Jerry Shugart
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Romans 5:1-2 explains how men fulfill the requirement of belief in Christ as requirement in Acts 16:30-31 . . . only "through our Lord Jesus Christ."
That is not what Romans 5:1-2 says:
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God" (Ro.5:1-2).
This is not saying that people receive faith from the Lord Jesus. Instead, this is saying that it is through the Lord Jesus that we have this grace of being justified by faith and this grace was made possible by the Cross. And it only because of the Lord Jesus' death upon the Cross that anyone has access into this grace and the benefits of that grace are obtained by faith.
Not one aspect of Justification ("salvation from God") is conditional upon any action of the sinner saved.
According to you the sinner plays no part in his salvation (not conditional upon any action of the sinner) but the Scriptures tell another story:
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth" (Ro.1:16).