No, a sincere belief in the righteousness of Jesus teaching. A turning away from the sin of the world. Works will be a consequence of salvation not a catalyst.
[[A turning away from the sin of the world. Works will be a consequence of salvation not a catalyst]]
I might just add that some will be more successful than others- some will unfortunately fall into sin- especially those who are not taught in the word-
There are many many different degrees of ‘Spiritual maturity’- but all of us still sin-
An important point I think to make is, since we all do sin, if we must keep our salvation by not sinning- at what point does one lose their salvation again? 10% sin in their life? 5% 50% .00136%?
We sin in ways we don’t even realize- so even if we could spend an exhausting amount of time trying to ‘confess all of our sins’ there are going to be some we don’t even realize we commit- So we need to ask the works based folks, “Does God turn a blind eye to those confessed sins”? Are they ‘not as serious as ‘serious sins’?
Al sin is bad- that is why Christ had to die- because man could not save Himself, nor could he ‘maintain his salvation’- that is why God had to do away with the practice of sacrificing for sins- because it was not working- it couldn’t- only faith in Christ (who back then, was “The Coming Redeemer”) Could save-