I could make a bet that you have all heard the saying that there are many who go to church but are not saved and I can't help but want to ask you how do you know? Have they renounced our great Lord in front of you to assuredly make such a statement?
I agree with the implication you share here.....
IMO, where there is faith in Jesus as our SAVIOR, there is justification. It's not the quality or quantity of faith that matters... it's not intellectual certainty or doubt or content that matters.... it's the object that matters.
IMO, SOME can fall into this "pit" of which you speak:
1. SOME extreme Calvinists because they cannot know if Jesus actually is their Savior (their faith may be moot)
2. SOME Catholics because they cannot know if they've "tapped" God's help sufficiently, If they have done enough, loved enough, done their "part"
3. SOME extreme Arminianists because they can wonder about the genuiness and quality and sincerity of their faith, whether they REALLY believe.
But IMO, the point is JESUS. He IS the SAVIOR. He is MY Savior (cuz He died for EVERYONE, so EVEN ME is included!). My faith in HIM as the SAVIOR means I benefit from it. "Get your eyes off you, placed them on the Cross" (Old Protestant proverb).
Now, I'd agree..... the gift of faith CAN be damaged, perhaps even wrecked entirely... so what we do CAN impact that. But that's another subject for another day and thread.
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