But one has to forsake sin and their evil ways for the blood to cleanse them of all their sin (See 1 John 1:7). God gives us grace. But this is grace so we can conform to His image and not grace so we can keep stumbling into sin just so as to confess it all the time. God wants us to forsake our evil ways. For Jesus Christ defined repentance for us. Jesus said the Ninevites will rise up in Judgment against this generation because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. If you were to turn to Jonah chapter 3, it says the Ninevites turned from their wicked and evil ways as a part of their repentance. Jesus told the woman caught in the act of adultery to sin no more. Repentance involves one turning from evil and not staying down in their evil and wicked ways. See the previous verses I listed on how we used to be sinners but we are not that way anymore in Post #433.
You still have an issue with discerning between habitual sin and one who stumbles here or there................
So if you were to sin tomorrow Jason you would no longer have salvation?????
That's right you probably would come back and say you never sin any more, but if you state that then the bible says you are a liar.
If a person is walking properly in the faith and then one day stumbles and sins, then repents of it their salvation is not hindered one bit. If this pattern happens the rest of their life then their salvation is not going to be lost or forfeited one bit.
The only way they will forfeit the salvation that is given at the day of redemption is if they don't give up their sinful ways.
Meaning they say they repent and confess their sin, but then turn around and continue to do it day in and day out. In other words their was no real Godly sorrow in their repentance as they did not want to give it up.
Or the other way is if they go back to a sinful lifestyle to where they never repent of it and return to the Lord.
Example of salvation not being lost/forfeited;
Drunk takes and repents and quit's drinking, two years later he falls back into a drunken lifestyle, he again repents of this and stops drinking for awhile again. He continues for awhile walking properly, and lives another 20 years. In those 20 years he falls back to drinking again 3 to 5 more times but in each case he repents and turns back to the Lord.
If a person has to live a complete sin free lifestyle to get salvation like you state, then a last minute death bed repentance would not get a person salvation by your standard. That is absolutely false thinking, and I would please ask you to not take the mercy and remission of sins of others that can/will be given by the Lord and putting it in your own hands.