Yet you are continually saying these legalists are heretics, and hypocrites,
Did you know that OSAS is a man made idea that is not actually related to what you think it means?
Thats a fact.
OSAS, to correctly understand what this means, is this...>"God who saved you, keeps you saved".
"Once born again, always born again".
The heresy, that the heretic teaches, as their deceived idea of OSAS, is ..."license to sin".
Also Your opinion is that faith is like a child who needs to grow up, before God will accept this faith.
Well, God says....If you give Him your faith, ONCE.... He will give you the Righteousness of God in Christ, for eternity.
I'll let you continue to determine if you are right or if God said..>"the work of God is that you Believe In Jesus, whom God sent".
Proof you have believed and God accepted your faith ONCE, and for always? = BORN AGAIN, having become "ONE with God"..
Also, I dont say that legalists are "hypocrites", but i will say that if they lie, using a heresy, i will say, "liar"., and post the reason.
And finally, Faith is a one time TRUST in Christ, that God accepts when you have it, to give you the new birth.
Your DISCIPLESHIP, that then begins, is the "walk of faith" or the spiritual destination.