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Thank you for your theological theory. Mine is vastly different.
I do not accept the continuation of the :no sin test” for eternal life. Jesus , the Son of God, was sacrificed for all our sins or we are doomed. Everything changed on the Cross. God;s chosen people are now those that accept Jesus Sonship and resurrection as true. Let me show you what Jesus said as reported on the History written in Mark chapter 10. This is key .
“26They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?” 27Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
Jesus had just told them that no one is saved. If you commit even one sin ,you are doomed to dust. We dont event know what is a sin !! What act of commission or omission of conduct is a sin? Jesus tells us that our thoughts are sin.
I could go on for pages but you get my theology. Sin is no factor, none. There is no judgment. Why have a trial if the defendant is pardoned? All people are sinners , everyday . Christ died for all those sins one time on the cross. We have IMPUTED righteousness not actual righteousness. It is a gift and nothing we do can earn it except accept as true Him as the Son of God. Jesus did not come here to condemn us but to free us. All this legalism is satanic nonsense to instill disbelief in the power of the resurrection.

I had to go back and re read what I wrote because you pretty much said what I said. Jesus paid our sin price, so we are pardoned. Having said that, if we sin on purpose, we no longer have a sacrifice for sin.( Hebrews 6:4-6) If we truly have been saved, we cannot lose our salvation. We cannot be pried from God's hand, but we must repent or we will suffer stripes on Judgment Day. The problem is unbelief. If you don't believe God will judge you because of Grace, He will be a surprise to you when you meet. A completely lost person had their sins paid for on the cross, but they don't believe God is God. We are saved by FAITH, through Grace. Our faith is what saves us, not our non-sinning. A pastor of a church sins many times a day, but he and the Father are probably on daily speaking terms. When we make the Kingdom of Heaven first in our lives, God will supply everything else.

We are all hopped up on judging people's sins, but their relationship with God is what saves them. God judges our hearts. The parable of the workers harvesting grapes speaks of people hired in the morning and some hired at noon and others right before quitting time. They all get the same pay. You can earn treasure in heaven by doing works for God, but salvation is for the sinner that comes on his deathbed or the one that came when he was a child and died at 90.

Mat 25 talks about 5 wise virgins and 5 foolish. The foolish ones took no oil with them. The wise ones took vessels of oil with them. The foolish were left behind to deal with the Antichrist. Reading Revelation 2-3, we see the churches are ALL going to be left behind except the church at Philadelphia. All had something they needed to change to please God except for the church of brotherly love. Sin is not really talked about except maybe the church at Thyatira. They have the spirit of Jezebel to deal with. Theologians believe this to be the RCC. If you notice, she has time to repent, but in verse 2:23, God judges the hearts and judges individually. Revelation 18:4 says His people should come out of her.

If a person is just saved, it's easy to find sins they still do, but daily they are transforming their mind into something new. A person saved for years should be further along in their sanctification. 1Jon 2:7 says there is no new commandment, but we have had it from the beginning. Then he go on to speak of hating and loving out brother. He doesn't mention, fornication, stealing, lying, or any one of dozens of sins we all know about. Just loving our brothers and sisters.

I absolutely believe God saved us. There was nothing we could do but have faith. How did people get saved before Christ on the cross? They believed He was coming. We know there were some in heaven( Abraham's bosom)waiting to go with Him when he went to them and set the captives free. After the cross, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Peter saw Elijah and Moses at the Mt. of Transfiguration so I assume they were in heaven. Lack of belief is what sends people to hell, not sin. Everybody sins.