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S Spencer has given you a great answer. I would like to touch a little on something that was mentioned, which is "habitual sin". A believer who has been born of the Spirit of Christ (Born-Again) no longer has the capacity to live a continuous lifestyle of habitual sin, the lifestyle they once lived before coming to know Christ.
A believer can commit single acts of sin, but can no longer sin habitually because God's Spirit lives in the believer, convicts the believer of sin, and brings the believer to repentance. If a person can continue to sin with no conviction in their heart, then that person needs to take inventory of their life, even if they claim to be Christian.
It is God's Spirit (Holy Spirit) who convicts a person of sin, and it is His Spirit who keeps us from sinning (Habitually).
If you are saved, you will go to heaven. God promises you that. But please keep in mind that we do not go to heaven based on what we do or don't do, but what Christ has done for us. Getting into heaven has nothing to do with human performance. When we stand before God, we are going to know that we are guilty. God is not going to look at our human effort and say "You've done far more good than bad, so come on in."
What God is going to see in us is His Son, Jesus Christ. And that's the only basis for us entering in. Jesus has promised to NEVER leave us, and as long as He lives in us, which He has promised to never leave, we are secure in Him!
As for backsliding, it is not found in the New Testament and is never applied to the believer in Christ. It is strictly an Old Testament term describing the Children of Israel.
Hi Karen, How do you define backslide? Is it habitual sin? or is it a sin where he's overtaken in a fault? If it's an habitual sin where a person continues in sin I think the question is was he ever saved. I think we all struggle and some more than others, it depends on their spiritual growth, 1st Peter 2:2. As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: IF A person is saved and falls into sin the Holy spirit will always give that person a conscience, or punishment and even physical death, but he will be saved. 1 Corinthians 3:10-17, According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Willful sin is apostasy to those that should know better .
S Spencer has given you a great answer. I would like to touch a little on something that was mentioned, which is "habitual sin". A believer who has been born of the Spirit of Christ (Born-Again) no longer has the capacity to live a continuous lifestyle of habitual sin, the lifestyle they once lived before coming to know Christ.
A believer can commit single acts of sin, but can no longer sin habitually because God's Spirit lives in the believer, convicts the believer of sin, and brings the believer to repentance. If a person can continue to sin with no conviction in their heart, then that person needs to take inventory of their life, even if they claim to be Christian.
It is God's Spirit (Holy Spirit) who convicts a person of sin, and it is His Spirit who keeps us from sinning (Habitually).
If you are saved, you will go to heaven. God promises you that. But please keep in mind that we do not go to heaven based on what we do or don't do, but what Christ has done for us. Getting into heaven has nothing to do with human performance. When we stand before God, we are going to know that we are guilty. God is not going to look at our human effort and say "You've done far more good than bad, so come on in."
What God is going to see in us is His Son, Jesus Christ. And that's the only basis for us entering in. Jesus has promised to NEVER leave us, and as long as He lives in us, which He has promised to never leave, we are secure in Him!
As for backsliding, it is not found in the New Testament and is never applied to the believer in Christ. It is strictly an Old Testament term describing the Children of Israel.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
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