As a christian do you no longer consider yourself a sinner?

Answer 1

We are all sinners, the difference is between the repentant and the unrepentant sinner. I am a repentant sinner. that means that I am corrupted by sin, that sin is part of my nature, but that I try to avoid it and struggle against it. And when I fail, I ask for forgiveness and I rest assured knowing that I am granted it. God knows I cannot be perfect, but he loves me for trying.

Answer 2

Christians are sinners, just like everybody else. In fact, only sinners can become Christians, and once you become a Christian, you do not stop being a sinner.

The Bible says all have sinned (Romans 3:23) And that if anyone says that they have no sin in them, they are liars (1 John 1:8)

So what is the difference between a sinner and a Christian? The Christian is a sinner under major surgery by the Great Physician. And the operation is guaranteed to be successful

Answer 3

My position in Christ is that of a saint. (Not the Catholic understanding). My practice oftens reveals I still have a sin problem. THe Bible teaches that Christians today are in an intermediary position. They are forgiven of their sins, have been given God's Spirit to create new desires intheir hearts, but they still live in a sinful body. The Bible calls this the flesh. Hence, the Christian experience can at times feel somewhat schizophrenic as we experience both the desire to please and obey God and the desire to please and obey the desires of the flesh. But positionally, we are no longer sinners. Paul, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has passed away, the new has come." The internal conflict will not end until our body dies and we are given new sinless bodies.
I think God has left us with the remnants of sin so that we would learn to hate it as we experience the disasterous results of yeilding to it and so no Christian can think he has any basis for assuming a holier than thou attitude because we are most certainly not holier than thou. Unfortunately, many Christians still do.

Answer 4

Paul was very clear in Romans 6 that Christians are in fact NOT sinners after their conversion. We still sin but we no longer have a sin nature. Adam sinned before he had a sin nature. Nowhere in any of Paul or Peter's NT writings is asking for forgiveness prescribed either. We are saints, not sinners in God's eyes. Again, we do sin but they are already forgiven. That is the freedom we operate in as believers. When we sin I believe we should acknowledge it in our mind, confess if we choose to, thank God it's already forgiven, and 'keep it movin'. 1John 1:9 was NOT written to Christians as the context makes very clear, and the Sermon on the Mount is pre-crucifixion, these are what the entire doctrine of believers asking for forgiveness is based on. In the great manifesto of the Christian faith, the Book of Romans, Paul never once speaks of this. Believers should be God-conscious and not so sin-conscious. The heart of gratitude that realizes sins are already forgiven and responds to them more out of appreciation than false conviction has, in my mind, better ground for righteousness to spring out of. The church is way too legalistic and in bondage to teachings that don't speak to our victory in Christ.

Answer 5

No, I'm no longer a sinner. I've been justified by God's grace. He has given me the power to be a son of God. Now I'm a part of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, & a holy nation.(1 Peter 2:19)

You can't be a holy sinner.

I have and do make mistakes but I have an advocate, Jesus, who I can call on for mercy,

Answer 6

Nope. I'm still a sinner by nature, although I keep the Commandments as best as humanly possible. The only difference is that now I'm forgiven.

Peace.

Answer 7

My flesh is sinful but I am saved through Jesus Christ- redeemed and cleansed- forgiven past, present and future. I do not want to sin anymore, but sometimes my flesh gets in the way- as with all christians. The Holy Spirit however convicts us- we desire to please the Lord and follow Him. But of course we are still human and at times fall into sin- we need to always repent of it.

Romans 7:19
For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.

Romans 7:20
Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

Mark 14:38
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Answer 8

well there's a different to "commit a sin" and "live in sin" - when You come to the Jesus. he forgive every sin of your life all the bad things you did in the past - that does no means that we are not going to sin again- but if we do we can ask for forgiveness because the bible tells you to do it. now from that moment you don't live in sin anymore cuz you're free from it.

So when people says that christian are hypocrites cuz we all are sinners remember this we can commit a sin but we don't practice or live in sin" and that's what people don't understand

Answer 9

I will always be a sinner because I have sinned.. I am forgiven through the blood of Jesus but I am still flesh and my flesh still is evil. The Father was gracious to send Jesus to make me clean before him but it's not my righteousness He see when He looks at me it's the righteousness of Jesus... Jim

Answer 10

We are all sinners, it is by grace that we are saved but we remain sinners in need of constantly converting our eyes to Christ and avoiding temptation, so that we are capable of living like Christ wanted us to, and at the hour of our death join him who died on the cross for our salvation.