Your ID on the forum is deceiving. I certainly do not see that what you believe is just about faith.
The word "just" has more than one meaning. And for the most part, I do indeed preach that a man is saved "only" by faith. Apparently you do not read all of my posts.
You add what man has to do and refuse to acknowledge that Jesus did everything necessary for a person to be saved on the cross where He paid for the sins of all mankind.
Jesus did it all; and included in this is that He has made us into new creatures in Him. Old things (a sinful lifestyle) is passed away; behold, all things have become new. What is new is what is holy and pure.
that every human being is a sinner in God's eyes,
If that is the case, then every human being is a child of the devil in the Lord's eyes:
1Jo 3:8, 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.
Assuming that everyone who commits sin is a sinner; and that this is the definition of a sinner: someone who commits sin.
Thus every sinner is a child of the devil.
and every saint is merely a sinner saved by grace and kept by the power of God.
So every saint is therefore a child of the devil and yet saved by grace and kept by the power of God. If you think that they are also the children of God, beware lest you find yourself preaching that God is the devil.
Repenting of a sin does not mean it will be impossible for him to ever commit that sin again.
To repent means to turn away from sin and means that you will not commit that sin again; unless you repent of your repentance and begin again to walk in the direction of sin:
2Co 7:10, For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Your positions appears to be the Christian must be perfectly sinless which is not possible 1 John 1:7-10.
No; a Christian is not sinless; for sin dwells in his mortal flesh: however the element of sin can be rendered dead (Galatians 5:24, Romans 6:6, Romans 7:8) so that it no longer has authority over the behaviour of the one who is born of God.
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