We come to the cross for the gift of pardon.
Its that and its to be born again.
Salvation is 2 parts..
God causes these when we Give God what He requires, which is : repent from unbelief , which is to believe in Christ.
There is a lot of nonsense taught regarding the type of repentance that God accepts..
Many will teach that you repent from your sin...... and the worst of that teaching is....You have to stop sinning and THEN God will save you.
So, when they do that, show them...... "believeth on God who justifies the Un-Godly"...
See the thing about Redemption, is that "Jesus came into the world to save sinners", and we all qualified.
We all go to the Cross as a dirty rotten sinner, .....not as a "God i stopped sinning for about 23 mins now, so...."
No.
God saves us while "we are yet sinners", not because we stopped.
The 2 parts of Salvation..
1.) Forgiveness of Sin. And God does this through the Blood Atonement, FIRST.... as He can't join your spirit with His until your sin is gone.
after it is ...."God hath made Jesus to be SIN for us"... as "Jesus is the one time eternal sacrifice for sin""..
After THAT is applied to us......
THEN, having been made free from sin, God can give us the New Birth of our Spirit into Himself. = Born again by the Holy Spirit of God.
Being born again, or born from above is the earnest of our inheritance.
Well, there is a "conformed into the Image of God' that happens after we die, or when we are raptured and there is more we receive after we are in Heaven...that's true.
However, if we are born again we are already 'IN Christ"..."One with God"... "Seated in Heavenly Places".
WE as born again, are born again INTO the KOG.
The born again are already become this..
"temple of the Holy Spirit"
"IN Christ" "one with God"
Brethren
"Son/Daughter of God"
"Heir of God"
"Joint Heir with Jesus"
"made righteous"
"having become the righteousness of GOD.... In Christ"
"A Saint"
"A Child of the Light"
And much more.....so, you can SEE that this "earnet of our inheritance" is quite a lot, already
You are confusing Justification with Righteousness
That is what Episkopos teaches. He uses info found in the Book of Mormon.
Do you also?
Read 1 Corinthians 1:30
So, we are "Justified by Faith", and we are "made righteous" by receiving the "Gift of Righteousness" from God.
. We have pardon and sanctification now. Sinless perfection comes at the change. 1 Corinthians 15.
Paul teaches that we are to come to the "fullness of the stature of Christ"......now., on earth, before we die.
Not after we "Put on Incorruption".
Paul teaches that "Christ always gives me the Victory".........NOW.. While you are breathing.
Paul teaches that "I can do all things through Christ"......NOW.... While you are breathing.
So, i understand that you are stuck in Romans 7 and Galatians 5:17.
However those are not teaching Christianity, they are teaching what you become when you dont understand what it means to "work out your Salvation".
You are confusing "sinner" with "sinning"
Only a sinner can sin, because only a sinner's deeds are defined by the Law as Sin.
The born again are "not under the Law but under Grace"".. The born again are "in Christ", and there is NO SIN found "IN Christ".
What does that mean? iT means that there is no sin found there, as there is no Law there, only Grace.
Grace defines all the born again as "The righteousness of God in Christ".
Im not that one.
No true believer, born again as "the righteousness of Christ" is a sinner.
Sinners are unbelievers, who are under the Law.
Christians, are ""Saints", ""Heirs of God"", "Under Grace".... "Sons / Daughters" of God,..... born again, as "the righteousness of God in Christ".
That's not a "sinner".
who are sanctified by His Spirit and walk in his word.
The born again are sanctified by the BLOOD and DEATH of Jesus = FOREVER...., the instant they give God their faith in Christ, and are born again.
We dont "walk in His word"... We "Study it, and we believe it, and we share it". Im currently teaching it.
We walk in the Truth.
"We WALK, in the LIGHT, as Jesus is in the Light".
How?
By being born again as "Children of the Light".
Jesus is the "LIght of the World". and "God exists IN Light"...
If someone says they have no sin, then they walk in darkness.
If a born again believer believes they have their sin, then they have no understanding of the Cross of Christ, The Blood Atonement, the New Covenant, or Salvation by God through Christ.
See, JESUS is this......= "God hath made JESUS>.. to be SIN FOR US">.
So, if you have your sin, as you keep defining yourself..... He does not, and you are not born again, yet.
Once He has it, (Born again).... then you wont have it, ever again.