This week I happened to stumble on an article that really made a lot of sense. It concentrated on a statement Christians often use that might become their self filling prophecy (no doubt created by the enemy). The enemy knows that he cannot change your citizenship in heavenly places or in our relationship to Christ (Ephesians 2:1-7); but he can certainly try and make us feel like second-class citizens. What is this devilish statement? "I'm just a sinner saved by grace."
The Grace of God saved you, but you are a "sinner" no more. That is the enemy's lie to keep you in a defeated place. Nowhere in the New Testament do the writers call those who have a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ "sinners". We have the living God within us and Paul and the other New Testament writers call believers "Saints". Just think about the repercussions of that statement, "I am just a sinner saved by grace". If you think of yourself as a sinner, how you will act? Lowered expectations cause you to act like you think. If you think you are a "sinner" then you will act like a sinner. So congrats, you Saint!
