If i keep sinning am i not saved ?

Freed Man said:

I'm not implying anything of the sort. I'm not saying a believer does not sin even if they do sin. Your the one taking it out of context and misinterpreting it because you seem to ignore the fact that everyone is a sinner, including you. The right context is to accept the fact that everyone is a sinner. And you can't help being a sinner. If you say you're not a sinner your a liar as it says in 1John 1. Are you saying that you have the ability to be perfect by obeying all the commandments and never making a mistake or committing any sin however small?



So, since the bible says we're all sinners, how do you reconcile the fact that here it says if we abide in Him (Jesus) we don't sin. Your interpretation of these verses makes the bible contradict itself. You're saying that we can become righteous by not committing any sins. If that were true then Jesus wouldn't have needed to come and die for our sins and take our punishment for us so that we wouldn't have to be punished for our own sins. We could just not sin by obeying the commandments. So in the right context it's saying that the way to not sin is by abiding in Jesus so that He can forgive us for our sins. Your false interpretation also negates the Grace, Love, and Mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Those who believe in and abide in Jesus don't sin because the blood of Jesus Christ God's Son has cleansed us from all sin. We're forgiven. Those who don't know Jesus are still sinners because their sins have not been washed away by the blood of Jesus. That's why "whosever sinneth hath not seen Him neither known Him."

The sum of the matter: 1. We're all sinners who fall short of the glory of God and are therefore unworthy to come into God's presence and glory. And no amount of trying to be good and obedient will cause you to deserve everlasting life.
2. Since we're all sinners underserving of everlasting life then that means that the only way to get to Heaven is to have your sins forgiven and righteousness automatically imputed upon you by Faith. And the only way for that to happen is for you to receive Jesus and His atonement and forgiveness for your sins, because He's the one that gave His Life to save you from Hell. You can't save yourself from Hell no matter how hard you try.

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Bible Highlighter said:

7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
(1 John 3:5-8).
Verse 7 says, “let no man deceive you” “he that does righteousness is righteous”
So the context of 1 John 3:5 is talking about how Jesus was manifested to take away our sins in context to our doing righteousness. For he that does righteousness is righteous.

Verse 8 says “He that commits sin is of the devil.” “For this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” Meaning, Jesus was manifested to destroy the works of the devil (sin) in our lives by helping us to overcome sin. This is how He destroys the works of the devil. This plays in perfect harmony with he that does righteousness is righteous.

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Freed Man said:

Again, you're the one taking these verses out of context and misinterpreting them. Your interpretation of "does righteousness" is wrong. Again we have to take these verses in the context that nobody is righteous. "there is none that doeth good, no, not one" Psalms 14:3 And the Apostle Paul quotes this in Romans 3:10 "As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one." And in Ecclesiastes it says "There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not." Eccl. 7:20 Since nobody is righteous or just and everybody is a sinner, that means that nobody has the ability to "do righteousness" by keeping the commandments or the law. No matter how hard you try to be good you're still an unjust, unrighteous sinner undeserving of God's heavenly perfection. So, to "do righteousness does not mean, "obey the law of Moses". Because righteousness does not come by obeying the Law. "If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." Galatians 2:21 "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness for everyone that believeth." Romans 10:4. So, the right interpretation of "doing righteousness" is to believe in Jesus, not obeying the law. Everybody who believes in Jesus has done righteousness by believing in Jesus, because Jesus makes us righteous by forgiving our sins. You don't seem to agree with the act of forgiveness. You seem to think that forgiving people for their sins is the same as condoning sinful behavior. So Jesus takes away our sins, not by us obeying the law, but because we have accepted Him and His atonement and forgiveness for our sins That's what the scripture says, so stop trying to interpret it any other way.

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