If you look at your life, before and after that turning point in your life when you accepted Jesus as your Saviour, is there much of a difference the way you live?
If the answer is 'not really' then take a closer look at your life - Major Marney Turner has a quote she uses - 'Jesus is enough' and He is, so if you claim to be saved and there is no difference in your life now compared to before you received salvation, why not?! Jesus changes lives, so have you really accepted Jesus as your Lord, or do you just proclaim it with your words but not your life. Are there the fruits of a Holy life in your life, that's a good measure to see.
People are going to scrape into Heaven by the skin of their teeth but why don't we want to receive full salvation, God is calling us to Holiness, if you aim to just scrape into Heaven you might find yourself missing out! You're only fooling yourself - go for FULL SALVATION, make sure there is no mistake you ARE saved from the gates of Hell.
Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look at Him, sinless and pure, that's what we should be aiming for and using as our role model. Samuel Logan Brengle reached a point of total Holiness the last few years of his life - he showed us it is possible, so, lets work to have that as our priority.
Our bodies are sinful, but we know it is possible in God's strength to overcome our physical and unleash the spiritual and work to become Holy!
(also check out http://whollyholy.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-believe-holiness-is-real.html for interest sake)
You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
Leviticus 20:26
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.
Hebrews 13:12
Hallelujah!!
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