Can someone be saved while living a life of sin?

Can a person be saved living a life of sin? Of course. When they
accept Christ, they are saved once and for all. (Thank God for
that!!!)
But the Bible exhorts us to test ourselves to see if we are really of
the faith. If you really have faith in Christ, you won't WANT to sin.
We had the Law before, but now we have the Law of Christ. Kinda like
your parent's told you to brush your teeth when you were little and
they were strict about it. But now you are older, you don't have to,
but you know you should and you rather want to (in part because you
know what happens if you don't and also, because you like it. Its
refreshing - just like doing the "right" thing.) One day we will be in
a world without sin, where morality won't really be spoken of except
as maybe kinda of a joke. As for now, if someone is vehement about
sinning, willfully sinning, with no regard to his Faith - indeed
against it - then I would say he may not be Christian. He is calling
"Lord, Lord," but with no real regards to the Lord. Doing things for
himself and saying they are for Christ. If I do something in my own
father's name, but i don't really check to see if its in line with his
plans or will or "morals" (and I SHOULD know anyway, as I am his son,
right?) than, I'm not really doing it in his name, am I? Its in my
name with a lie attached to it. Something likely to make him mad.

On the other hand, the individual may have the Spirit of God in them,
and God has much to work with, so that the person may simply not be
mature enough yet to a) know the difference or b) its so ingrained in
them from a past nature, that God is kind of fixing the foundations
before he starts building new walls. God will never satisfied with a
coat of paint or wallpaper. He wants the whole thing down. Not a stone
left. He is the stone. He doesn't want a better looking apartment or
even a house. He wants a mansion. He is coming to live in it Himself.
That is why people who are "nice" are not necessarily saved. Having a
pretty house or even a mansion is wonderful FOR THE WORLD, but if its
only tenant is you, you are still just ... you. And no matter how big
that mansion YOU have built is, when God comes, he is going to claim
ALL of it.

Do you get what I am trying to say? The Lord is not
concerned with appearances, even beautiful ones. He is concerned with
reasons. (and that includes the forthcoming actions, "faith without
deeds is dead") And the main reason He is looking for, is Him. Like I
said yesterday, that is nothing to do with His being proud or wanting
more, He is simple THE thing, THE being, THE most real, wonderful and
true thing there is. (Even saying that sounds weird) But since HE IS
Reality in and of itself, unless you are based on Him, you really have
nothing to stand on. And humans are unique in this world (perhaps the
universe) in that we alone can choose where we stand. Nothing else
really can. So when we choose to stand on our own, we are really
standing on nothing. If your friend is of the opinion that his actions
are still his own, then he would be very surprised to find out that
they are more a collection of things that has come flying at him his
whole life, opinions forced on him and desires of libido, moods of
digestion, and tastes of the palate. His own real opinion or desires,
he has probably never known, and certainly not understood. A man can
only truly understand himself in the Light of Christ. That is why so
many throw disdain on the Lord, because they haven't come to see What
or Who He Is. And when they do, they just fall down and cry HOLY HOLY
HOLY.
It is easy to say you love God enough to die for Him. Muslims kill
themselves (and others) everyday in that regard. But do you (or I?)
love Him enough to LIVE for Him - even to the point of someone killing
you over Him?

Is your friend going to Heaven? I don't know. But if he says "I trust
my soul to Christ, and give my whole heart to the Lord God Almighty in
Christ's Name" then yes. Can your friend say that and mean it? (Can I?
I hope so. And my Hope is Christ.)