No, I totally get that. A Christian (born again) will naturally hate their old sin nature and starve it. That's the path I'm on, and hope everyone else is on. But i thought we were talking about initial Grace? We can't earn that, and even if we follow the Lord obediently 100% we are still not owed salvation.
Well, I'm still on the fence about the sinless perfectionism thing. I say people will only truly be free of sin when they are glorified with Christ.
I'm skeptical when people, Christian or otherwise, claim to be so lockstep with God's thinking like this. His ways are higher than ours, His thoughts also higher. Dont get me wrong, I think it's a gift to have such a fearless, childlike dependence on our Father heaven, and I used to experience this vividly when I was younger. But about a year ago it's as though He pulled me aside and made me realize just how little my understanding really is in the grand scheme, and I realized how some of the things I was imagining were coming from Him were actually less in-line with His will than I'd previously thought... I'm now more dependent than I ever could have imagined and it's really placed me in the position to be more in awe of Him.