strange hypocrites of old, you just cannot help but argue against Scripture of truth:

Jdg 12:6
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right.

Repent ye is the Shibboleth of God, to the righteous by their own faith-alone.

 

[ATG]

SALVATION COME BY FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE

Death come by faith alone in a false christ alone:

Jas 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Jas 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

JUSTIFIED BY FAITH

Have you forsaken faith-alone so fast?

No problem. Keep it that way, and we can all agree on being justified by faith through Christ Jesus, not by faith-alone.

THE POST‑ACTS‑10 CHALLENGE: THE BODY‑OF‑CHRIST SALVATION PATTERN
Once Acts 10 establishes the Gentile pattern,

Acts{11:18}
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

the New Testament never again ties justification or Holy Spirit baptism to anything but faith.

James{2:21}
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?...Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

If anyone claims otherwise,

James{2:21}
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?...Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

let them produce a single post‑Acts‑10 verse where salvation is conditioned on something other than believing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

James{2:21}
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?...Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

Let anyone quote a single Scripture, where believing the gospel of Jesus Christ, is not by repentance from sins and trespasses:

Mat 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Mark{1:15}
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Acts 2:37
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?...Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

2 Cor 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of:

Heb 6:1
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Acts{11:18}
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

Anyone saying they are believing the gospel of Jesus Christ, without repenting from dead works, is believing a gospel of another Christ, that repents not to believe and obey Jesus:

2Co 4:3
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Gal 1:7
As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

 

[ATG]

OSAS

Unconditional eternal salvation and justification by faith-alone in Christ, apart from any works being done, including disobedient evil doing.

The OSAS lie is having faith-alone without works, because their faith-alone is always with sinful works.

Justification by faith-alone with sinful works, is the first lie of Satan to them, that know they are transgressing God's commandment:

Gen 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

THE NT TRINITARIAN STRUCTURE MAKES LOSS OF SALVATION IMPOSSIBLE

Unrepented transgressors never lose their salvation in this life, until the grave when they lose their faith-alone.

The New Testament grounds eternal security in the irreversible saving actions of the Triune God:

The foundation of the gospel of Jesus Christ is repentance from evil doing, and faith toward God to obey Jesus Christ:


Mark{1:15}
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Heb {6:1}
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Heb{5:8}
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

LOSS-OF-SALVATION THEOLOGY COLLAPSES UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT

no-loss-of-salvation theology collapses under its own dead weight of faith-alone sand.

Mat 7:26
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
James{1:22}
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

FINAL CHALLENGE TO LOSS‑OF‑SALVATION THEOLOGY

If anyone claims salvation can be lost, the burden of proof is simple & unavoidable:

If anyone claims they are not lost by doing evil against God, the lie if simple and unavoidable:

Ezek 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Produce a single verse - anywhere in the New Testament - that shows any Person of the Trinity reversing His own saving act.

Produce a single verse that shows any Person of the Trinity justifies anyone doing evil.

Specifically: A verse where Christ un‑baptizes a believer from the Holy Spirit (undoing His forever indwelling salvation sealing act)

A verse where the Father reverses His legal declaration of righteousness (overturning His own sovereign declaration)

A verse where the Holy Spirit breaks His own seal, stops abiding forever, or cancels His guarantee (nullifying His eternal ministry)

NOTE: These are the 3 pillars of salvation in the NT - Christ's initiating act, the Father's legal declaration & the Spirit's sealing/indwelling/guaranteeing work. If salvation can be lost, Scripture must show God undoing what God Himself has done. No NT author ever teaches this.

Until such a verse is produced - loss‑of‑salvation theology remains a system built on assumptions, not Scripture.

Eze 28:15
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

God creates the angel perfect, and destroys him when He sins against God.

Gen 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Gen 2:15
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Ezek 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

God creates every living soul in His image, and takes His Spirit's life from man that transgresses His commandment.

