Finally, we agree. Sin is a choice for a Christian.....if I choice to sin I can also choose not to sin
Remember Satan’s lie in the garden of Eden when he successfully made Eve believe that she could afford to sin (disobey God) and still not die.
HE LIED! Looks like he is telling the same lie today!!!
We cannot fool God and we cannot serve two masters and still be saved. Remember the lie!!
Your waiting on one example
Jusas Iscariot is one example
Matt 10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples,
he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.—4 Simon the Canaanite, and
Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.5
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:—8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.—16 Behold,
I send you forth as SHEEP in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. —19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.20
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.—22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.—25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his
household?—40
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
We can also read that also Judas had a ministry and apostleship, but that he fell away from them.
Acts 1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,25 That he may take part of
this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
Judas was promised a throne in heaven together with the other apostles.
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory,
ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 19:28
I have more examples but its late and you only asked for one.
I'm literally shaking my head right now at your incredible ignorance. It is mind-boggling.
Judas was
NEVER born again. He never had saving faith in Jesus. John 8:70-71 says he was a "
devil". And as far as Judas doing miracles, so did/will those who stand before Jesus at the Great White Throne Judgement, saying: "'Lord, Lord,
did we not prophesy in your name, and
cast out demons in your name, and
do many mighty works in your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I
never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers'" (Matthew 7:21-23).
Notice the "never". Not, He "once" knew them, but they fell away - He NEVER knew them - and yet they were able to perform these miracles.
Judas, like many Jews of his day, believed in a Messiah that was to come free them from Roman oppression. Not a humble Lamb willingly going to the slaughter. Only at the end did he realize he betrayed innocent blood.
A born again Christian can NEVER lose salvation, simply because:
Jesus said that He gives us eternal life, and that we shall
never perish, and that
no one (including
ourselves) can snatch us out of His, or the Father's hand. (John 3:16, 10: 28-29)
The Bible says that we have been
sealed by the Holy Spirit which is a
pledge guaranteeing our inheritance. (Ephesians 1:13-14, 2 Corinthians 1:22, 5:5)
The Bible says Jesus will
never leave us or forsake us. (Hebrews 13:5)
The Bible says Jesus
always lives to make intercession for us. (Hebrews 7:25)
The Bible says we are
sealed for the Day of Redemption. (Ephesians 4:30)
Jesus said that He will lose
none of us, but
will raise us up on the last day. (John 6:39)
Jesus said that believers will
never come into judgment, and have
passed from death into life. (John 5:24)
The Bible says our calling is
irrevocable. (Roman 11:29)
The Bible says
nothing in all creation (that includes
us as
created beings)
can separate us from the love of God. (Romans 8:38-39)
The Bible says God will
complete the good work that He began in us. (Philippians 1:6)
The Bible says we have
been perfected for all time. (Hebrews 10:14)
The Bible says our inheritance is
imperishable, can
never spoil, and is
unfading, guarded by God's power. (1 Peter 1:3-5)
The Bible says if we drink from the living water that is Christ, we will
never be thirsty again. (John 4:14)
The Bible says God
will sustain us to the end, guiltless in the day of the Lord Jesus. (1 Corinthians 1:8)
The Bible says that our debt to God has been
canceled through Christ Jesus. (Colossians 2:13-14)
Jesus said born again believers will
never hunger again. (John 6:35)
You spit on grace by proclaiming it is merited. You besmirch the gift of salvation by teaching that after one believes, the gift must be earned/maintained/proved by works.
You are a modern day
Judaizer. And you're a
hypocrite to boot, by thundering down judgement on those who sin, while
you sin yourself -
every single day of your life.