Explain your position on this. There are days when you can be good (saint) and bad (evil). That's not saying we're part time saints. It means that we have times when we are good and not.
I would be very happy to explain this! When the Bible speaks of saints it is always talking about all believers in Jesus Christ, those who have been set apart unto God as holy. Since our standing before God as a saint is on the basis of the new covenant in Jesus’ blood (not through our good works according to the law), and because God’s redemptive work to make us saints is a permanent work, we cannot be a sinner and a saint, “a little bit of both every single day”. That’s like saying we could be dead in our sins and alive in Christ “a little bit of both every single day”. The message of the song, that there has never been a moment God’s children were not loved by him, is true. God’s love for us predates creation, and will continue into eternity. However, the work of his love, that he sent his Son into the world to give us eternal life, includes changing us from sinners into saints (our identity, not our behavior). Prior to our repentance and faith in Jesus Christ our identity was “sinners”, no argument there. After our repentance and faith, when we were born again by the Spirit of God, we were changed into a new identity, “saints”. When Paul was writing the Colossian Christians, he referred to them as, “the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae” (1:2). Saints referred to them as the children of God set apart unto God as holy through faith in Jesus Christ. Faithful brothers referred to the effect of the gospel in their lives as the believers (saints) had shown the power of God’s grace in their lives by their faithful ministry to the church. Later in the first chapter, Paul speaks of, “giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.” Through the gospel, God is the one who has qualified believers to participate in the inheritance that belongs to “the saints in light”. We know we did not earn our way into God’s light through good works, but that we are children of the light through faith in Jesus Christ. So, God says, “for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light” (Ephesians 5:8). Notice we “were” darkness, but now “are” light in Jesus, so we “walk as children of light” that we already are by grace through faith. Paul then clarifies, “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:12-14). When we were in “the domain of darkness”, our identity was as sinners. But we have been delivered from that domain, so “sinners” is no longer our identity. On the other hand, when we are transferred into Jesus’ kingdom, we now have redemption, our sins are forgiven, and our new identity in this new place is as saints, children set apart unto God as holy by grace through faith. This is why God’s Book says, “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). Do we have peace with God because we are good little boys and girls? No. We have peace with God because God has justified us by grace through faith. To the Corinthian Christians Paul wrote, “To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (I Corinthians 1:2-3). Again, “the church of God” means the one body of Christ, but, in this case, those particular believers who were living “in Corinth”. Those who are the church of God are also “those sanctified in Christ Jesus”, emphasizing God’s work of setting us apart in his Son. Our calling is “to be saints”, the holy ones of God by faith, not by good works. The believers in each city, like Corinth of the first century, are saints together with all other believers in every other place who call on the name of Jesus Christ for our salvation, and the blessing is the same, that we would all experience grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. All this to say that all believers in Jesus Christ are the saints of God, the children set apart unto God as holy through the gospel, saved by grace through faith, not of any works of our own. That means it is never true that we can be both sinners and saints in one day as though when we are caught in a sin we are no longer a saint, no longer a child set apart unto God as holy on the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord, not the measure of our own good works. Why is this so important? Because the wording of the song adds the notion of good works to our identity as a saint, something God’s word is very clear is not the means of our righteous standing in his sight. As God so clearly breathed-out: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). And, surprise, surprise, this letter to the Ephesians was addressed: “To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus” (1:1). I know the author of the song was trying to communicate that on our good and bad days, even our good and bad moments, even when we are sometimes caught in sin, and sometimes overwhelmed with love and devotion for our Savior and his church, no matter how well or poorly we are performing, that God always holds us in his love because of who he is and what he has chosen to do in our lives through his Son. However, as soon as we take the word “saint” and suggest that being a saint is based on our good behavior, we are bringing people back into a works-based false gospel that suggests our identity keeps changing based on our performance, rather than that our standing remains constant because of Jesus’ performance of redemption on our behalf. As Paul expressed so strongly, “I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose” (Galatians 2:21). In other words, if we think of ourselves as saints based on good works, keeping the law, measuring up, having a good day, we are nullifying the grace of God that makes us saints through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. If we get the righteousness to be saints “through the law”, through any kind of good works, then Christ died for nothing (God’s words, not mine!). That is how serious it is to change the word saints from our identity by grace through faith into something associated with how well we are performing. We must hold this precious identity of grace in highest regard that the justifying work of Jesus Christ has so dealt with our sin that God can justify us as holy and righteous in his sight even now while we are still not yet fully like Jesus. We “are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24). It is our justification that gives us our identity as saints, and that justification is God’s work of redemption, given to us as a gift, never our good works giving us a better standing with God than when we aren’t so good as we wish. Now, I know that such a short answer likely leaves lots of questions, but it is a wonderful Bible study for anyone who wants to explore our solid identity in Jesus Christ, an identity that is by grace through faith from beginning to end. When we know we are still saints in God’s eyes even when we have succumbed to a sin, it magnifies the grace of God all the more gloriously that his work is so perfect and complete, and all we need to do is confess our sins to him and, “he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (I John 1:9). Hope that helps.
