No, my friend. Much you say, I agree with. However if we say we have no sin, we are liars and the truth is not in us.
1John 1:8-9 must be one of your favourite verses because you use it, like all the other sin defenders, as a proof that you remain inwardly filthy.
Why not read the entire episitle of First John instead of snipping 1Joh 1:8-9 out of context?
John is speaking of "coming clean with God in repentance." In other words we don't hide our sin when we approach God seeking reconciliation. If we say we have no sin (ie. cover our sin) then we are liars (for we never repented) and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins then he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Look at this parallel...
Isa 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Pardon is conditioned upon a forsaking of wickedness. You are using 1Joh 1:8-9 as a proof text to claim that you cannot forsake wickedness, instead you claim that you will always be wicked whilst in a flesh body. Where is PURITY in your religion? There is none. You utterly deny heart purity is possible and that is why you NEVER contend for heart purity.
Here is another parallel...
Pro 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Mercy is conditioned on us not covering our sins, instead we have to confess and forsake them. In other words we have to come clean with God in order to be washed clean. Look at what it says in Hebrews...
Heb 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
We have to draw near with a TRUE (HONEST) heart in full assurance of faith in order to be cleansed. This is what John is teaching in 1Joh chapter 1. This is why he says we have to WALK IN THE LIGHT.
So will you respond directly to anything I have written here?
Yes, all that is required of us is faith in our savior. Yes, that kind of living faith moves us to good works, but we cannot say that now because I'm born again, I have no sin, or that I must continue to have no sin to stay in my born again state.
"If we say we have no sin" related to PAST REBELLION TO GOD, it does not related to PRESENT ONGOING REBELLION. If you are still in rebellion to God and serving evil then you are not saved it it doesn't matter how much you "trust in Jesus." The faith God requires is TRUE FAITH which is inclusive of FAITHFULNESS which means our hearts have to be WHOLEHEARTEDLY YIELDED to God. If your heart is not wholeheartedly yielded then you simply haven't repented and are still in rebellion to God. Don't deceive yourself with this package/provisional salvation nonsense, all it is is a means of convincing yourself that you can sin against God and not surely die.
Salvation is MANIFEST and is reflective of an INNER TRANSFORMATION. If you have not been inwardly transformed and made pure then you are not saved. John wrote...
1Jn 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1Jn 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1Jn 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1Jn 3:10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
1Jn 3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Are you MANIFEST in that you DO RIGHTEOUSNESS and DO NOT SIN?
I bet you cannot discuss the above passage written by John because it totally contradicts your assertion that 1Joh 1:8-9 is teaching that you will always have iniquity within.
David wrote...
Psa 32:1 A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psa 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Is there guile in your spirit? There better not be. God demands purity.
Mat 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
You ignore what the Bible actually teaches at your own peril. The Bible does not teach this "saved in sin" nonsense that you believe in.
What I mean by my statement is that all who think they are righteous by their keeping of the law are woefully wrong.
Who said to "keep the law" ?????
Why bring that up? You quote my post and then you refer to "keep the law." Where did I say that you have to keep the law? If I didn't say that then why bring that up?
FAITH WORKS BY LOVE AND LOVE FULFILLS THE LAW. IF WE WALK ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT THEN WE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW. IF WE LOVE WE ARE A LAW UNTO OURSELVES. Do you not believe these things? Why not discuss these thing instead of this "keep the law" which I never said?
If we could uphold the standard of righteousness by our good behavior then Jesus died in vain because the law would have brought life, and it certainly did not.
We uphold the standard of righteousness by WALKING ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT BY A FAITH THAT WORKS BY LOVE. Do you do that? Do you walk according to the Spirit of life in Jesus Christ via a faith that works by love, love which works no ill and therefore fulfills the righteous requirements of the law?
Can you answer that directly?