Gen 6:6
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

God repents of doing the good in creating man on earth, and destroys the unrepentant evil doers.

1Sa 15:11
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

God repents of anointing Saul king, and takes His anointing away by transgression.

Deu 29:20
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Rev 3:5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

God blots out the name of evil doers from His book of life. Only the faithful obedient created in the image of God and anointed with His Spirit of life, has their name written therein forever.

Heb{5:8}
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

The temporal salvation and justification of one's own faith alone, with works of unrighteousness unto the end, is lost in the grave of the dead soul and faith of unrepented transgressors against God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost...

 

[FlyingDove]

Death come by faith alone in a false christ alone:

Jas 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Jas 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

Have you forsaken faith-alone so fast?

No problem. Keep it that way, and we can all agree on being justified by faith through Christ Jesus, not by faith-alone.


Acts{11:18}
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.


James{2:21}
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?...Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.





James{2:21}
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?...Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.




James{2:21}
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?...Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

Let anyone quote a single Scripture, where believing the gospel of Jesus Christ, is not by repentance from sins and trespasses:

Mat 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Mark{1:15}
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Acts 2:37
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?...Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

2 Cor 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of:

Heb 6:1
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Acts{11:18}
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

Anyone saying they are believing the gospel of Jesus Christ, without repenting from dead works, is believing a gospel of another Christ, that repents not to believe and obey Jesus:

2Co 4:3
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Gal 1:7
As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

None of the verses you quoted meet the challenge. Ja 2 is pre‑Acts‑10 & deals with vindication before men, not justification before God. Matt 4, Mk 1, Acts 2 & Acts 3 are pre‑cross or Jewish‑national calls to repentance, not the post‑Acts‑10 Gentile salvation pattern. 2 Cor 7:10 & Heb 6:1 address sanctification, not justification & Acts 11:18 actually proves my point, repentance unto life is granted by God, not performed as a condition. You still have not produced a single post‑Acts‑10 verse where justification or Holy Spirit‑baptism is conditioned on anything other than believing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

THE POST‑ACTS‑10 CHALLENGE: THE BODY‑OF‑CHRIST SALVATION PATTERN
Once Acts 10 establishes the Gentile pattern, the New Testament never again ties justification or Holy Spirit baptism to anything but faith. If anyone claims otherwise, let them produce a single post‑Acts‑10 verse where salvation is conditioned on something other than believing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

[FlyingDove]

Unconditional eternal salvation and justification by faith-alone in Christ, apart from any works being done, including disobedient evil doing.

The OSAS lie is having faith-alone without works, because their faith-alone is always with sinful works.

Justification by faith-alone with sinful works, is the first lie of Satan to them, that know they are transgressing God's commandment:

Gen 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.



Unrepented transgressors never lose their salvation in this life, until the grave when they lose their faith-alone.



The foundation of the gospel of Jesus Christ is repentance from evil doing, and faith toward God to obey Jesus Christ:


Mark{1:15}
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Heb {6:1}
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Heb{5:8}
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;



no-loss-of-salvation theology collapses under its own dead weight of faith-alone sand.

Mat 7:26
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
James{1:22}
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.


If anyone claims they are not lost by doing evil against God, the lie if simple and unavoidable:

Ezek 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.


Produce a single verse that shows any Person of the Trinity justifies anyone doing evil.



Eze 28:15
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

God creates the angel perfect, and destroys him when He sins against God.

Gen 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Gen 2:15
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Ezek 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

God creates every living soul in His image, and takes His Spirit's life from man that transgresses His commandment.

Gen 6:6
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

God repents of doing the good in creating man on earth, and destroys the unrepentant evil doers.

1Sa 15:11
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

God repents of anointing Saul king, and takes His anointing away by transgression.

Deu 29:20
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Rev 3:5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

God blots out the name of evil doers from His book of life. Only the faithful obedient created in the image of God and anointed with His Spirit of life, has their name written therein forever.

