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Still, there are many who are confused by the ongoing sin of people who claim to be saved. This is a great misunderstanding
The "misunderstanding" is not about sin, sinning, confessing sin.....as all that is the fruit of confusion.
So, all of this is related to not understanding what it means to be BORN AGAIN, and the end of this Spiritual Birth.
When a believer does not understand what it means to be born again then they live in a bondage to ..>"im trying to be good, so that God will keep me".
"Im making sure i confess my sins, so that i keep myself saved".
See that mindset? This is person who does not understand what it means to be BORN AGAIN, and because they do not understand this, they are tying to do for themselves.....and maintain by self effort, what can't be maintained, exactly as it can't be caused by them to begin with..
Its like this Reader.
You can't save yourself.........exactly like you can't keep yourself saved.
Why?
Because SALVATION is not of you......Its of GOD through Christ........Its a GIFT, that God gives and the end result is what GOD causes.
What is your part in Salvation?
To BELIEVE and RECEIVE IT.
So, where does the confusion come in?
Right here..... = a person who is saved, does not understand that DISCIPLESHIP, or your walk of FAITH, is not the same as your SALVATION that God caused you to possess, as "the Gift of Salvation" that is to become Born Again as a Son of God.
So, Salvation is the new birth......"a new creation in Christ".........and God causes this to happen to your Spirit.
THEN, you are become a Disciple and you are to walk the walk BECAUSE you are a Son of God....and not to try to remain one..
Salvation is to become born again.
Discipleship......follows salvation, exactly as water baptism follows it......but those are NOT your Salvation...they are your walk that is the result of your already being Born again... and possessing Eternal Life.