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What if that person is truly trying to stop? You must not have had any vices that have really been hard to overcome . . . Their repentance is real but their flesh is not made perfect because they now have the gift of holy Spirit dwelling in them. Some vices can be really hard for your flesh to let go of and it takes EFFORT as in renewing your mind daily - sometimes moment by moment. Some Christians have not been taught that they need to feed themselves with the word of God in order to stay strengthened; in order to renew their minds. - What then? A person can only go as far as they have been taught. A man's salvation is dependent upon what our Lord has done. A Christian's walk, being successful, is dependent upon the nourishment from the word of God, their strength and trust in Christ, renewing their minds in order to transform they thought processes and also in order to cast down those thoughts that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God and bring every thought to the obedience of Christ - THAT is WORK and it is involved in our WALK not with our salvation.
So again you are talking about a Christian's walk after salvation.
So again you are talking about a Christian's walk after salvation.
Sorry to tell you once again but salvation/eternal life is not immediately in our physical possession.
People continue to want to misuse scripture on this issue because they do not understand or use the true context of the Greek words pisteuo and echo. Neither one of those Greek words puts salvation as an immediate physical possession. They are a continuation word leading to, and to have in hand as a mental possession ( assurance in other words ).
Second, yes if they are trying to stop then the repentance is real as I said before and the Holy Spirit will help a person do this. If however they are making no attempt to stop, and they are using repentance and confession as an excuse to keep doing that sin. Then no they will not be forgiven and end up with eternal life.
If a Christians salvation is solely on what Jesus did on the cross, why does He say over and over again what is required of us. This whole one way street teaching is false unbiblical teaching, and if it was true then one would not even have to believe or repent of their sins to get eternal life. The bible especially by the words of the Lord and the Apostles say different. Even Paul repeats over and over again if we don't continue, endure, persevere, stay steadfast, and persist in the ways of the Lord we will not end up with eternal life....
Even the Lord said we must endure first and do the will of God in our lives to get eternal life.
And the will of God is not just believe and love, as there are many scriptures that say what the will of God is. And one of them as such is when the Lord said all that He taught and commanded is God's will for us......