wouldn’t calling on the Lord entail repentance?
Probably I guess but not the kind of repentance most talk about as a prerequisite for salvation. The kind of repentance they usually talk about is sin-conscious repentance. That is a dead work. There’s NOTHING we can do about sin which is why Jesus died for the sins of the whole world 2000 years ago.
We are saved by grace through faith. When I received Jesus, I wasn’t aware of “repentance” and thank God no one told me I had to “repent first”. I was only aware I needed Jesus. Jesus, not repentance, saves. Man, not God requires repentance before salvation turning repentance into a work and we are not saved by works.