from the archives
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Often within the Christian
community, you here things about sinners. Sin is something that is
unavoidable as humans. Yes, as Christians we should strive to not
sin. But…at the end of the day we’re going to fail. It’s just built
in to us.
As a Christian, I try not to sin because a) my life is typically easier and happier when I don’t sin, and b) it makes my Lord Jesus happy when I avoid sins that go against him (those reasons need to be reversed in order…this is why I am still very much growing in my Christianity).
But there is no way that I will ever not be a sinner.
Because I believe in my heart and confess with my mouth, I am a sinner saved by grace.
But…I am still a sinner. I always will be.
All of us,
will always be sinners.
So I get a little…wary when I hear the term sinner in churches/the Christian community. Mainly because it’s commonly used as an us v. them situation- meaning Christians are in one group and sinners are in another. And in my mind, that is not a true distinction. Christians are still sinners…if that was a Venn Diagram, it would just be a circle.
Personally, I look at it more as a “believer and non-believer” situation, “Christian or non-Christian.” To some this may seem as a nit-picky detail, but I think it reflects a problematic mindset. It automatically creates a divide where we should be trying to create unity– a unity based on a shared belief of Christ. It’s hard to show people the love of Jesus when there is an ingrained belief that youare better than them. None of us are better than others- only the Savior who resides within in us separates Christians from non-Christians. He is better than all of humanity, and we are blessed when he comes into our hearts and lives. To act as though it’s anything other Him that separates us from our fellow mankind is not logical or glorifying- it’s actually really annoying and arrogant.
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