Don't see yourself as a sinner
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You need to know that as you are born again, it’s wrong for you to still see yourself as “a sinner” Many people live with this believe and it shows why they are incompetent in their walk of Christian. Since you are born again now, your life is new and holy; so, take the picture of the new you. You are the holiness of God in Jesus Christ; like Lord Jesus Christ, you are in this world. Have a greater awareness of your new life in Christ. That life gives you strength to live beyond sin.
You may be wondering, “If this is true, why do you still do bad things and have wrong thoughts?” It is because you never really yield and subject yourself to the Word, to live in the Word, and live by the Word. I recall the account in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, The Apostle Paul reproof some of the Corinth Christians because their life way did not reflect the new nature of holiness they had received. Still, he did not say that they are “sinners.”
Apostle Paul writes, “Don't you know that the unholy shall not have the kingdom of God? Don't be deceived: neither the fornicators, or idolaters,nor effeminate, nor adulterers, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, nor covetous shall gain the kingdom of God. And those kind of people were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).
Apostle Paul he didn’t say, “And such people are some of you…”, he rather says, “…and such were some of you,” it is because since you you are in Christ now, you have been washed of all unrighteousness. You have been cleaned; detached from sin to God, and you are declared righteous, in the Name of the Lord, and by our God Spirit! Know your new identity; see the person you are now and live according to it. Read and understand on the Word; it displays your real glory; it shows your real personality. You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus!