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Are you Pentecostal?

I’m not going to have a discussion with somebody who believes in a works-based salvation.

And you attempting to judge somebody you have never met is quite telling also.

1 John 1:8 says you’re full of it! I’m done....

1 John 1:8 says you’re full of it! I’m done....

The Verses just before the one you quoted make it very clear that if you choose to sin, which you have confessed to on this thread, then you do not have fellowship with him. If you do not have fellowship with him, you are no longer born again, if you are no longer born again, you cannot claim the name of Christ until you repent.

I John 1:6-7
6. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Christ did not come to simply forgive you of your sins and leave you in your sins, he came to forgive you of your sins and give you the power over your sins.

Your understanding of what it means to be a Christian is flawed.

17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

And no, I am not a Pentecostal, but I am a Born-Again Christian, a sinner, saved by Grace whom God has given forgiveness and liberty from my sin as explained by Paul in Chapter 8 of Romans.

Don't live in Chapter 7 of Romans, when you can live in Chapter 8.

Also, quit giving yourself an excuse for CHOOSING to sin, when you have the choice to NOT SIN.

1 John 1:8 says you’re full of it! I’m done....

Furthermore, the verse you have quoted is not in the present tense, but truly in the past-tense if taken in context of the verse just before it and immediately after it, which I now post:

9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Pay close attention to the "cleanse us from all unrighteousness", it means he changes our heart, giving us the ability to obey him and stop sinning.

You've only accepted part of the Gospel promise, and have as yet to accept the part that gives you victory over your sinning.

Accepting this part will take all of your faith to truly believe the Gospel and believe that God truly is All Powerful, All Knowing, Perfect and Righteous in all of his works.

It will also require you to step out in faith, all by yourself, and take the narrow path.