Christians drop your stones...

A common misconception among both believers and non-believers, is that once saved we have the ability to live a sinless life. Sorry folks, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. He came because we do not have the ability to do that. Some of you have the hair on you neck standing up and are bristling at what I am telling you. The problem is, we seem to forget that our judgement is after we pass away and our salvation truly begins at that point. The Bible shows us too many examples of people, way more Holy and righteous than ourselves, dealing with sin even after Jesus. Peter not only denied that he knew Jesus three times, but he even had the nerve to get attitude when Jesus came back and asked if he really loved Him. Paul tells us about his struggles with sin when he discusses his race against himself. Moses repeatedly got attitude with God. David even killed someone in order to continue in adultery. Believe me, I am not telling you that sinning is all good. That's the difference between a true Christian and one manipulated by the devil. We are to continually work towards a life of no sin, to strive for perfection. We should definitely see our sin affect our spirit more than it did before we were saved. We should also see our lives changing from unrighteous to righteous. We've all heard the verses that told someone to turn from sin and be on their way, but keep in mind that those statements were referring to a certain individual sin, not sin in general. The two things I want people to realize the most are 1.) Jesus came and bore all the sins of the world so that we may be blameless in heaven. Here on earth however, we are completely to blame and thus, we should not hold ourselves in high regard compared to others. This act will keep us humble before God and will also stop us from judging others. 2.) Realize, and live accordingly, that our sin does not need to stop our love for God and our passion in seeking Him or witnessing to others. Many non-believers, and Christians alike, are turned off towards God simply because of how the fallible human Christians act toward what they call 'sinners'. Wake up! You are a sinner too. You were yesterday, you are today, and you will be tomorrow. Only on the day of judgement, when you are acquitted through the blood, will you become pure and blameless.