And if someone commits acts of hatred, discord, jealousy, rage, selfish ambition, dissension, factions and the like… is this evidence they are not saved?
If their life has not been changed and continue in sin with abandon, then I would certainly doubt their salvation.
That really is the point of James 2.
Christians who are truly regenerated will hate their sin. They still are however not perfect and will fall occasionally. They have been already forgiven but they try not to sin and hate it after they do. It grieves them to know that their sin, caused the Savior to suffer and die.
Salvation is hardly a free gift if one can lose it. AND if we could lose it, WE Certainly WOULD.
Christ came to save sinners, not the righteous (self-righteous).
However, that is different than someone who life is marked by sin behavior and shows no sign of remorse or repentance.
That's not what Paul really says.
However, that is different than someone who life is marked by sin behavior and shows no sign of remorse or repentance.
I'm still unclear how this jibes with Paul. If you do what Paul lists, can you still inherit the Kingdom? Or is that if you do them and then repent you can? Or that if you do these acts you haven't repented? Or that if you are already saved, you won't do these acts at all?
Thanks for your reply.