Can I sin as much as I want as long as I believe?

Question

Just where is the line between sin and salvation? Yes, I know the verses, you don't need to spew them out -- but use them for support if you need to. Looking for some logic here, especially from the folks that believe salvation can be lost.

Where
Is
The Line???

Answer 1

The line between sin and salvation occurs the moment that the Holy Spirit confers upon us the gifts of repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. At that moment in time, our complete salvation is wrought, never to be lost because of any sin we commit.

Answer 2

Dear

As a Believer, the Best Border Line for you to Sin is in Between Fear of Punishment and Hope of Salvation.

Answer 3

I don't believe that salvation can be lost. I think the Bible makes it clear that once you've been saved that's a permanent thing. I think sometimes it's hard to tell whether other people have been genuinely saved, so there are people who seem to be Christians who probably aren't, and they may fall away. I'm inclined to think that if someone is genuinely a Christian, and they have a rebellious moment, they'll come back eventually - their faith will be proved by their perseverance.

With this in mind, I think that if you've been genuinely saved that's safe no matter how much you sin, but if you've been genuinely saved you won't want to sin. I think that part of being a Christian is that God takes away your desire to sin (not entirely, but increasingly so). That doesn't mean that Christians don't sin, obviously, but they won't be happy about it, and will keep trying not to sin.

Answer 4

If your attitude is, "How much can I get away with?" I tend to doubt that you every truly asked Jesus into your heart. When you have the Holy Spirit inside of you, He guides you. You will not be comfortable sinning. Read Romans 6-8 prayerfully. Salvation is not by works, but true salvation will always show itself in a changed life.

Answer 5

The line between sin and salvation is to repent if
you believe you have done wrong, but don't use it
to sin, salvation means to be saved and if we're saved
from sin why? should anyone continue on that path.
Check out The Lord's Prayer.

Answer 6

Salvation isn't a ticket for sin. After all, you don't need salvation to sin. People seem to do it pretty well on their own.

Salvation is freedom from sin.

You claim to know all the verses so I don't need to quote any to you.

However, if you knew all the verses you would know where that line is. Jesus said, "If you love me, you will follow my commands."

Have you ever told a lie? That makes you a liar.

Have you ever looked with lust? That makes you an adulterer, because Jesus tells us to look with lust is to have already committed adultery in your heart.

Have you committed murder? Of course not, none of us have. Jesus tells us to hate our brother is to commit murder in our hearts.

That is only three of the commandments. Have you followed God's commands? Will you be guilty or innocent on Judgment day?

Answer 7

Lets let the Hero of the Protestants answer this one Quote from Martin Luther's Table Talk

God does not need our actions. All He wants is that we pray to Him and thank Him. It does not matter how Christ behaved what He taught is all that matters. What does it matter whether we commit a new sin? Faith cancels all sin. No other sin exists in the world except unbelief, Sometimes it is necessary to commit some sin out of hatred and contempt for the Devil. What does it matter if we commit a sin. You must say my sins are not mine; they are not in me at all; they are the sins of another they are Christ's and are none of my business. Christianity is nothing but a continual exercise in feeling that you have no sin although you sin, but that your sins are thrown on Christ. From the moment you acknowledge that Christ bears your sins, He becomes the sinner in your place. Be a sinner, and sin boldly, but believe more boldly still. Not only men, but the Saints and Apostles must be sinners. The Saints must be good, downright sinners. The Apostles themselves were sinners, regular scoundrels…I believe that the prophets also frequently sinned grievously. You owe nothing to God except faith and confession. In everything else He lets you do whatever you like. You may do as you please, without any danger of conscience whatsoever.

Answer 8

A critical piece of information is what the belief is in. From the context of what you wrote, I'm going to assume you're asking about Christianity. A Jesus follower is forgiven of their sins, so I'm going to go with, "Can I sin as much as I want as long as I believe in Jesus?"

I think a question like this shows a lack of understanding of what being a Jesus follower is all about. When Paul wrote about the question of going on sinning, he said, "May it never be!" Following Jesus is not a spiritual "Get out of Jail Free" card. Following Jesus is about starting and building a relationship with our creator. Along the way we sin, but we repent and get back to working on the relationship.

To paraphrase C.S. Lewis, all people are like children walking along the gutter. It's inevitable that they will fall into the gutter (sin). The difference is that the Christian will get back up on the curb.

Answer 9

Looks like you recognize the problem with "once in grace, always in grace." As Judas demonstrated, you can definitely fall out of grace.

The line is best shown in I John 5: If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that. All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

The sin that leads to death is mortal sin, which must meet all of the following conditions:

1. It must be a grave (or serious) matter;
2. It must be committed with full knowledge, both of the sin and of the gravity of the offense;
3. It must be committed with deliberate and complete consent (not an accident).

The "serious matter" is best examplified by breaking one of the Ten Commandments.

A sin that leads to death, even murder, can be forgiven as long as we are alive to repent and ask forgiveness.

CDF

Answer 10

Apparently you can. I live in the middle of the Bible Belt (the Carolinas) and there are 26 churches in our town (10,000 people)including three massive Baptist sites over over 30,000 sq ft., and the Billy Graham center is less than 30 miles away, and yet - the police blotter in the paper takes up an entire page. The CHURCHES (Baptist) even run buses to the CASINO during the week.

And they strive to control the government? and dictate morailty?

I once asked a friend of mine how he could smoke drink and cheat on his wife and still go to heaven. He said "I've already been baptised, I'm clean - I've been saved". (!!!)

I shoulda' been a Baptist!