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1-in-3 married Christians are legally verified hypocrites.
Mimio
(Sep 5 07, 10:47)3 out of 3 Christians make mistakes on a daily basis. They aren't any more perfect than you. Sadly, many people claim to be Christians, though their lives do not reflect what they profess to believe. I have even known Christians who "walk the walk" and have been trapped by adultery, various addictions, etc. etc.
Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't. If they actually had the genuine article to begin with, there is nothing they can do to "lose their salvation", as certain Armenians would phrase it.
The common argument that one sees to this last statement above is something like "why bother being good anyway, if those who belong to Christ can't do anything to forfeit their salvation?"
The answer is simple: if a person is changed, by Christ, from the inside out, then they will become different – a change effected by God, not by any human. This process is called sanctification and occurs throughout a Christian's life. The basic operational paradigm here is that any TRUE good, loving, selfless deed I do is motivated by gratitude for being forgiven of all sin: past, present and future.