((( ARE YOU A SAINT, OR A SINNER ? ))) HOW OFTEN HAVE I HEARD PASTORS AND PROFESSING CHRISTIANS SAY, WE ARE ALL SINNERS. MANY PROFESSING CHRISTIANS TODAY CALL THEMSELVES SINNERS, AND ALTHOUGH THIS MAY BE TRUE OF THESE SPECIFIC PEOPLE, ONE CANNOT BE BOTH A SINNER AND A SAINT. MANY PROFESSING CHRISTIANS WRONGLY ASSUME THAT SINCE THEYRE STILL BOUND BY SIN AND SATAN, THIS MUST MEAN THAT EVERY CHRISTIAN IS DEFEATED LIKE THEM. GOD NEVER REFERS TO HIS CHILDREN AS SINNERS, BUT ALWAYS AS SAINTS, OR AS RIGHTEOUS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN PHIL 1:1, PAUL, WHO IS UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT( 2 TIM 3:16 ) WRITES TO THE SAINTS, NOT THE SINNERS, AND AGAIN IN EPH 1:1 JUST TO NAME A FEW. ------------------------------------------------------- MAT 9:13 JESUS SAID I AM NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT SINNERS TO REPENTANCE. -------------------------------------------------------- 1 JOHN 3:7. LITTLE CHILDREN, LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU, HE THAT DOES RIGHTEOUSNESS IS (( RIGHTEOUS )), EVEN AS HE IS RIGHTEOUS. -------------------------------------------------------- PSA 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the ((( RIGHTEOUS ))): but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. --------------------------------------------------------- 1 PETER 4:18. JESUS SAID IF THE ((( RIGHTEOUS ))) ARE SCARCELY SAVED, WHERE WILL THE UNGODLY AND THE SINNER APPEAR. ---------------------------------------------------------- PSALMS 106:16 THEY ENVIED MOSES ALSO IN THE CAMP, AND AARON THE SAINT OF THE LORD. ((( NOTICE HE IS CALLED A SAINT, NOT A SINNER ))) ----------------------------------------------------------- JOHN 9:31. NOW WE KNOW THAT GOD HEARS NOT SINNERS, BUT IF ANY MAN BE A WORSHIPER OF GOD, AND DOES HIS WILL, HIM HE HEARS. ------------------------------------------------------------ PROV 18:10. THE NAME OF THE LORD IS A STRONG TOWER, THE ((( RIGHTEOUS ))) RUN INTO IT, AND THEY ARE SAFE. ------------------------------------------------------------- PSA 34:9 OH, FEAR THE LORD, YOU HIS ((( SAINTS ))). THERE IS NO WANT TO THOSE WHO FEAR HIM. -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 JOHN 3:10. IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL, WHOSOEVER DOES NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD, NEITHER HE THAT LOVES NOT HIS BROTHER. --------------------------------------------------------------- MANY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT WE ARE ALL SINNERS, AND THAT WE JUST CANT HELP IT, BUT JESUS SAID HE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO BE TEMPTED BEYOND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO BEAR, BUT WITH EVERY TEMPTATION, HE WILL ALLOW A WAY OF ESCAPE 1 COR 10:13. JESUS IS NOT A LIAR.
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 14:03:13 +0000
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