Heb{5:8}
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

The temporal salvation and justification of one's own faith alone, with works of unrighteousness unto the end, is lost in the grave of the dead soul and faith of unrepented transgressors against God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost...

Again, none of the verses you quoted meet the challenge. You cited fallen angels, pre‑cross Adam, Old Covenant national judgment, Saul losing kingship & Mosaic curses, none of which describe New Covenant salvation, Holy Spirit‑baptism, justification, sealing, or eternal life. Not one of your texts shows Christ un‑baptizing a believer, the Father reversing His legal declaration of righteousness, or the Hoy Spirit breaking His own seal or canceling His guarantee. Until you produce a single New Testament verse where God reverses His own saving act, loss‑of‑salvation theology remains assumption, not Scripture.

 

[ATG]

None of the verses you quoted meet the challenge.

No Scriptures meet the challenge of justifying a person's faith alone to justify them while doing evil.

For that you will need to stick with the OSAS revision translation.

2 Peter 3:16
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

You're under the mistaken impression that I am trying to convince any committed OSAS transgressor of the Scriptures' gospel of Jesus Christ. It's just the ongoing good exercise for me of correcting false gospels with Scriptural quotations.

1Ti 4:7
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness of the Scriptures.

Ja 2 is pre‑Acts‑10 & deals with vindication before men, not justification before God.

Exactly. OSAS transgressors seek justification with men by their show-fruit works, but not with God:

Jhn 5:44
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

Matthew{23:5}
But all their works they do for to be seen of men:

As in this case of works justified by men, but not by God, it's fascinating to watch the multi-tentacled efforts against more and more Scriptures, just to justify OSAS security with sinning unto death. They end up with even more destructive doctrines then the first.

Mat 12:45
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

Here's some more OSAS tentacles:
1. Christ doesn't see the sinning of believers: The blind Christ
2. Grace covers sinning of believers, so that Christ cannot judge them: Blind Christ grace.
3. Christ does not condemn believers that sin with the flesh, while only the unbelievers doing the same thing: Unjust Christ judge.
4. Believers souls are not dead by sinning with the flesh, but only the sinful body is dead: Soul-body separation in bipolar religion. Blame the body, not the man.
5. Believers can't be judged for their sinning, being justified by faith-alone in Christ: Unrighteous Christ.
6. Souls of believers are already in heaven forever, and the second death has no power over them: First resurrection of the soul without the body. Their Resurrection is past.
7. Believers that preach keeping commandments of God with salvation, and justification by works, are the only believers not unconditionally saved and justified with Christ: The unconditional faith-alone Christ. (This is a new one from this thread.)

I.e. Believers justified with God by keeping His commandments and doing His good will, cannot be justified with the OSAS Christ, who only unconditionally justifies believers, that transgress commandments and do iniquity.

There are more subhead doctrines, but these are pretty much the main heads of OSAS faith-alone justification:

Rev 17:3
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

THE POST‑ACTS‑10 CHALLENGE: THE BODY‑OF‑CHRIST SALVATION PATTERN
let them produce a single post‑Acts‑10 verse where salvation is conditioned on something other than believing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I only enjoy the exercise of correcting false gospels by Bible Scriptures, once.

 

[FlyingDove]

No Scriptures meet the challenge of justifying a person's faith alone to justify them while doing evil.

For that you will need to stick with the OSAS revision translation.

2 Peter 3:16
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

You're under the mistaken impression that I am trying to convince any committed OSAS transgressor of the Scriptures' gospel of Jesus Christ. It's just the ongoing good exercise for me of correcting false gospels with Scriptural quotations.

1Ti 4:7
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness of the Scriptures.


Exactly. OSAS transgressors seek justification with men by their show-fruit works, but not with God:

Jhn 5:44
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

Matthew{23:5}
But all their works they do for to be seen of men:

As in this case of works justified by men, but not by God, it's fascinating to watch the multi-tentacled efforts against more and more Scriptures, just to justify OSAS security with sinning unto death. They end up with even more destructive doctrines then the first.

