Sinner

DEVOTION
GALATIONS
SINNER
Gal 2:17
17 "If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
NIV
I can see no other evidence than I am a sinner, especially when I consider the fact I am justified in Christ. How in the world could I ever think I am not a sinner? How could I ever even think I have overcome sin completely? I know people who say they don’t sin anymore and it absolutely blows me away when I hear them say it. I know Christ does not promote sin in my life. I know I have changed a great deal from the horrible person I was before I met Christ. I have overcome a great deal of behaviors which would be considered sin. I have been able to resist many temptations I won’t have even given a thought to engaging in before Christ. Christ has made a huge difference in my life, but I still engage in behaviors which would be considered sin. I still get impatient, I still get selfish, I still am rude or overbearing and the list goes on. But Christ would not have me be like that. He does not promote those behaviors, but I do. And when I look at my justification through Christ I can see he is the only means of my justification. If I seek to justify myself before God, it is so absolutely clear to me, I cannot because I am not a perfect human being, without any sin at all in my life. That is what it would take, a life totally free of any sin at all, including spirit pride. If for one minute I think I have no sin, not only do I call my God a liar, but I am engaging in spiritual pride, which is a sin in itself. When I see myself clearly and without any false beliefs about myself, I see I cannot ever be qualified to stand before my God and tell him I am there because I have justified myself to him by becoming a perfect person, free from all sin. Nope, it is only because of Jesus, and how thankful I am for him, for all I would be able to say to God is, “I am a sinner”.