I would think you being a person of the truth
Why do you fight against the truth I teach then?
It's as the king that demanded the prophet speak the truth, and yet hated him for it:
1 Kings
{22:16} And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but [that which is] true in the name of the LORD? {22:18} And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
and having this knowledge would want to try and keep his fellow people out of hell.
The truth can only be taught by doers of the truth, not forced upon others to also do the same.
A person unwilling to repent of all sins and trespasses for Jesus' sake, has no hope of being saved by Jesus' faith.
And yet God is longsuffering in mercy to repent and do the truth. But that is only until the grave, and tomorrow is not promised.
And those that teach other gospels against doing the truth of God at all times, and even preach their own faith of unbelief, that it is impossible to do so, then there is even less hope for them than others that repent not.
2 Peter
{3:16} As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Job
{8:13} So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish: {8:14} Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider’s web. {8:15} He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Unrepented sinful man's faith alone cannot save any man, and trusting in one's own faith alone to save him, has no hope beyond the grave.
People are free to believe they are saved in this life by their own faith alone, and even separate their saving fatih from their sinful works. They can even have a life bettered by sinning less and doing more good for themselves and society, but it ends in the grave.
The Son of God did not suffer the cross unto death, just so sinful man would learn to do better than before, and yet still crucify the Son unto themselves in life, even if less often than before.
So, how much works do we have to do? Does it have to out weigh our sins?
This is what faith aloners preach. Their own religion of doing more good and less evil than before.
When they then begin to judge their 'saving' faith by how much sin still outweighs good, then they preach a gospel of salvation judgede by good works outweighing the sinful.
That's also when they throw out their own gospel of being saved and justified only by faith, and not by works.
As the first post clearly shows, and has not been addressed (much less refuted): once any faith aloner begins judging their faith as true and saving or not, based upon their 'good works production' or not, then their salvation is judged by their good works outweighing their continued sinful deeds.
And so, even such faith aloners end up agreeing with the truth of all Scriptur, that God certainly will judge us all by our works in the end, whether unto justification or condemnation.
However, I've never seen a faith aloner judging production of works as proof of saving faith or not, ever apply it to themselves. Because it's an entirely arbitrary and subjective judgment of works. It's always
someone else's good works production that is lacking, being less than their own. (I wouldn't doubt that with some faith alone leaders, that would include their church-attendance record. And especially their offering plate production.)
It's all just the religious game of unrepented sinners, who at least seek some measure of church discipline. Which in itself is good for society, but always falls short for God's righteous judgment or our works, unto justification and resurrection and everlasting life with God and the Lamb.
No unrepented sinner on earth, that refuses to cease their own sins and trespasses, and also actively
preaches against even the possibility of walking with Jesus in the light at all times in this life, would ever even want to be bound to walking in His light forever and ever, at all times...
Psalms
{2:1} Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? {2:2} The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying,] {2:3} Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
{2:4} He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