Mat 12:45
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

Here's some more OSAS tentacles:
1. Christ doesn't see the sinning of believers: The blind Christ
2. Grace covers sinning of believers, so that Christ cannot judge them: Blind Christ grace.
3. Christ does not condemn believers that sin with the flesh, while only the unbelievers doing the same thing: Unjust Christ judge.
4. Believers souls are not dead by sinning with the flesh, but only the sinful body is dead: Soul-body separation in bipolar religion. Blame the body, not the man.
5. Believers can't be judged for their sinning, being justified by faith-alone in Christ: Unrighteous Christ.
6. Souls of believers are already in heaven forever, and the second death has no power over them: First resurrection of the soul without the body. Their Resurrection is past.
7. Believers that preach keeping commandments of God with salvation, and justification by works, are the only believers not unconditionally saved and justified with Christ: The unconditional faith-alone Christ. (This is a new one from this thread.)

I.e. Believers justified with God by keeping His commandments and doing His good will, cannot be justified with the OSAS Christ, who only unconditionally justifies believers, that transgress commandments and do iniquity.

There are more subhead doctrines, but these are pretty much the main heads of OSAS faith-alone justification:

Rev 17:3
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.


I only enjoy the exercise of correcting false gospels by Bible Scriptures, once.

None of what you wrote answers the challenge. You listed accusations, labels & unrelated passages, but you still have not produced a single post‑Acts‑10 verse where justification or Holy Spirit‑baptism is conditioned on anything other than believing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

That was the challenge & it remains unmet.

You can call names, assign motives & create categories like ""OSAS tentacles,"" but none of that is exegesis.

The question is simple: Where - after Acts 10, does the New Testament condition salvation on anything other than believing the gospel of Christ's death & resurrection?

If you cannot produce such a verse, then your system is not coming from Scripture but being read into Scripture.

I'm staying with the text. You're welcome to join me there anytime.

 

[ATG]

You listed accusations,

I quoted Scriptures. If the Scriptures accuse you, then you judge yourself guilty.

Jhn 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

but you still have not produced a single post‑Acts‑10 verse where justification or Holy Spirit‑baptism is conditioned on anything other than believing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

James 2 is after the Book of Acts.

Unless you have something new, other than condemning yourself, and misplacing parts of the Bible, then I'm moving on.

 

[ATG]

The gospel of Jesus Christ begins with repentance from sins and trespasses, to have faith toward God and keep His commandments.

Believing Jesus and keeping His commandments is the only beginning of His salvation. Doing His words personally by faith and love of heart, as Abraham and Rahab, is the perfecting of God's justification by works.

1Ti 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned; From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

Those who do not go on to perfecting the commandment of God, and please Him in all things with a pure heart of faith, can fall back to not keeping His commandments themselves:

Luk 9:62
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Rev 3:2
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Keeping God's commandments is the good beginning of Jesus' deliverance from transgressions, but without going on to perfecting faith with works justified by God, then we can fall back to disobeying His commandments with the children of disobedience and wrath.

Heb 6:1
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Keeping God's commandments is good, but doing His good pleasure is better to ensure we are keeping His commandments unto the end:

2 Peter 1:3
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

 

[FlyingDove]

Scripture identifies Paul as a master builder (1 Cor 3:10). He wrote 13 books-nearly half the New Testament & planted more churches than any other apostle.

Paul repeatedly grounds eternal life in faith placed in Jesus' Lordship, sin‑atoning death, resurrection & the obedience of One (Rom 5:19), NOT in the fluctuating obedience of the many.

If obedience is the condition for inheriting eternal life, then I need to know exactly how much obedience is required & how many times a person is allowed to miss the mark.

