soli deo gloria ping
I don’t know about that, I know an awful lot of “sinning Christians”. And then ... there is the Bible, which tells me that if I say I don’t sin, then I’m a liar.
I’ll go with “Christians sin every day!”
Sanctification is a life-long process and is not ever finished. We don’t achieve “Glorification” until we’re on the other side of death, from this present life.
There are three parts to Salvation ... Justification, Sanctification and Glorification.
All Christians has passed “Justification” and we’re in the middle of Sanctification, and we’ve yet to get to Glorification.
“No one but God can overcome the devil; no man can boast of being able of himself to drive out either sin or the devil...Just as little as a house or court may withstand or contend against the tyrant who is its master, can man’s free will and natural powers oppose sin and Satan, that is, not at all. And as that house must be conquered by a stronger man and thus wrested from the tyrant, so must man also be ransomed through Christ and wrested from Satan.” - Martin Luther
I once lived in that same culture. Thank you for posting this.
Many fail to consider the last half of The Lord’s Prayer:
“...and forgive us our trespasses AS we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
Does the author suspect those needing the benefit of the Lord’s Prayer are not genuine Christians?
In tribute to courageous Christians around the world and The God they serve. Please watch this short video of the Egyptian martyrs and The Cross to the music of the Newsboys, “We Believe.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAE8rMA66NI&authuser=0