Thank you
I still don’t think you get it.
Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
Galatians 2:15-21 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
I have found that people who insist on calling putting their faith in Christ and believing on Him a *work* are simply looking to justify their own works based religion or belief system.
Religion, rituals, baptism, church membership or attendance, doing things in an effort to pay for sin, does NOT cave anyone.
God Himself justifies the ungodly when they trust Him. That is the only way that our sins can be dealt with.