Belief is not the only requirement. Satan and the demons believe that Christ is Lord, they chose not to submit and put their faith in Him.
Faith is required for salvation and faith is an active process. If you put your faith in Christ you will become a different person over time as your relationship with the Holy Spirit grows.
Simple search for regeneration and sanctification:
Regeneration refers to the new birth or spiritual rebirth—the sovereign, one-time act of the Holy Spirit that makes a spiritually dead person alive in Christ, imparting new life and a new nature. It is monergistic (God's work alone).
Sanctification is the ongoing process (and positional reality) by which God sets believers apart as holy, conforming them to the image of Christ through the Spirit, the Word, and their active participation. It follows regeneration.
Key Bible Verses on Regeneration (New Birth)
• John 3:3, 5-7 (ESV): "Jesus answered him, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.' ... 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, "You must be born again."'"
• Titus 3:5 (ESV): "He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit."
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2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV): "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."
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1 Peter 1:3 (ESV): "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."
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1 Peter 1:23 (ESV): "...you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God."
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Ezekiel 36:26-27 (ESV, prophetic foundation): "And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules."
Other supporting references include Ephesians 2:1-5 (made alive from death in sin), John 1:12-13, and James 1:18.
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Key Bible Verses on Sanctification
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (ESV): "Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
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John 17:17 (ESV): "Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth."
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2 Thessalonians 2:13 (ESV): "...God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth."
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1 Corinthians 6:11 (ESV): "And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
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Hebrews 10:14 (ESV): "For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified."
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1 Thessalonians 4:3 (ESV): "For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality."
Additional verses include Romans 6:1-23 (dead to sin, alive to God), Philippians 2:12-13 (work out your salvation as God works in you), 2 Corinthians 3:18 (being transformed into Christ's image), and Romans 12:1-2.
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Brief Distinction: Regeneration is the instantaneous new birth that initiates salvation; sanctification is the progressive growth in holiness that follows. Both are works of the Holy Spirit, rooted in God's mercy and Christ's finished work.
@MaxMBJ@Protestia It's not a political stance to say killing your children is wrong. It's explicitly a biblical stance and one where the Bible is explicitly clear.
Someone who would kill their child is not a Christian and has not been regenerated and filled with the Spirit.
I knew i heard Zach Lahn before and it didn't click until yesterday on the @SteveDeaceShow when he mentioned education.
2 years ago @ZachLahn was on the @jordanbpeterson podcast discussing education.
I remember it really impacting my changing ideas of how we will educate our kids.
It's worth a listen as he now heads towards the general election
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@fightstarter@SteaknShake@RepThomasMassie Why waste political capital on a congressman?
Massie would have been better served running for Governor than blowing all of his political capital in a pissing match with Trump
Doubling down on this after actually seeing the numbers.
Lahn is responsible for building a campaign capable of making it close and getting over 30%.
However, without the unparalleled move that @SteveDeaceShow made after the Trump endorsement, Randy would have won.
Unbelievable
#buysellhold
@JDVance@JDVance will not be able to rebuild the MAHA/Roganbro coalition without successfully backing primary challengers to at least 5 of these GOP senators up for election in 2028. (@TPACTION score listed)
• Murkowski: 49.07
• Boozman: 66.67
• Young (IN): 62.96
• Grassley: 63.89
• Moran: 62.04
• Kennedy: 69.44
• Hoeven: 70.37
• Lankford: 74.07
• Thune: 64.81
All safe R seats. This is the only way to prove this time will be different.
@DarwynFry@RMConservative Good luck to you all.
Im stuck in PA which is likely to have the PA GOP loose the state senate giving the dems a trifecta. We're about to be on a 1 way trip to Commifornia