[RightSpirit]

Because even the elect commit sins using their free will to sin or not to sin and we need to repent. Repentance is an act whereby we acknowledge we can not justify or set ourselves right with God through our own merit. We need the blood and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus calls us to repent.

[skeeter]

So, there is some good in the elect? Because it takes some shred of consciousness to acknowledge one's sins.

You contradict your own argument.