Who are you?
My heart goes out to people who have prayed to receive Christ as their Savior and still tell others that they are “just a sinner saved by grace.” The Bible teaches that there is a significant difference between the sinner and the saved. The sinner is a child of the devil. The saved are children of God. Scripture clearly teaches that when one accepts Chris as Savior they are no longer the same. 2nd Corinthians 5:17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Romans 8:15-17: For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs -- heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
In Galatians 4:3-7: we read; Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. The born again Christian is no longer a sinner but has been redeemed by the blood of Christ, adopted by God the Father, to serve the one who died for them.
Be encouraged today:
Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin [without conviction], because he has been born of God. In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. 1st John 3:9-10
When a believer does sin they simply confess it to God and receive mediate forgiveness. 1st John 1:9-10: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
If you are a born again believer in Christ you are no longer a sinner trapped by the power of the Devil. You are an adapted child of God who is declared to be the king of the universe. You are a joint heir with Christ and should live with the confidence of royalty.
If you are not a born again believer in Chris you are living a defeated life under the power of Satan and need to confess you Sins to God and Ask that Jesus come into your heart and live His life through you. John 14:16-17: "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever, "even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. Jesus declares in John 14:6: that He is the truth that comes to live in the heart of the believer. Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
God bless you as you go today.
Pastor Stan
