Let me ask you a question? demande pret "How do you see yourself as a sinner saved by grace or as a saint who occasionally Sins"
Most, and by most I mean in general better than 99% All "believers" I ask this question to answer this question they are sinners revolving saved by Grace.
Are there names on the book of the Lamb of life other than the Saints? ! No, only the Saints
Revelation 20:15 - ". And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire" the question is better
The "How God see us? "There are only two answers, either as unrepentant sinners, or as regenerated, born again, the names written in the book of the Lamb of the Holy Life. So if God sees us as saints, while let me suggest that we learn to see ourselves as God sees us.
Were we once sinners? Yes, and by the grace given to us by the Lord Jesus Christ, we have become saints. However, its most often taught from the pulpit and in Bible studies, we still see ourselves as sinners saved by grace. As the great apostle Paul wrote in the book of Romans, "Far from it."
If you see yourself as a sinner, how do you do other than prove that you are the one with sin? On the other hand, if you want to see you as a saint, dressed in the righteousness of Christ, you are predisposed to act on behalf of us accordingly.
Bringing the SIN. The verse that we cause the most problems is 1 John 3:9
1 John 3:9 - "No one born of God practices sin, because His seed meets him, and he can not sin, because he is born of God. "
Here we see that whoever is born of God" can not "and in Greek, the term is" incapable "of sin. So what do we do when we are sinning? Either we are not born of God or there is a deeper meaning of this verse that what is on the surface. I suggest the latest, thus reducing the apparent contradiction in Galatians 5 us.
From we see that there are at enmity 2 within which we are at war, the flesh / body (that part of us that is corrupt and unable to regenerate), and the Spirit (that part of us that at one time was "dead" to the Father, being unable to do anything to please him, now regenerated and perfected). Wars Mind / Spirit against the flesh and the flesh against the spirit / Spirit. Once born again, God puts his Spirit within us co-resides with our spirit alive today, so much so that our mind is so made perfect, that it can direct us to what pleases the Father. On the other hand, the flesh can only order of do things that displease the Father of the war. All this is reflected in our soul, our mind, emotions and will. If we only took the direction of our mind / spirit, so we don ' would have never sinned, in fact, we can not / cannot sin. So 1 John 3:9 is perfectly correct.
So, once born again, regenerated the spirit that makes us saints, with our names written in the Lamb's book of life. If we sin, we are still the saints who occasionally sin.
The matters the most horrible of all is: "Why is someone who understands that when we are born again, we are now saints, believers continue to teach they are still sinners? "
The assumption here is that because a man stands behind a desk, they have a clear understanding that born-again believers are classified by God as saints. This can be a very flawed assumption . If a preacher not know better, like Priscilla and Aquila took Apollos aside to explain the way of God more accurately (Acts 18:26), this may also need to happen for this preacher.
However once that he is aware of continuing to teach believers that they are still sinners would be a flagrant sin against the herd. For his work as a shepherd is to build, monitor, protect and feed the flock, do not remove them, teach them to think badly of themselves, to remain in slavery, to the Galatians 5:01 tells us it is for the love of freedom that Christ came to free us.
I find no other reason to teach believers that they are themselves as sinners than for reasons of manipulation, which, like the Old Testament, it is equivalent to the sin of Witchcraft.
Some would say it simply a matter of semantics. However, just try replacing one of the 10 commandments of the sinner's place word. We Liars, we murderers, adulterers us, we Coveters, etc. would not sit so well, if in fact we turned (repented) of our old ways and took on the new righteousness of Christ. Just like accusing a former liar of lies could and should lead in the old liar to correct the misnomer against them, should be called sinners, when in fact we are saints, because something in us to lift and set the record straight. It is not only semantics.
Just where are the Scriptures that confirm this? Romans 1:07 "called as saints," 1 Corinthians 1:02 "those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. "Ephesians 1: 1" to the saints which are at Ephesus, "Philippians 1:1" all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, "Colossians 1:02" To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are to Colosssae. "Are these letters to a select few? Is there a" different "standard by which all New Testament saints have become the answer is a resounding NO.
Contrary to tradition by man of the Catholic Church to declare an act of voting that the person has lived a life so extraordinary that they should reach the "holiness", there is absolutely no scriptural precedence for this exaltation of God honor.
By definition, it is he who has repented, became born again, regenerated in spirit, made holy, and by the providence of God, except the term is given to each and each of us, believers in the work and person of Jesus Christ as saints.
Saints, who fish occasionally.