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The lesson says initial justification is “apart from works,” yet final justification is still “a gift” even though God “could rightfully condemn every one of us”; what concrete habits, loyalties, or compromises in your life reveal whether you are actually “walking faithfully with Him after we have been saved,” and what would repentance look like this week in light of that coming declaration?

Another way to ask: What specific patterns in your life show whether you are truly following Jesus after being saved—your habits, priorities, and compromises? What would real repentance look like for you this week if you remember you will answer to God in the end?

Direct Answer The transcript doesn’t list specific modern habits to examine, but it does give a clear test: whether we are choosing obedience—loving Him, walking with Him in faith, and pursuing virtuous living rather than excusing sin—because our choices have real moral weight.

Support from Transcript:

Bercot distinguishes stages: initial justification is “apart from works,” but final justification relates to whether we “walked faithfully with Him after we have been saved.”
He describes the condition in relational terms: “if we have loved Him and walked with Him in faith, albeit imperfectly.”
Origen says belief in God’s judgment “incites” Christians “to live virtuously and to shun sin by all means.”
Justin ties responsibility to free will: we must have power of “avoiding evil and choosing good by free choice,” or else we’re not accountable.
The repeated emphasis is that future outcomes “naturally follow each person’s own choices,” even though God foreknows.

Discussion Follow-ups Since the transcript keeps repentance practical (“shun sin by all means”), what is one specific choice this week where you need to stop excusing sin and start “choosing good”?

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