Does a Person Need to Be Willing to Turn from Sin to be Saved?

Here's the big question, "Does a person really need to be willing to turn from sin in order to be saved?"

Unless if a person is ever willing to turn from sin (which includes self-righteousness), they will never see the need to get saved by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:20 says, "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light neither cometh into the light lest his deeds be reproved." It's an issue that people love to sin and think nothing is ever wrong with it which causes them to spit at God's free gift of salvation. That is the heresy of Antinomianism in which there is no regard for morality with these kinds of people. Romans 1 describes man's rejection of God in favor for a sinful lifestyle. Many people who love to sin can notice that when their friends become Christians, there is a huge change.

They want to continue living their life their way and knowing that God's grace changes lives (Titus 2:11-15), they refuse it and in some way, try to make it their way. Sinners as they are, they come to the Lord, tired of living their lives their sinful way and they're giving themselves in so He can renew them by His healing power, they know they can't save themselves and they come to Him feeling guilty enough to realize they need to get saved. After all, He came to save the people from their sins which changes them from sinning to service as a result of salvation then again during conversion and repentance, turn from sin happens. Publicans and harlots came to Jesus knowing only He can save them from their bad habits and give them new life. However it is not what caused Christ to accept them, their faith saved them as they came to Him in full confidence.

The reality is the rejection happens on the part of man and not with Godas man chose not to turn to Jesus because of their love for sin (John 3:20). John 5:40 says, "And ye will not come to Me that ye may have life." Jesus gave an open invitation to sinners as they may be, to get saved but they have spit at the ONLY way they could be saved- and some are willing to turn from sin but never come to Jesus and later they continue a life of sin. What's even more ironic is that many who are living sinful lifestyles and don't want to turn away from it are even proponents of the heresy of works salvation. As said, salvation is NEVER by works nor maintained by works but it will always result to works (Ephesians 2:8-10). Christians do good works because they are His sheep, they hear Him (John 10:26-28) and those who hear not and do not are not of God to start with (John 8:47). As said, works are also a determining factor whether or not a person is really saved!