Good Actions are not Evidence of Salvation

We are not saved by doing the right thing and we do sin at times as believers.

1 John 2:1-2 "1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father— Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.…"

Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"

God never tells us which sins will lead us to hell. He tells us that sin without Christ will lead to hell. Those who love Christ hate sin and are convicted when they do it, but it does not lose the salvation. The Holy Spirit does not hop in and out of people. When Christ transforms us into a new creation it is His work and we cannot undo what He did nor do we want to.

There are rewards in heaven for obedience and loss of rewards for disobedience.

1 Corinthians 3:15 "If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet only so as through fire."

God said not to pull of the tares in the church because we might be pulling up the wheat. This is just how bad Christians will be in the last days; they will look just like tares.

Matthew 13:29-30 "…29 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

2 Corinthians 13:5-6 "5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you— unless you actually fail the test? 6 And I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.…"

Many people who say they are Christians were never born again and feel no conviction of sin because they were never transformed by Christ. They decided they would join the church, but are not a new creation.

This is why we must warn the pretender to see if they are saved and the authentic believer to confess their sin of spiritual laziness to begin serving Christ again.