Do you agree with me that the christian is not a sinner? When i first got born again, i was so excited in my spirit but i discovered that at every little opportunity, the devil will remind me of my past sins. I used to have that feeling that i wasn't good enough and it weighed me down. But i thank God for his word and my man of God. He made me to fully grasp what Jesus did for me. In the old testament, the Israelites were ordered to obey God or be cursed. God found out it wasn't working so he decided to do a new thing. In the new testament, Jesus died for us, was raised up for our justification, ascended and is sitting on the throne for us. God now says, if you believe that Jesus died for you, you were raised together with him, ascended and is sitting on the throne with him, then it will be credited to your account. Yes you stole but Jesus is telling you, its not you but me. you are free! halleluiah Sin is more than an act, it is a nature of the devil passed onto every man that is born into this world. It is beyond the mere act of stealing, fornicating, lying that we know. The nature of sin is responsible for all the sicknesses, corruption, decay and death in the world so a sinner a person that has the evil, destructive nature of sin working in him. For the man that is bornagain, the nature of sin which he was born with biologically has been supplanted by the nature of God which produces righteousness. he can no longer be called a sinner even if he does something wrong. All he needs is to ask for forgiveness bearing in mind that he has an advocate - Jesus. A christian who does something wrong is still as righteous as the one who never committed any sin. Therefore don't let anybody call you a sinner, for you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 5:21 Him who knew no sin he made `to be' sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him. This is why the Bile tells us that as born-again, sin shall not have dominion over us. God bless you |