**Phillipians 2:12**
That’s true. Here’s another that is quite plain: Romans 6:17
“But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have OBEYED from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you”.
The ‘saving faith without moving a muscle’ sola scriptura crowd fully disobey the Lord in his command to be born again. They claim such commands as Mark 16:16, John 3:3-8, and Acts 2:38 are from God, but making them vague, optional sacraments, pointing to the forgiven thief, who was still under the Law (which Jesus Christ observed and commanded to be followed; as he ordered the healed leper to show himself to the priest, offering the things that Moses commanded).
The thief didn’t need to be born again. The Holy Ghost was not yet given, for Jesus Christ had not yet been glorified. But now, “if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his”. Romans 8:9
Obeying God’s call (commands) is not ‘our own works’. They are His ordinances; and He expects obedience (by faith) to them.