Get rid of the ‘Sinner Mentality’
Paul speaks on how to get rid of the sinner mentality. And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the LORD JESUS, and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:11).
Did you know that as one who is born again, it is wrong for us to keep seeing ourselves as “sinners?” Many of us live with this “sinner mentality”. That is why we are ineffective in our Christian walk. Now that we are born again, our life is new and divine; therefore, we should embrace the picture of our newness in Christ.
We are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; as Jesus is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4:17. We need to be conscious of our new life in Christ. Our new life gives us the power to live above sin. You may be wondering, “if this is true, why do I still do wrong things and think wrong thoughts?” it is because we have not fully embraced and committed ourselves to the control and dominion of the Word, to live by the Word. We need to get rid of the sinner mentality.
It reminds me of the verse in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, our theme verse, where Apostle Paul rebuked some of the Christians in Corinth because their way of life did not reflect the new nature of righteousness they had received. Yet, he did not call them “sinners”. He writes, “know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).
Notice he did not say, “And such are some of you”; instead, he says, and such were some of you. Because now that we are in Christ, we are clean of all unrighteousness. We have been washed and separated from sin.
We are declared righteous, in the Name of the Lord, and by the Spirit of our God!
Therefore, we should recognize our new identity, we should see the picture of our new life and live accordingly. Studying and meditating on the Word will show us our real glory and reveal our true personality that we are the righteousness of God in Christ, Jesus!
