So, you say all this to basically say:
Guy #1 is not saved.
CORRECT.
Guy #2 is saved.
CORRECT.
Guy #1 does some action that is considered sin.
CORRECT.
Guy #2 does the same action.
BUT IS IN BELIEF AND IS FORGIVEN.
Guy # 1 & 2 BOTH have the option to BELIEVE and BE forgiven.
Guy #1 DID NOT CHOOSE to Believe, thus was NOT Forgiven.
Guy # 2 CHOSE to Believe and was Forgiven.
Guy #1 is sinning because he is not "Born of God.
CORRECT.
MANS SIN AGAINST GOD IS DISBELIEF.
What A MAN IN DISBELIEF DOES IS SIN.
Guy #2 is not sinning because he is "Born of God"..
CORRECT.
EVERYTHING A MAN IN BELIEF DOES IS NOT SIN.
NOW IT IS ABOUT WORKS
Now, everything a man (in belief, forgiveness, born of God) does, is about works, NOT SIN.
Now, everything a man DOES, to Glorify God, uh - Glorifies God.
Now, everything a man DOES, that does not Glorify God, uh - Does not Glorify God.
What you are calling SIN, is simply YOUR LACK of doing a "work" that Glorifies God.
And all that you do, that is "good work", IS your doing a "work" that does Glorify God.
IF you are born of God, and do NOT WORK to Glorify God, "that work" is dead to God.
Jas 2
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20] But wilt thou know, O vain man, that
faith without works is dead?
When you LACK doing a "work", that DOES NOT Glorify God, "that" work, is NOT a work, so done BY YOUR FAITH. It is a "work" done by your carnal minds thoughts.
Remember, YOU STILL have an active carnal mind.
Your FAITH given you, is by God, not your mind.
Your FAITH given you, is by God, TO your heart.
You acting on your carnal minds thoughts, is you NOT acting according to FAITH.
That is YOU, choosing to act on Forgiven sin, and Not the faith, God keeps FEEDING your Heart, with His TRUTH.
When you ARE acting according to YOUR MIND, what you do IS is act, without works, without faith, and why faith WITHOUT works according to the Spirit is DEAD WORKS.
Sort of.
God Bless,
SBC