Okay. So, say you are saved. Now you are expected to be totatly perfect, right? You will be blame and sinless, and if you sin, than you must not really have been saved. You will now be perfect, right?
Wrong. God knows that we will mess u[p and sin, and after all, He is loving,, patient, and always forgiving. But that's no excuse for sininng. What do I mean? Well, let me lay out a couple of points. 
1. There is no one perfect. [Romans 3:10- "For there is none righteous, no not one.]None of us are perfect, and it is important to see that. The more we see our imperfections, the more we can see Jesus' holiness. When we try to follow other's examples, than we have to realize ahead of time that they aren't perfect, no one except Jesus is. We have to know that people do sin, and Jesus is the only one perfect person.
2. God is forgiving and patient. God has so much love and patience that no matter how many times we sin, He will always forgive us. Just think, how many times do we sin? Alot right? Well, I know that's the case for me anyways. So how many times does that hurt God? Every time. And yet out of His grace He forgives us when we make the same mistakes over, and over, and over again. What an amazing example!
3. Even though God is loving and forgiving, it doesn't give us an excuse to sin. God hates sin. [Psalm 5:4-"For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee."] Just because God will forgive us, we aren't supposed to just say "Oh, God will forgive me, so I can keep sinning." No, that's not how it works. God is displeased when we sin, and He wants us to repent, and look to Him to help us keep away from sin.
4. It is possible to be perfect. When you read this last one, you might question it. But I believe it is, why? Well let me tell you. God commands us to be perfect. He wouldn't command us to do this imposible, right? No, He wouldn't therefore, we should strive to be holy and blameless.
Try to focus on being sinless, but don't be discouraged and remember that God will always still love you.
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