Good Morning! Contrary to popular belief, You are not a sinner saved by grace. Oops, sorry there. Didn’t mean to ruffle your feathers. Let me explain. At one time you were a sinner, but now that you are saved, your sin-driven past is behind you. You are currently a saint who sometimes sins. There is a big difference between the two!...And the difference is in how God looks at you. Look at how Paul describes you who are in Christ:
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters, in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.—Colossians 1:1-2 (NIV)
The term "holy " is the same word used for "saint." If you continue to say that you are "just a sinner saved by grace," you are saying that your identity is still that of a sinner. Not true!...At the very moment you trusted Christ, you stopped being a sinner, and started being a saint. You were indeed saved by grace from your sin, but your identity as a sinner,...which we all inherited at birth, is gone. Because Christ saved us, we are now God's sons and daughters. (see John 1:12-13).
If we walk around constantly identifying ourselves as sinners saved by grace, we are communicating to ourselves and to others, that we are still defined by our past.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters, in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.—Colossians 1:1-2 (NIV)
The term "holy " is the same word used for "saint." If you continue to say that you are "just a sinner saved by grace," you are saying that your identity is still that of a sinner. Not true!...At the very moment you trusted Christ, you stopped being a sinner, and started being a saint. You were indeed saved by grace from your sin, but your identity as a sinner,...which we all inherited at birth, is gone. Because Christ saved us, we are now God's sons and daughters. (see John 1:12-13).
If we walk around constantly identifying ourselves as sinners saved by grace, we are communicating to ourselves and to others, that we are still defined by our past.
Lord Jesus, You have given us a new identity,...and we are not defined as
being sinners any more. We are saints,...who sometimes sins. We still mess
up, but we are new creations in You. Give us the strength and courage to
recognize this and to begin to live in the victory that it proclaims!
Amen.
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