Unless you can define the requirements, you don't have gospel / good news, you have an unknowable system with no measurable standard, no assurance & no way to preach it.

 

[ATG]

The Scripture teaching remains uncorrected by the disbelievers: The gospel of Jesus Christ begins with repentance from all transgressing, to believe Him and keep His commandments.

Now for the efforts of denial:

Scripture identifies Paul as a master builder (1 Cor 3:10). He wrote 13 books-nearly half the New Testament & planted more churches than any other apostle.

Paul is not the author of the gospel of Jesus Christ: Jesus is the Author of His gospel, that He gives to all His chosen apostles.

2Pe 1:20
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

1Co 1:13
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

Choosing one apostle over another, and isolating some Scriptures from all Scriptures, is a favorite tool of the false teachers.

Paul repeatedly grounds eternal life in faith placed in Jesus' Lordship, sin‑atoning death, resurrection & the obedience of One (Rom 5:19),

Which does not include the disobedience of anyone, but only them that obey Him, even as He obeyed the Father:

Heb{5:8}
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

1 Jo 2:5
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

1 John{3:7}
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that is doing righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Jesus Christ the righteous is not Lord of anyone transgressing His Father's commandments:

Luk 6:46
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

NOT in the fluctuating obedience of the many.

The disobedience of the many, does not nullify the promise of life to them that obey.

Rom 3:3
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Mat 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen.

If obedience is the condition for inheriting eternal life,

Collosians{3:23}
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

then I need to know exactly how much obedience is required & how many times a person is allowed to miss the mark.

2Ti 2:23
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

All the disobedient need to know is already told us in the beginning of Jesus' gospel to transgressors:

Mat 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Mark{1:15}
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Acts{3:19}
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

Unrepented transgressors have not yet begun to enter into the kingdom of Jesus Christ...

 

[FlyingDove]

The Scripture teaching remains uncorrected by the disbelievers: The gospel of Jesus Christ begins with repentance from all transgressing, to believe Him and keep His commandments.

Now for the efforts of denial:


Paul is not the author of the gospel of Jesus Christ: Jesus is the Author of His gospel, that He gives to all His chosen apostles.

2Pe 1:20
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

1Co 1:13
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

Choosing one apostle over another, and isolating some Scriptures from all Scriptures, is a favorite tool of the false teachers.


Which does not include the disobedience of anyone, but only them that obey Him, even as He obeyed the Father:

Heb{5:8}
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

1 Jo 2:5
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

1 John{3:7}
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that is doing righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Jesus Christ the righteous is not Lord of anyone transgressing His Father's commandments:

Luk 6:46
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?


The disobedience of the many, does not nullify the promise of life to them that obey.

Rom 3:3
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Mat 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen.




Collosians{3:23}
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

2Ti 2:23
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

All the disobedient need to know is already told us in the beginning of Jesus' gospel to transgressors:

Mat 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Mark{1:15}
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Acts{3:19}
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

Unrepented transgressors have not yet begun to enter into the kingdom of Jesus Christ...

Topical Lexicon

δικαίωσις – JUSTIFICATION
Overview of the Concept

δικαίωσις denotes God’s definitive judicial act by which He declares sinners righteous on the basis of the atoning work and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Far more than a mere legal fiction, it establishes a new covenant standing that restores fellowship with God, inaugurates life in the Spirit, and guarantees eschatological glory. Because this verdict issues from the divine court, it is irreversible and free from human merit. The doctrine therefore undergirds the gospel’s proclamation that salvation is by grace through faith alone.

Occurrences in the New Testament - Romans 4:25 and Romans 5:18 contain the term and frame its meaning:

• “He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.” (Romans 4:25)
• “So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brings justification and life for all men.” (Romans 5:18)

In both contexts δικαίωσις stands in deliberate contrast to κατάκριμα (“condemnation”) and is anchored in Christ’s death–resurrection event. Paul teaches that the Father’s raising of the Son is the public confirmation that the penalty for sin has been satisfied and that believers are now acquitted and counted righteous.

