We once had an old lawn mower that faltered and stopped every few feet. It leaked oil and just did not work right anymore. There was no fixing it because too much was wrong with it.
When we bought a brand new lawn mower it didn't do any of those things anymore, running smoothly all the time.
The same is true of the new person in Christ, they no longer have all those inclinations to sin. Even if they fall temporarily they continue to be convicted and saddened until they confess to be cleansed.
God says no child of God keeps on sinning, the conviction of the Holy Spirit becomes too loud to ignore. There is no peace or joy while in the sin for the born again believer.
The heathen does not have this conviction, they are not sorry and become angry if anyone tells them they should be sorry. Not so for the born again believer, they have no rest until they confess to be cleansed. 1 John 1:9
If someone is just as prideful after they were born again as they were before they have not been born again.
1 John 3:8-10 "…8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.…"
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