You SHOULD stop sinning, but if you believe you MUST stop sinning to receive eternal life, then you do not understand grace or the gospel.
Many false teachers preach that you must stop sinning to receive eternal life. The problem: no one has ever stopped sinning. This changes the free gift of God into something which must be earned.
I am not going to heaven because I promised God I would "stop sinning". I am going to heaven because Christ died for my sins and I accepted his free gift of eternal life!
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV
You SHOULD stop sinning, but if you believe you MUST stop sinning to receive eternal life, then you do not understand grace or the gospel.
Many false teachers preach that you must stop sinning to receive eternal life. The problem: no one has ever stopped sinning. This changes the free gift of God into something which must be earned.
I am not going to heaven because I promised God I would "stop sinning". I am going to heaven because Christ died for my sins and I accepted his free gift of eternal life!
You SHOULD stop sinning, but if you believe you MUST stop sinning to receive eternal life, then you do not understand grace or the gospel.
Many false teachers preach that you must stop sinning to receive eternal life. The problem: no one has ever stopped sinning. This changes the free gift of God into something which must be earned.