excercising faith is a work, no? it’s something you are doing.
true faith is a gift from the Holy Spirit, just as is grace which saves us.
“excercising faith is a work, no? it’s something you are doing”
There is no passage of scripture where saving faith is described as a work except John 6:
28Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
I think it is obvious Jesus is being sarcastic - “You want a work to please God? OK, here it is - BELIEVE!”
There is also no passage that describes saving faith as a gift given by God to humans, and a great many that indicate the opposite.
“excercising faith is a work, no? it’s something you are doing.”
I’m not sure what your point is. Eph 2:8,9 makes it clear that outward works are not necessary for salvation - only faith. Whether or not you think faith is a work doesn’t impact the statement that outward works don’t have anything to do with salvation.