But please take note, John did NOT say “ Stop Sinning in order to become Saved!”
Ezekiel did.
Eze 33:19, But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
That’s a great thing, to stop sinning! I wonder if it’s possible to do that . I’ve tried to do it .I’ve Failed at it . Miserably.
You just need the power of the Holy Ghost.
Have you been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins? (see Acts of the Apostles 2:38-39).
The Lord has set me free from the power of sinning (John 8:31-36, 1 Corinthians 15:57).
As I said, it is Faith in the Gospel that Saves.....not abandoning sin....not even “ Trying” to abandon sin.This is True because even if you WERE able to give up Sinning 100% ( and you can’t— wanna discuss those pesky Sins Of Omission? )
Yes.
God has ordained that we should walk in specific works (Ephesians 2:10). A sin of omission is to not walk in a specific work that God has foreordained you should walk in. Therefore, if He has not called you to work in the soup kitchen tomorrow, it is not a sin of omission for you not to do so.
It is only a sin of omission if the Holy Spirit is leading you and guiding you to do something and you don't do it.
It is a doable thing to walk consistently in obedience to the Holy Spirit.
Trying to be Perfect , trying to live above Sin would entail the “ keeping Of the Law”
Actually, I think you are trying to obtain righteousness through the wrong venue.
It is not by attempting to obey a set of do's and don'ts that we obtain practical righteousness; but by being obedient to the leadings and promptings of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Therefore, it's by faith.
By walking not after the flesh but after the Spirit, the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us (Romans 8:4).
If we bear the fruit of the Spirit, our behaviour will not be in violation of any law (Galatians 5:22-23).
and according to Paul in
Galatians 2:16 —- “ We know that No man is declared Righteous or will gain God’s approval by the Works Of The Law( trying to live by a set of standards) , he can ONLY be Saved by simply Believing, that is , putting his Total Trust in Jesus Christ to Save Him...
Yes...we obtain the Holy Spirit by faith (Galatians 3:14)...and the love of the Lord is shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Ghost (Romans 5:5). This love is practical (1 John 3:17-18) and is the fulfilling of the law (Romans 13:8-10, Galatians 5:14, 1 John 5:3, 2 John 1:6, Romans 8:4).
And therefore the venue by which we obtain the righteousness of God, which is apart from the law, but to which that law and the prophets testify that it is righteousness indeed, is through faith: for through faith we receive the Holy Spirit (Galatians 3:14) and through the Holy Spirit we obtain the love of the Lord against which there is no law (Galatians 3:22-23).
This is to say that the law is indeed a schoolmaster to lead men to Christ (Galatians 3:24) in that it shows men that they are sinners in need of a Saviour (Romans 3:20) in order to convert their souls (Psalms 19:7 (kjv)).
Because they don't measure up to the law, it shows them that they are not walking according to the Spirit (which can only be obtained through faith in Jesus Christ) and therefore are not saved.
It is written,
Rom 8:12, Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Rom 8:13, For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Rom 8:14, For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
and,
Rom 8:4, That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.