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Salvation

Regeneration - God's transformation of the believer whereby He imparts the divine nature to man by the work of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God, also, called the new birth.

Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Personal Opinion:

Sounds great.  But it is such a stretch to truly believe it.

The Christian Church, both Catholic and Protestant have had down through the years so much undeniable evil done in its name.  It is easy enough to say: "Oh, those who did the evil or foolish things in Christ's name were not true believers."

If we start sorting out the true believers on the basis of works are we just going around in circles?

Maybe not.  I think James says: "By their works ye shall Know them."

Then again, a lot of professed unbelievers do good works and are loud to state their desire not to be identified with Christ.

Go figure.