Summary

Strong’s Greek 1344 portrays God’s decisive, legal declaration that sinners are righteous through faith in Jesus Christ. This verdict, grounded in the cross, confirmed by the resurrection, and received by faith apart from works, provides peace with God, energizes sanctification, and guarantees future glory. Genuine faith, while never the meritorious ground, necessarily bears the fruit that vindicates its reality before others and ultimately before God.

SANTIFICATION DEFINITION

KJV Dictionary Definition: SANC'TIFIED1. Made holy; consecrated; set apart for sacred services. 2. Affectedly holy.

SANC'TIFIER, n. He that sanctifies or makes holy. In theology, the Holy Spirit is, by way of eminence, denominated the Sanctifier.

SANC'TIFY, v.t. Low L. sanctifico; from sanctus, holy, and facio, to make.

1. In a general sense, to cleanse, purify or make holy. 2. To separate, set apart or appoint to a holy, sacred or religious use.

(NOTE: Sanctified means to made holy & the Holy Spirit-given at justification-is alone the Sanctifier, threfore works don't/can't maintain salvation, because claiming they do makes you & not the Holy Spirit, the one who keeps you holy.)

ATG, Justified / Sanctified - LEARN the DIFFERENCE!

Rom 1:5 Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from.
(NOTE: OBEDIENCE COMES FROM FAITH!)

When a person truly calls on the Lord Jesus for sin forgiveness (He knows everyones heart - Rev 2:23, Jn 2:24-25, Matt 15:18) & places their FAITH in HIS sin atoning sacfifice & resurrection. The LORD GIVES them GIFTS:

HOLY SPIRIT - A gift given thru FAITH: Acts 10:45, 11:17.

ETERNAL LIFE - A gift given thru FAITH: Rom 6:23, Jn 5:24

RIGHTEOUSNESS - A gift given thru FAITH: Rom 4:5 & 5:17-18

GRACE - Given freely & received thru FAITH: Rom 3:24, 4:16, 5:1-2, 15, 11:6, Eph 2:5 & 8.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

(NOTE: Grace has a name its Jesus the Christ)

You can't change recorded scripture:
Mark 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
(NOTE: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. Also see Mat 3:11, Lk 3:16 & Jn 1:33)

2 Tim 1:14 Refers to the Holy Spirit as a Good Deposit.

2 Cor 5:5, Eph 1:14 & 2 Cor 1:22. Refer to the Holy Spirit as "the earnest" = Deposit or Pledge.

Eph 1:13, 2 Cor 1:22 & Eph 4:30 Refer to the Holy Spirit as a Seal.

2 Tim 1:14 The Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you
(NOTE: The Holy Spirit dwelling within us. Is God's good deposit given us until the day of redemption)

2 Cor 5:5 God, who also hath given unto us the "earnest" of the Spirit
(NOTE: God's Holy Spirit dwelling within us is the earnest. Earnest translated from the Greek word: arrabon. Also means a deposit/pledge. In modern Greek arrabona is an "engagement ring.")

2 Cor 1:22 Who hath also "sealed us" & "given the earnest" of the Holy Spirit in our hearts
(NOTE: God has placed His Holy Spirit in the believers heart. As a DEPOSIT/PLEDGE & SEAL, until the soon coming day of our final redemption)

Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
(NOTE: You heard about Christ's finished sin redemptive payment & resurrection. When you believed/trusted, Christ sealed/baptized you with His Holy Spirit).

Eph1:14 Which is the "earnest" of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession
(NOTE: The Holy Spirit by which only Christ baptizes/seals & indwells us. Is God's earnest = a down payment/pledge)

Eph 4:30 grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are "sealed" unto the day of redemption
(NOTE: Believers are SEALED with God's Holy Spirit. Christ's pledge/promise that he will come for us)