Passive Sinners

There is a doctrinal fallacy that promotes the idea that all are sinners saved by grace and it does not matter what state of sin they are in. By other Bible passages this is unsound and a distorted doctrine. We are indeed sinners saved by the mercy and grace of God, but sin is never is to be an active role in the believers life. As the Apostle John writes in the passage of I John "if anyone says he is without sin he is a liar," also writes in the same passage, " I write these things so that you may not sin." This sound confusing but the New Testament encourages walking in the Spirit and to not follow the old pattern of the flesh. The sin nature is take on the passive role as we walk in the newness of life basically the regenerated life has taken over. There are times we may sin but dominant patterns and desires are to be broken before the true fruits of the converted life can take place.