Salvation involves being regenerated by the Holy Ghost.
Not quite the whole of it.
Salvation does indeed involve being regenerated by the Holy Spirit. No one can see the kingdom of God unless s/he is born anew from above (Jn. 3:3). More specifically, salvation "involves" being brought from death to life, death in sin to life in Christ. Salvation involves
conversion.
And the word "involves" is 1) ambiguous, and 2) not actual scripture and if you hope to argue your own op well then pay heed to the details of language and be as clear as you can be
. Avoid ambiguity.
OSAS is fundamentally about whether or not conversion is permanent and/or always enduring. It is about the effect of a sovereign act (conversion or regeneration) and whether or not that act, and the effect of that act is equally sovereign. It is about the long-term fruitfulness of God's act - the act of regenerating a person or converting him/her to life from death. The dissenters argue - whether they intend to do so or not - God's act is not permanent, God may not always be fruitful, and God may have subordinated Himself and His plan and His action to the sinner's will.
They don't come right out and word it that way very often, but that is the debate. Watch for it as the thread expands.
More importantly, a proper understanding of salvation must be holistic and necessarily understand salvation is spoken of in scripture as something having already been done, something God is continually doing in an individual, and something He will do in the future. This is observable by paying attention to the word tenses of scripture: we ARE saved, we ARE BEING saved, and we WILL BE saved.
Nowhere does it say God might maybe kinda sorta save someone. Nor does it anywhere place the cause of salvation explicitly on the sinner's will. Salvation is a process; a process that begins at conversion (or regeneration) and concludes on the other side of the grave when those dead n Christ are resurrected to eternal life. In other words, salvation "involves" many things.
We become new people when we are saved.
Yep.
If we continue to sin, then there was no regeneration.
incorrect.
Paul recounts the apostle Peter sinning by behaving in hypocritical and double-minded manner with the gospel long after Peter's conversion. John's statement 1 John 3:6 should never be read in a manner contrary to the witness of other scripture. Peter was regenerate. Peter sinned after being regenerate. Similarly, the language of Romans 7 is present-tense (not past-tense) and is therefore confessional. Paul disclosed how a "thorn in his flesh" had been sent. That phrase is an Old Testament meaning judgment (look it up). Paul confessed he was was under some undisclosed judgment and God's grace was sufficient.
Regenerate people do sin. f we didn't the confession, mercy, repentance, restitution, forgiveness, and reconciliation would be unnecessary and both the gospel and Christianity would look much different.
Salvation isn't merely a thought or feeling but a new way of life.
i do not read anyone making the argument "Salvation is merely a thought or feeling..."
Details matter. Don't argue strawmen.
Those who continue to work iniquity do not know Jesus, and they face needing to depart from Him forever.
Continuing to work iniquity is not the same as continuing to sin. That would be a false equivalence not supportable by the whole of scripture. Salvation is complete when we are raised incorruptible. Until then people, even the regenerate, remain corruptible. We are changed from being corrupted to being clean and no longer corrupt, but we remain corruptible on this side of the grave and that alone is a sinful state.