So, you no longer sin?
Or, do you not feel the need to repent when you sin?
Which is it?
It can’t be both.
It appears you’re teetering on sinless perfection.
I ask this to get further explanation from you.
Thanks a bushel.
Okay, let me state exactly what I believe.
First and foremost, I believe salvation is a gift from God, available by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus alone. I believe all sins, past, present, and future were not only paid for, but completely forgiven through the shed blood of Jesus.
Good works can neither earn nor retain salvation. Works do not justify us before God in any way - they justify us only before men as a testament to what we believe. Good works are also the basis for rewards, or lack thereof, at the Judgment seat of Christ.
Unbelief to the point of death is what damns a person. At death, the decision to reject Christ is sealed for eternity. There are no second chances after death.
I believe we sin because we still have the flesh nature with which to contend - the "Old Man" which wars against our new nature in Christ. While indeed we still sin, Christ took the punishment for those sins and in exchange imputed His righteousness, His holiness, sinlessness, and perfection to our account. When the Father looks upon us, that new nature - the nature of His Son - is the one He sees.
If we have any sins left in our account, any sins yet unforgiven attributable to us, we cannot be saved. The Bible says without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins. Jesus would have to come back and shed more blood to expunge those sins, yet the Bible says His sacrifice was once for all time - never to be repeated.
As God now judges us perfect in His sight, there can be no loss of fellowship due to bad behavior on the part of the Christian. God will certainly chastise a believer for correction, but not on the basis of any sin-debt, but as a means to teach.
If we are required to do anything beyond belief/trust in Christ for salvation, or retention thereof, it becomes a work, an opportunity for boasting, and negates it as a gift.
I am not advocating sinless perfectionism - the belief that one can reach a state where they no longer sin. We will sin until the day we die. What I advocate is that our sins are no longer attributed to us - no longer in our account. We can never be condemned for sins that, as far as God is concerned, are nonexistent.
Since salvation is a gift, we can never lose it. It cannot be taken away, nor can we "return" it. Jesus said we are held in His, and the Father's, hands, and nothing in all creation can snatch us out - not even ourselves, as we are, created beings. Nor can the seal of the Holy Spirit ever be broken.
I hope this clarifies things.