again sir, if you cannot save yourself, how can you hope that others can get saved?
False and loaded question. You don't know anything about me, and or my life. You are not God to truly know my moment by moment life and walk with God to know my standing with Him. So you automatically make a false accusation in your question so as to discredit my view of Soteriology instead of dealing with the Scriptures I put forth to you from before. You do not know my heart, thoughts, actions, and life - like God does.
You really do not have any substantial weight to your view of Soteriology other than a quick surface reading on Paul's words that speak against the "Law" and "works" in regards to Soteriology. But you have to ignore the context of which "Law" and what kind of "works" Paul is talking about. You think Paul is referring to all forms of Law and all forms of works, when this is not the case. Paul is referring to the Law of Moses (the 613 Torah Laws given to Israel), and he is not referring to the Law of Christ as mentioned in Galatians 6:2. The Law of Christ are the commands that come from Jesus and His followers.
In fact, bring forth a verse or passage by Paul that talks about the "Law" and or "works" in Galatians, Corinthians, and or Romans and I can easily point to you the CONTEXT that Paul is actually referring to the Law of Moses (the 613). Better yet. you can just do it yourself. You can just read the entire chapter (in many cases) and or the previous chapter(s) to see that Paul makes a reference to the Law of Moses by the use of other words (and not the Law of Christ).
You said:
This view has no assurance.
Well, from a perspective of walking by sight and not by faith, I can imagine you can conclude this very easily. You see men sin all around you, and this is your proof. But the Scriptures say we walk by faith, and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). From my perspective, it looks like you are building your faith upon your own outside experience for your view of Soteriology, instead of deriving your Soteriology based on what God's Word says regardless of outside experience and or what your two eyes can see.
Actually, 1 John 2:3 says,
"And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments."
In other words, if a believer finds that they are keeping His commandments, that is the assurance that they have that they know the Lord.
But the person who says they know the Lord, and yet they do not keep His commandments, they are a liar, and the truth is not in them (See: 1 John 2:4).
Also, please consider that Noah was a preacher of righteousness. Only Noah and his family were spared. Only 8 people were saved from the global flood. God destroyed the rest of the world not because they did not believe in the finish work of the cross, but because they were sinful or wicked. Peter says the global flood is an example to all who will live ungodly thereafter. In other words, Judgment is coming for those who sin (and it is irrelevant if they claim to be a believer).
Plus, imagine if you lived during Noah's time, and you doubted Noah was a preacher of righteousness. Imagine if you asked Noah for proof that a person can live righteously. Just picture yourself trying to point to the people of the world around you during that time as your proof that nobody could live righteously. In other words, this kind of like what you are doing today. This is why I am encouraging you to walk by faith in what God's Word says, and not by sight.
You said:
There is no promise that if we were to perform it, that it would even work. So hopefully this can convince you that this is the wrong view.
Your limited reason and logic alone is not enough to outwit God's Word.
The only way you can convince me is if you explain the verses that I have put forth to you using Scripture. In other words, right now 1 John 1:7, 1 John 2:3-4, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, Romans 8:1, Romans 8:13, John 5:24, James 2:24, Titus 1:16, Hebrews 12:14, and 2 Corinthians 7:1 (just to name a few) all contradict your view of Soteriology.
You quoted Romans 11:6 before, that says,
"And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work." (Romans 11:6).
At first glance, this sounds like a slam dunk for your view of Soteriology. But if we were to read the context of Romans 9, Romans 10, and Romans 11, we learn that these three chapters are referring to the salvation of Israel as a nation. The Jews at that time were all about salvation via by the Law of Moses, and they rejected their Messiah and His grace. So in this context of view, this is what Romans 11:6 is talking about. It is referring to the Justification Process in Initial Salvation.
The verse is saying, if it be by grace, then it no more by the works of the Law of Moses for us to be saved, otherwise grace is no more grace. But if salvation is by the works of the Law of Moses, then it is no more by grace, and one's works are no longer the works of God done through them.
Keep in mind that Paul is not referring to the Law of Christ in Romans 11:6.
You said:
On the other hand I believe both in salvic repentance and assurance of salvation as the Bible teaches assurance and election as well as obedience and apostacy. It teaches all of those things.
But you never really fully explained in exact detail what repentance looks like or given an exhaustive explanation on your view of repentance. From what I have gleaned in your postings on repentance, you believe repentance is:
#1. Turning away from sin, and towards God.
But this statement is contradicted or destroyed because you said in other places that a believer can indulge in sin and still be saved, and that sin itself does not necessarily lead to a loss of salvation, and only apostasy can cause a loss of salvation through a denial of the Lord Jesus because of one sinning a lot. But sin really does not separate a believer from God in your view (from what you told me so far). So this makes it appear like you are for fighting against sin, even though you are defeated by it in this life. There is no real overcoming of serious sin (that the Bible condemns) in this life. So naturally one can sin and still be saved by your kind of belief by just believing in Jesus. So the idea of turning away from sin and towards God does not really mean anything. It is an empty and hollow statement with no substance. Unless of course I misunderstood you, and you care to explain things a little better.
#2. Obedience but not works.
You talked before about logic. Well, my friend... you just proposed something that is totally illogical. You cannot obey without works. Works is implied when you obey. Employees obey their bosses because they are doing the work that they were hired to do. Sons obey their fathers and this includes some level of work. If God calls us to obey His Word, that will naturally include works. So if God commands us to love Him, and love our neighbor (Which is a call to obedience), then we are going to do the work in loving God and loving others. So you cannot disconnect "works" from "obedience." It would be setting up a contradiction.