It seems many people these days, even some Christians, regard a broad range of sinful conduct as acceptable due to the common attitude that sin is something that we can't stop committing; and therefore, we are permitted to live with these behaviors rather than accepting any personal responsibility to conform our behavior away from sin.
Unfortunately, these people aren't able to see the direct contradiction perpetuating any sin causes a true profession of faith in Christ. Christ did not save us from the condemnation our sins cause us to deserve in order to make a sinful lifestyle acceptable. By accomplishing our salvation, Christ established the opportunity for everyone to obtain the only means available for accomplishing conformity to God's will and ways. That means is Christ himself.
We who believe in the Eucharist as truly the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ, receive the complete essence of Christ in its totality. Christ is the perfect sin-free obedience to God the Father, and completey receptive responsiveness to God the Holy Spirit, in every aspect of life - even unto death. By our reception of the Eucharist, it only stands to reason, we receive Christ's own capability to not sin in every regard. The only variable left for discussion is the individual's capacity for abiding "in Him," thereby distinguishing that person as truly born of God. John says, “No one who is begotten by God commits sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot sin because he is begotten by God. (1 John 3: 9)
Not only is it unlikely for those who sin to have actually become born-again, it is equally improbable for those who possess a true faith in the Eucharist to disbelieve in the possibility of not sinning. Everyone who claims to believe in the Eucharist as the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ must also believe he/she receives the means capable of not sinning!
Does this mean only those who accomplish this conformity will be saved? See my answer!
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