2Pt1

"Make every effort to confirm your calling and election". - Peter  I am shocked at the number of people who are confident that they are going to heaven who have no idea what God is like or what He desires of us! It is a fact that no work or amount of works can save us. We are saved purely by the righteous work of Jesus. It is His life, His death, and His resurrection that makes salvation possible.

BUT, it is also a fact that anyone who is truly saved has the life of God living in them. God's internal presence effects every aspect of our lives and drives us to know and follow Jesus. Verse after verse would challenge every "so called believer" to examine themselves and see if truly the Spirit of God dwells in them. There is no spiritual maturity apart from real effort! There will be no effort when there is no spiritual life! 

It is spiritual life that gives evidence to spiritual birth. God is serious about these things.