and your answer to this.
said who, when did you get saved, for being holy and perfect. by following the full law before or after believing.
said who, when did you get saved, for being holy and perfect. by following the full law before or after believing.
Salvation is a result of godly sorrow working repentance, the change of mind whereby our rebellion to God ceases. This leaves us in a state where we are obedient to God from our heart. In other words we find ourselves submitted to God inwardly having purged the iniquity within through repentance.
It is THEN that God fills our purified vessel with the Holy Spirit and raises us up to newness of life. That is the moment of salvation. Repentance and conversion is not salvation, it is simply the conditions necessary for salvation as God does not save a rebel.
We don't get saved for being holy and perfect, we get saved purely by the mercy of God by the power of His grace via the washing of regeneration. God will not do that to anyone unless they repent first and forsake their sins. If they are stealing, lying, cheating, fornicating, molesting children, raping, murdering, lusting, or whatever wrongdoing they have to stop it.
The means to stop it is via a broken and contrite spirit. We have to be broken on the rock of Christ. It is like a wild horse which is self willed must be broken in by the horse trainer. When the horse is broken it submits willingly to a rider, before that it will buck the rider off. Likewise we have to submit to God BEFORE He will save us.
Jas 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
We cannot receive the engrafted word unless we first lay apart ALL filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.
Most modern Christian's refuse to lay aside their sin and want a salvation in which they don't have to. They are self deceived because they are not DOERS of the word.