I am a sinner. This is something that God has shown me many times as of late. I think that I'm not as bad as others. This is not true. I'm just as worse as that guy down the street being unfaithful to his wife. But that's not the end of the story. I'm just the kind of person that Christ died for. "For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:6-8) Simul iustus et peccator. Latin for "At the same time just and sinner." Martin Luther said that. I'm a sinner, but before God through the work of Christ I am a saint. It truly is a paradox. But that's usually how God works. Just look at the death of Jesus. The cross was meant to be an act of torture for victims. But the apostle John refers to the cross as the hour of Christ's glorification.
God bless,
Manny Tovar
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