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Date Posted: 01:48:04 04/19/03 Sat
Author: Wumi
Subject: Why do Christians still sin?
In reply to: sandra 's message, "Re: Why do Christians still sin?" on 13:25:34 08/02/00 Wed





Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ;
and it is no longer I who live,
but it is Christ who lives in me;

1Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I [Paul]
am what I am

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After you have overcome and stopped sinning
for a week, two weeks, three weeks, or even
four or five weeks, you think that you have
become good, that you have changed,
and that you have matured.
You may begin to appreciate yourself
and boast in yourself.
Therefore, God will give you a test and
make you fail so that you will realize that
you have not changed at all.

If you can endure anything,
it is not because you have changed
but because you are exchanged.

The Lord has endured in your place.
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If you think that you are changed,
you will surely fail.
You have to realize that if
there is any endurance in you,
it is Christ who is enduring for you.
If there is any meekness in you,
it is Christ who is being the meek One for you.

No matter how long you have overcome,
you are still you;
you will always be you,
and you will never change...

I thank and praise the Lord that victory is Christ
and that it has nothing to do with me.
I can still sin;
I have not changed at all.

A few missionaries once asked me about the
difference between a change and an exchange.
I said that without grace Paul, John, and Peter
[the apostles] would have been just sinners.
Paul, John, and Peter would have
been the same as any ordinary men
if grace had been taken away from them.

If we take grace away from a person,
he becomes the same as the robbers
and the prostitutes in the streets.

Grace means Christ replacing us.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Prayer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

O Lord Jesus,
I confess that after being a Christian for so long,
I am still sinful in myself.
Open my eyes to see that
You are in me to be my victory,
my strength,
my everything.
I need to know grace today.
Amen.
Thanks sister Irene for reading.
From your Brother,
Steve.

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  • Why do Christians still sin? -- Amartha, 01:49:35 04/19/03 Sat
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