No offense, but you are proposing two contradictory statements here.
On the one hand you are saying that a believer will not "just go and do all the sinning you want to" and yet on the other hand, you say that "you will" (i.e. you will sin). Surely you believe that you don't lose salvation via by sin, so this means that you are contradicting the first statement you made. You are saying that no believer will go and do al the sinning they want to, and yet that is exactly what they can essentially do because you believe they will always sin and still be saved while doing so.
No, that's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that those who are believers, although they try are still unable to live sinless.
Even though we try, we cannot.. stop.. Christ even made it more clear by saying that even if you look at a woman with lust.. you have committed adultery in your heart...
A person who only told one lie in their entire life, and then denies Christ.. dies to damnation.
A person who has murdered 100's and then, turns and admits to Christ and asks for forgiveness, will be saved.
Nobody can do enough on their own to save their soul..
Nobody can do so much sin that Christ's blood cannot save them.
It is true. Have you ever gotten upset over somebody being murdered or abused, or over a child that was hurt (or put in danger)? Can you say that you feel the same level of hatred if somebody said something not exactly true so as to avoid you, or if they told you that they looked at another in lust?
Man has levels of sin.. man looks on one thing to be more sinful than the other..
However, God is not man... He sees us only as one of two things...
We are either held as righteous based on the blood of His son..
or
we are sinners...and blemished, unrighteous.
Yes, all sin needed to be atoned for, and it was by Jesus on the cross. But a person needs to exercise faith in Jesus, and then continue to be faithful to Him in order for the sacrifice to be applied to their entire lives (Romans 3:25) (1 John 1:7). But not all sin leads to spiritual death. See 1 John 5:16-17.
As Christians, believers in Christ, we have been purchased by His blood... Nobody can snatch us away..
Our works will never save us. Nor will they finish the work of our salvation... Once we are saved.. it is finished.
Many struggle more than others.. Some seem saved even though they deny Christ.. Others.. even when saved, have trouble walking as Christ walked..
God knows their heart.. not us.. we cannot look at the deeds of people and say.. their saved or their not saved.. We don't know the struggles they face, the past scars of the heart that are yet to deal with..
Only man gives levels of sin... a simple lie will damn you... a simple prayer showing faith in Jesus Christ... saves you.
I disagree. Christ is speaking of Judas and his betrayal. Judas was guilty of committing the greater sin because he betrayed Jesus.
Judas could have been saved.. just as easily as Peter for denial of knowing Christ, or grandma down the street for saying [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse].
The sins under the law had different ranks... not after the death of Christ.
And you.
