You "believe" with your life. Not only with your mouth.
Romans 10:9 - that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. We demonstrate with our life that we truly believe. Faith without works is dead. Faith that is alive in Christ results in producing works.
What did Jesus say to the prostitute?
John 8
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
Are you implying here that "in addition" to what Paul said Romans 10:9-10, we must also live sinless perfect lives in order to be saved? Do you claim to be sinless (without fault or defect, flawless) 100% of the time?
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Only unbelievers do not follow Christ, are in darkness and walk in darkness:1 John 3:10 - In this the
children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever
does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.1 John 1:6 - If we
SAY that we have fellowship with Him, and
walk in darkness, we
lie and
do not practice the truth - compare with 1 John 3:10 -
does not practice righteousness = child of the devil.
1 John 2:11 - But he who
hates his brother is
in darkness and
walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
IN CONTRAST TO:
1 John 1:7 - But if we
walk in the light as He is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Children of God are in the light and not in darkness. Acts 26:18 - to open their eyes, in order to
turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may
receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are
sanctified by faith in Me.
2 Corinthians 6:14 -
Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has
light with darkness?
Ephesians 5:8 - For
you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
1 John 2:Be careful that you do not lose your saltiness or that your eye becomes dark. For if the light that is in you is darkness... How great is that darkness!
Where does it say "lose your saltiness" in 1 John 2 or that your "eye becomes dark?" In 1 John 2:9-11, we read 9 He who
SAYS he is in the light, and
hates his brother, is
in darkness until now. (nothing mentioned about "becomes" darkness but
is in darkness until now) 10 He who
loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who
hates his brother is
in darkness and
walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.