My thing is... I think people have a misconception about being saved. Being saved doesn't mean you live a perfect life. Perfection DOES NOT EXIST in this world, not on the earth at all. We are made perfect through grace. But that doesn't happen until we're transformed when Jesus returns. Don't forget that the bible also says, "We are ALL sinner's and have ALL come short of the glory of God." Need another one? How about, "There is NONE righteous, no not one." or, "We are not saved by works, but saved by grace." and most importantly, Jesus said, "I came NOT to call the righteous, but SINNERS to repentance." So don't be scared and think that you have to walk on eggshells to be a Christian. We ALL sin in one way or another, in some way, action, deed, or thought... daily. The thing is... when you know better, and you WILLFULLY sin, and you completely disregard God. Then you're in trouble; your actions don't keep you saved either. Check this out...
Mark 8:38 - "Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
Luke 5:30-32 - But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
John 14:12-18 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Romans 8:10-19 - And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 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. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
And on top of all that... Jesus said that once one has come to him, He'll always abide with you. He will never leave you, nor forsake you. He doesn't have come come back to you, because He never left, you turned away from Him, but He's still there waiting on your return. There's only sin that WILL NOT be forgiven, and that's blasphemy (blatent denial) of the Holy Spirit. As scuffed up, and scarred up and as dirty as you have been, and for a while WILL continue to be, He's still there waiting. You can join us in heaven, or fight us from hell. It's your choice. I love you anyway.
And this is from Him, through me. One that has prayed for His protection while I was in the midst of committing sins. If anyone can, I can tell you what the Lord can do. And I've still got a long way to grow.
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