Jesus came to forgive repented sin( Acts 3:19) repentence is the sttopping of the doing of sins.
So if we become sinlessly perfect then we are good to go huh? Then what did Christ go through all that trouble for? I guess you must be the one perfect human to reach sinlessness besides Christ.
Also one needs to listen carefully to Jesus at Matt 7:21-23--He said--Get away from me you workers of iniquity( practicers of sin)( these believe on Jesus) Practiced sin is not forgiven. ----
What does practiced mean once a year, once a month, once a week, or a day? No matter where you draw that line it is arbitrary and the guy who commited one more sin than your arbitrary standard goes to hell and the one who commited one less goes to heaven. That is a very unjust and silly standard.The schizophrenia of a works based system renders it useless and would never result in the assurance of salvation that is required for missionary work, facing death as a marytr, or even witnessing. Mathew did not mean what you claim.
I never knew you - That is, I never approved of your conduct; never loved you; never regarded you as my friends. See
Psalm 1:6;
2 Timothy 2:19;
1 Corinthians 8:3. This proves that, with all their pretensions, they had never been true followers of Christ. Jesus will not then say to false prophets and false professors of religion that he had once known them and then rejected them; that they had been once Christians and then had fallen away; that they had been pardoned and then had apostatized but that he had never known them - they had never been true christians
Matthew 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
If I become born again that means Christ knows me and no one will pluck me out of his hands nor will he lose even one true born again Christian but raise him up on the last day. If he later said he never knew us after he saved us he would be a liar. This kind of works teaching has detroyed the faith and hope of more young Christians than any other. It is also arrogant, disrespectful of Christ, and justifies boasting. Works does not nor can it ever possibly work.
Yes all sin, but there are lists of gross sins that are totally unacceptable and makes one wicked in the eyes of God--here are some--1 cor 6:9-11--Galations 5.
Yes all sin except the ones you choose. All except some, that is schophrenic contradiction which is what inevitable arrises when someone distorts scripture. The bible is full of rules, the levitical law has over 600 alone I think. No matter what rules and laws you claim are the standard you will never perfectly obey them. The disobedience in the least sin is a wicked act. That is why Christ is required to substitute his rightousness for ours as well taking on our guilt. The Christ you describe is impotent and apparently didn't die quite enough to be able to overcome our predicament. He needs our help. Since the bible makes it very clear we will never earn heaven and you say Christ wasn't enough we are all screwed in your system.
Have you ever read of Martin Luther. He was about as obedient as a human could ever be. He punished himself for sin, sought misery to better appreciate Christ's suffering, and he repented about every 30 minutes. However he said he never felt worthy or loved by God until his rector told him the simple truth that Jesus came to free us from the law that we could never keep. He said that later he asked Christ into his heart and felt as if the doors to paradise had been opened.
Another is Paul, he was as devoted and obedient as possible and Israel's greatest expert on the law but after he met Christ he knew he had been wrong and lost all that time. He then went on to write more about grace than any other biblical author.
I notice you never did answer my questions whether you are a catholic and whether you are born again. That is very typical of the works salvation crowd.
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