How can you be saved--even if you are a habitual sinner and wants to continue sinning without any consequence?

Question

Christianity is the answer.

Every religious and philosophical system has its own path to "ultimate fulfillment." In order to reach a "higher level," one must discipline their thoughts and actions in such a way as to reach this goal, or "salvation."

For example:

* Buddhists strive for their goal through chanting and prayer.
* Muslims strive for their goal by submitting to the will of Allah.
* Anarchists strive for their goal by rebelling against society.
* Hedonists strive for their goal by seeking pleasure.
* Catholics strive for their goal by keeping the sacraments.
* Many others who consider themselves "Christian" strive for their goal through regular church attendance, and doing good things.
* Mystics and occultists strive for their by seeking supernatural experiences.
* Atheists strive for their goal by disproving the existence of God.

I could go on, but you probably get the idea by now.

In the face of all these human religions and philosophies, biblical Christianity teaches something completely opposite:

"It is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -- not by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)

No matter how hard you try, you can't save yourself. Still, to receive the gift, there is something you need to do, right here, right now:


* Put your full trust and faith in Jesus Christ -- Not only that He exists, that He is the Son of God, that He died, was buried, and brought back to life, but also that He is your only hope for salvation, and that He is your highest authority.

Answer 1

You are supposed to repent of your sins which means to really mean that you are truly sorry and don't want to do those things anymore and God knows your heart. People make mistakes and sin and that's where forgiveness comes in but if you have made up in your mind that you want to keep sinning and still get saved it won't happen.

Answer 2

Fisrt of all, catholics do not strive for our goal by keeping the sacraments. They are tools for get our goal that is love as Chist did and still doing.

We believe that the unique way of salvation is to want it, that includes stop sinning... God will judge your intention not you results, so you know if you want to stop sinning or no...

Hope this help

Answer 3

Your heart is in the right place but your last statement is not enough for salvation for the devil believes in the same thing. You are not saved by faith alone, I will demonstrate;
Sir. 35:19; Luke 23:41; John 3:19-21, Rom. 8:13, 2 Tim 4:14, Titus 3:8,14, Rev. 22:12 - these verses also teach us that we all will be judged by God according to our deeds. There is no distinction between the "saved" and the "unsaved."

1 Cor. 3:15 - if works are unnecessary for salvation as many Protestants believe, then why is a man saved (not just rewarded) through fire by a judgment of his works?

Matt. 7:1-3 - we are not judged just by faith, but actually how we judge others, and we get what we have given. Hence, we are judged according to how we responded to God's grace during our lives.

Matt. 10:22, 24:13; Mark 13:13 - Jesus taught that we must endure to the very end to be saved. If this is true, then how can Protestants believe in the erroneous teaching of "Once saved, always saved?" If salvation occurred at a specific point in time when we accepted Jesus as personal Lord and Savior, there would be no need to endure to the end. We would already be saved.

Matt. 16:27 – Jesus says He will repay every man for what he has done (works).

Matt. 25:31-46 - Jesus' teaching on the separation of the sheep from the goats is based on the works that were done during their lives, not just on their acceptance of Christ as Savior. In fact, this teaching even demonstrates that those who are ultimately saved do not necessarily have to know Christ. Also, we don’t accept Christ; He accepts us. God first makes the decision to accept us before we could ever accept Him.

Matt. 25:40,45 - Jesus says "Whatever you did to the least of my brothers, you did it to Me." We are judged and our eternal destiny is determined in accordance with our works.

Mark 10:21 - Jesus says sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. This means that our salvation depends upon our works.

Luke 12:43-48 - these verses teach us that we must act according to the Lord's will. We are judged based upon what we know and then do, not just upon what we know.

Luke 14:14 – Jesus says we are repaid for the works we have done at the resurrection of the just. Our works lead to salvation.

Luke 23:41 - some Protestants argue that Jesus gave salvation to the good thief even though the thief did not do any good works. However, the good thief did in fact do a good work, which was rebuking the bad thief when he and others were reviling Jesus. This was a "work" which justified the good thief before Jesus and gained His favor. Moreover, we don't know if the good thief asked God for forgiveness, did works of penance and charity and was reconciled to God before he was crucified.
Heb. 9:12 - Christ's sacrifice secured our redemption, but redemption is not the same thing as salvation. We participate in and hope for salvation. Our hope in salvation is a guarantee if we are faithful to Christ to the end. But if we lose hope and fail to persevere, we can lose our salvation. Thus, by our own choosing (not by God's doing), salvation is not a certainty. While many Protestant churches believe in the theology of "once saved, always saved," such a novel theory is not found in Scripture and has never been taught by the Church.

