I am one actively working for His coming Kingdom, where there will be a ranking system based on WORKS. After His imputed righteousness, And KNOWING it was SIN (1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.) that caused Him to die in my stead, I don't want to be in the ranks of those who continue in the same sins that caused His death. What a mockery of His Sacrifice to do otherwise! BE WARNED!
2Pe 2:19 promising them freedom, though themselves being slaves of corruption – for one is a slave to whatever overcomes him.
2Pe 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Master and Saviour יהושע Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the first.
2Pe 2:21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the set-apart commande delivered unto them. Footnote: eThe singular “command” often means “commands” – see 1Ti_6:14, Deu_17:20, Psa_19:8.
2Pe 2:22 For them the proverb has proved true, “A dog returns to his own vomit,” Pro_26:11 and, “A washed sow returns to her rolling in the mud.”
Jas 2:17 So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead.
Jas 2:18 But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works.
Jas 2:19 You believe that Elohim is one. Deu_6:4 You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder!