I think Trump has professed his Christianity enough already. He attends church as often as half of us do which is major holidays. He goes to the Presbyterian church.
Mike Pence can’t profess his Christian faith loud enough or often enough and he’s rotten to the core.
Although I am not a catholic my understanding of the Lutheran catechism is sola scripture and it is only by faith that we are saved through grace. No man can fulfill the law to be saved. This is why the work of salvation is the work of God the Son in Jesus Christ.
However, the New Testament also professes that faith without works is dead. We are not judged on words but action reveals the heart which is why it is written they will know the disciples of Christ by their love. Once we are saved by grace through faith, it is only natural that we are transformed to walking in the light of the truth and wanting to do good works. Works, as it were, are the proceeds of salvation, not the prerequisite.
I heard a lovely statement this week that God does not select qualified people to advance the Kingdom. Rather he selects unqualified sinners (“all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory or God.”). God the qualifies the imperfect and unqualified through the work of the Spirit which is sanctification. This example being debated here only reveals the unity in trinity and the trinity in unity. One God, three persons. Each with His own work. God the father created Donal Trump. God the Son saved him and the spirit is sanctifying him in front of our eyes.
Just one imperfect person’s opinion