Salvation is applied to us through the Holy Spirit. He is known also as the Spirit of grace (Hebrews 10:29). The Holy Spirit works in our hearts to have a personal relationship with Christ. Your mind is enlightened. The Holy Spirit enables us to confess Jesus is Lord (1 Corinthians 12:3).
The Holy Spirit applies salvation to us in Christ. It is the grace of God that brings salvation (Titus 2:11). Grace is the goodness of God's Spirit leading us to repentance (Romans 2:4). Grace is the gift of God in Christ received by faith (Ephesians 2:8-9).
The Holy Spirit does not force us to believe in Christ. God's Spirit works in and through our will, but never to do violence to our will. Without this work of God's Spirit, our will is in bondage to sin and unable to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit applies salvation to us, not our works. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you both to will and do for His good pleasure (Philippians 2:12-13). We don't work for our salvation. We work out what God's Spirit works in us. That is the grace of God in Christ.
The Holy Spirit grants us repentance and gives us faith in Christ (2 Tim. 2:25). It is all of grace (Ephesians 2:5, 8-10). Grace is the way God initiates our salvation. We are enabled by the Spirit of grace to respond to the gospel of Christ (John 16:7-11; Acts 15:11).
