RAY DURDEN
As Christians we are not meant to be less human than other people, but more human, just as
Jesus of Nazareth was more human.
This side of heaven, Christians do not live perfectly, yet all Christians do have a perfect standing before God, having received “the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ” (Romans 3:22). Our position in Christ, however, does not always match our process of living like Christ. When a saved saint acts less than saintly, those outside the church cry, “The church is a bunch of hypocrites!”
Certainly, more often than should happen, Christians fail to live up to their name.
We never deny that we are still human and as such can sin like all the rest of humanity. What makes us different is that we have the presence of One in us who transforms us desire by desire, attitude by attitude, and action by action. Through him we become more like Christ in our thoughts, actions, and lives.
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