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Grace of God

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Believers often talk about walking the walk of faith and enduring to the end, does this mean believers must be completely sinless for ever more, to remain saved..?
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Re: do Christians have to be perfect and sinless once they are saved??
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2018, 10:56:55 PM »
Since they obviously aren't, obviously not.
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Re: do Christians have to be perfect and sinless once they are saved??
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2018, 09:19:03 AM »
If Christians have even the remotest understanding of the ability to read, then one glance at Scripture should tell us that we were not perfect, we are not perfect and will only be perfected in the fullness of the Kingdom. Remember what Christ said when someone asked Him about being good?
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Re: do Christians have to be perfect and sinless once they are saved??
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2018, 07:36:41 PM »
Impossible to be perfect and sinless, GofG. We all have weaknesses and lapses. We try hard though!
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Re: do Christians have to be perfect and sinless once they are saved??
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2018, 10:47:08 AM »
Impossible to be perfect and sinless, GofG. We all have weaknesses and lapses. We try hard though!

I am not a Christian and I do not try hard to be good.

It's just natural.
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Re: do Christians have to be perfect and sinless once they are saved??
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2018, 04:23:35 PM »
Good to hear, BeR  ;D.
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Re: do Christians have to be perfect and sinless once they are saved??
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2018, 08:39:23 PM »
If Christians have even the remotest understanding of the ability to read, then one glance at Scripture should tell us that we were not perfect, we are not perfect and will only be perfected in the fullness of the Kingdom. Remember what Christ said when someone asked Him about being good?

good answer.. :)
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Re: do Christians have to be perfect and sinless once they are saved??
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2018, 08:40:03 PM »
Impossible to be perfect and sinless, GofG. We all have weaknesses and lapses. We try hard though!

I agree, it is about trying...
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