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Our salvation from sin includes being saved both from the penalty of our sin and being saved from continuing to live in sin.

I based what I said on said on Scripture, so I don't see how you can accuse me of adding to it. In John 17:3, it states that eternal life is knowing God and Christ. I've cited many verses that support that eternal life comes by obeying God's law, such as in Matthew 19:17, Jesus said that the...

If a professional musician were to train someone in how to play an instrument as a free gift to them, then that gift would require them to do the work of participating in that training in order to have that experience, but doing that work would not detract from the fact that it training was...

Eternal life is the experience of knowing God and Jesus (John 17:3) and the gift of God's law is His instructions for how to have that experience. The Hebrew word "yada" refers to relational knowledge gained through experience, such as in Genesis 4:1, Adam knew (yada) Eve, she conceived, and...

Yes, in Deuteronomy 30:11-16, it says that God's law is not too difficult for us to obey and obedience to it brings life, and Romans 10:5-8 references that passage as the word of faith that we proclaim. Likewise, in 1 John 5:3, to love God is to keep His commandments, which are not burdensome...

In Ephesians 2:9, it states that our salvation is not the result of works, which means that we are not required to have first done works in order to earn our salvation as the result, however, that does not mean that there is no connection between our salvation and works because verse 10 says...

Titus 2:12 describes the salvation that grace brings to all people. In Psalms 119:29-30, he wanted to put false ways far from him, for God to be gracious to him by teaching him to obey the Mosaic Law, and he chose the way of faithfulness by setting it before him, so this has always been the one...

In Titus 2:11-13, it describes our salvation in the sense of being saved from continuing to live in sin, not in the sense of the penalty of our sin. Our salvation from sin would be incomplete if we were only saved from the penalty of our sin while we continued to live in sin, so our salvation...

I'm not seeing Titus 2:11-13 as saying that we need to have become saved first, then we will bring forth good works as the result, but as describing the content of God's gift of salvation as being trained to do those works. The word used means "trained", "educated", "taught", or "instructed"...

The Spirit is God, so the Law of God is the Law of the Spirit, so by interpreting Galatians 5:16-18 as referring to the Law of God, you are saying that those who are led by the Spirit are not under the Law of the Spirit, which is contradictory. Moreover, in Galatians 5:19-23, everything listed...

In Ephesians 2:8-10, we are new creations in Christ to do good works, so while Paul denied that we are saved as the result of our works, he did not deny that doing good works is intrinsically part of our salvation from not doing good works. In Psalms 119:29-30, he wanted to put false ways far...

There is one Gospel (Galatians 1:6-9), so the Gospel of the Kingdom is the same as the Gospel of grace. The Kingdom of God is composed of citizens who are children of Abraham and inheritors of the promise through faith. In Matthew 4:15-23, Jesus began his ministry with the Gospel message to...

The Father has straightforwardly made His will known through what He has commanded in His law (Psalms 40:8), and in Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus said that only those who do the will of the Father will enter the Kingdom of Heaven in contrast with saying that he will tell those who are workers of...

In Titus 2:11-13, it does not say that we are required to have first done those works in order to result in our salvation or that we will do those works as the result of having first been saved, but rather it describes the content of God's gift of salvation as being trained by grace to do those...

Our salvation is from sin (Matthew 1:21) and sin is the transgression of God's law (1 John 3:4), so while there are many verses that speak against earning our salvation as a wage as the result of having first obeyed it, living in obedience to it through faith in Jesus is nevertheless...

In the proceeded verses in Romans 6:19-23, we are no longer to present ourselves as slaves to impurity, lawlessness, and sin, but are now to present ourselves as slaves to God and to righteousness leading to sanctification, and the goal of sanctification is eternal life in Christ, which is the...

Indeed, Jesus set a sinless example of how to walk in obedience to the Law of Moses and we are told to follow his example (1 Peter 2:21-22) and that those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way he walked (1 John 2:6) Jesus was much more zealous for obedience to the Mosaic Law...

If you had been speaking specially about works done to earn a wage, then I would agree with you, but works can be done for any number of other reasons that are compatible with grace, which is why I cited a number of verses that connect grace with works, so you are incorrect. Our salvation is...

The angel is acting as a guard to escort them on the way to life, not acting as an unforgiving angel. Indeed, Jesus was one with the Father, so he was not in disagreement with what He commanded. In Matthew 23:23, Jesus said that justice, mercy, and faithfulness are weightier matters of God's...

In Matthew 4:15-23, Christ began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand, which was a light to the Gentiles, and God's law is how his audience knew what sin is, so repenting from our disobedience to it is a central part of the Gospel message, which...