Yes, but as you yourself confessed, you went way overboard...
I did not "go way overboard." I used the verse to further show/explain salvation, beyond being saved from guilt by being forgiven of past sins by water baptism.
Not until he chooses to repent from living a lifestyle of sinful behavior, and then receives water baptism into Christ (John 3:15-16, John 6:40*, John 20:31, Hebrews 11:6; Mark 1:15, Mark 6:12, Luke 13:3, Luke 24:47, Acts 2:38*, Acts 3:19, Acts 17:30, Acts 20:21, 2 Corinthians 7:10, 2 Peter 3:9, Revelation 2:16; John 3:5, Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Acts 2:41, Acts 22:16, I Peter 3:21, Acts 19:1-5, Romans 6:3, Galatians 3:27), There are more, but these should suffice...
Choosing to repent and coming to repentance are not the same thing. To decide to do something good is only planning, but to carry it out develops character and integrity.
Sin...nothing but his past sin (II Peter 1:9). Anything else is false doctrinal teaching.
All unrighteousness is sin. Being forgiven of past sins/trespasses does not take away our sin/iniquity/unrighteousness.
According to Scripture, the moment he is saved by entering covenant relationship with God. There are 29 passages...do you want them all?
Listing verses/passages of Scripture does not do much good if we do not clearly understand what they mean and how they are applied.
The moment he is saved, and when is that? Is it the moment the believer places their faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, or, is it the moment the believer is baptized with water for the forgiveness of sins, or, is it the moment God forgives the believer of all trespasses, or, is it the moment the believer is born of the Spirit by being justified by God when the believer overcomes the sins of the flesh. When we evaluate the New Testament, we should consider how elect Gentiles received the Spirit of adoption and were called to repentance, how they were cleansed of unrighteousness to be justified/saved/born of God, or by being conformed to a likeness of His death to be grafted into Israel as a son and heir of God in Christ Jesus when the body is redeemed from sin.
We should also evaluate the New Testament from the perspective of a holy descendant of Jacob being reconciled to God by having past sins forgiven and then putting off the sins of the flesh to be justified/born of the Spirit and saved by being baptized with the Spirit of Jesus Christ into His death to be raised incorruptible, having Eternal by being one Spirit with God the Father and God the Son, and then going on to perfection by being sanctified wholly by the Holy Spirit of God the Father.
Both of these and the differences between them can be clearly shown with Scripture.
By entering covenant relationship with God, by which we are adopted.
That depends upon which righteousness you are talking about; the imputed righteousness of Christ to our account, or the righteousness that we are commanded by God to walk in?
The righteousness of Jesus Christ is not imputed unto the repentant believer until God declares them as righteous in being one who practices righteousness that has put off the sins of the flesh. Those who are righteous (practice righteousness) live by faith. Being forgiven of past sins does not make a believer "righteous" (G1342).
According to Scripture, a believer is not in Christ until he has been water baptized into Christ (Romans 6:3; Galatians 3:27).
Believers were born of the Spirit and justified as a member in Christ Jesus by being baptized with the Spirit into Christ Jesus and His death, wherein they are risen.
Water baptism is for the forgiveness of past sins and believers are NOT/WERE NOT baptized INTO Christ Jesus with water.
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13).
The previous post was too convoluted for me to stick with your train of thought...
We're sorry you saw it as being "convoluted" because it was challenging to understand.
May the Lord open your eyes and mind to understand to help us bring the body of Christ to one faith again.
And the "dead" in Christ shall rise first,.........
Blessings
May God bless,.......