Rom. 5:2 - we rejoice in the "hope" (not the presumptuous certainty) of sharing the glory of God. If salvation is absolutely assured after accepting Jesus as Savior, why would Paul hope?

Rom. 5:5 - this "hope" does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. Our hope is assured if we persevere to the end.

Answer 4

It is up to the grace and mercy of God. We may not understand Him because we are only capable up to the level of man's thinking. We will never know how God sees in each one of us. What man sees as sinner may not always be sinner in God's eyes. We leave all judgement to God. But as for us, we do our share too - out of LOVE and not out of obligation. We go to church not because it's church day (and then we're saved) but because we love God and we feel that He deserves to be worshipped and praised for all His goodness. The 10 commandments is so long and there were also lots of laws along with it too - but Christ summed it all to love. No matter how many times you've been to church or made large tithes or sing religious songs without love - it's nothing to Him.

Answer 5

The word of the deceiver has really gotten into you. No matter how strong is your faith in Jesus. No one can save you from your sins except you. The righteousness of the righteous shall be credited to him. The wickedness of the wicked shall be charge against him. Million sorry for the sins and millions names of Jesus you utter will not save you unless you correct your ways.

Answer 6

I can be saved by believing Allah is One & does not have a son. The idea that you can do whatever you like, sin your way through life & then get into heaven just by believing Jesus (PBUH) died for your sins seems ridiculously unfair to me.

Answer 7

Christianity does differ from all other world religions in that it is the only "religion" that is based on a personal relationship with God. All other "religions" in the world are works based, meaning that you can earn or buy the condition or position that you are efforting and striving for through your own choices and actions toward the world and/or others and life in general.

You are wrong about being able to "want" to continue sinning and it be without consequence. In 2 Peter 2:20-22 he lets us know that there are consequences for our choices. For those who have escaped the corruption of this world and having known the way to righteousness, having been set free from the captivity to sin in their life for them to choose to become again entangled in corruption and allowing sin to be their master, they are worse off than before.

For this to happen it means that a person accepted the free gift of salvation and has not asked Jesus to move into their heart and become the Lord of their life. This also means that the presence of God and His power and authority are not available in that persons life making them powerless to overcome the circumstances and control that sin Has in their life. This would bring in to question the validity of that persons true salvation.

Having the power of God in your life allowing a person to overcome in all areas of their life is one of the many benifits of the "package deal" that comes with being "born again" and recieving a new heart of flesh replacing your old heart of clay and recieving a new spirit that is God breathed and allows us to communicate with our new spirit to God's Spirit. We also have God in the form of the Holy Spirit take up residence in our body that we can ALWAYS have access to God and have Him guide us as well as comfort us and strengthen us with a God empowered self discipline in the every day choices we make and the circumstances that we have in our life.

All sin promises to serve and to please and only desires to enslave and dominate. As a Christian the deception of sin and the lies it promotes is broken in our life through the victory we have in Jesus. If a real Christian is still enslaved by sin then they are a casualty of war an M.I.A. that they are a soldier in. They need to turn back to Jesus and let Him forgive them, heal them and empower them to be overcomers an grab hold of the victory He bought for them on the cross.

Satan is alive and well and will do anything to decieve us into believing that we are powerless and ineffective in living our life as a child of the Living God. He cannot do this unless we allow him to do so. We tend to allow him influence and control in our life because of our lack of knowledge of who we are, our true identity and not grasping how awesome and truly powerful our God and our Father really is. It is through the power of praise and worship, prayer, reading and applying God's wisdom in the bible to our daily life that we not only learn more about our God and Father we also reflect Jesus more and more in our daily life.

Answer 8

If you want to continue in your sin you cannot be a Christian. To be a TRUE CHRISTIAN you have to be like Christ. Jesus was sinless, and we can be too. But you cannot ask for forgiveness and continue to sin, then expect it to automatically be covered. When you slip, by sinning, you just simply ask God to forgive you of that sin, try not to do it again, and move on.

Answer 9

I dislike it when other peoples ideas and religions are forced on me.

I don't need a religion to tell me what to do, I have the power WITHIN myself, to be the best person I can be.

organized religions also promote alienation of different groups saying that theirs is the "best path" I say let people make their own path. And to love everyone (not condemn people like homosexuals)

and.. what do I have to be saved from anyway?

Answer 10

Repentence is important- without it, one cannot walk with the Lord. I dont believe I know any christian who was truly saved and then desired to still live in sin- That would mean the Holy Spirit was not living in them- and without the Holy Spirit you cannot be saved- for we are sealed with it once we believe- See Ephesians 1. We all fall short and sin at times, but to "desire" to sin- that would be a false conversion.

Matthew 3:8
Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.