I BELIEVE MICAH IS JUST SAYING EVERYDAY IS A BATTLE, SOMEDAYS WE WILL FALL SHORT OF BEING A PERFECT SAINT. THATS WHY WE NEED A SAVIOR. I LOVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A SAINT. MANY PEOPLE DO NOT GET IT. THEY THINK THE SAINTS ARE A BUNCH OF DEAD PRIESTS, AND WE SHOULD PRAY TO THEM, VERY SAD DECEIVED PEOPLE. IN REVELATION WE - THE CHURCH ARE CALLED SAINTS MANY TIMES. PROVING WE WILL BE HERE FOR THE TRIBULATION. I HOPE THE FALSE RAPTURE IDEA IS EXPOSED FOR WHAT IT IS SOON - A BIG LIE. NEED MORE INFO ON THAT SEE A UTUBE TEACHER CALLED - LAST DAYS DETECTIVE.
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I love this song but it's not about singing it's about praising him
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No such thing as a part-time saint.
Explain your position on this. There are days when you can be good (saint) and bad (evil). That's not saying we're part time saints. It means that we have times when we are good and not.
I would be very happy to explain this!
When the Bible speaks of saints it is always talking about all believers in Jesus Christ, those who have been set apart unto God as holy. Since our standing before God as a saint is on the basis of the new covenant in Jesus’ blood (not through our good works according to the law), and because God’s redemptive work to make us saints is a permanent work, we cannot be a sinner and a saint, “a little bit of both every single day”. That’s like saying we could be dead in our sins and alive in Christ “a little bit of both every single day”.
The message of the song, that there has never been a moment God’s children were not loved by him, is true. God’s love for us predates creation, and will continue into eternity. However, the work of his love, that he sent his Son into the world to give us eternal life, includes changing us from sinners into saints (our identity, not our behavior). Prior to our repentance and faith in Jesus Christ our identity was “sinners”, no argument there. After our repentance and faith, when we were born again by the Spirit of God, we were changed into a new identity, “saints”.
When Paul was writing the Colossian Christians, he referred to them as, “the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae” (1:2). Saints referred to them as the children of God set apart unto God as holy through faith in Jesus Christ. Faithful brothers referred to the effect of the gospel in their lives as the believers (saints) had shown the power of God’s grace in their lives by their faithful ministry to the church.
Later in the first chapter, Paul speaks of, “giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.” Through the gospel, God is the one who has qualified believers to participate in the inheritance that belongs to “the saints in light”. We know we did not earn our way into God’s light through good works, but that we are children of the light through faith in Jesus Christ. So, God says, “for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light” (Ephesians 5:8). Notice we “were” darkness, but now “are” light in Jesus, so we “walk as children of light” that we already are by grace through faith.
Paul then clarifies, “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:12-14). When we were in “the domain of darkness”, our identity was as sinners. But we have been delivered from that domain, so “sinners” is no longer our identity.
On the other hand, when we are transferred into Jesus’ kingdom, we now have redemption, our sins are forgiven, and our new identity in this new place is as saints, children set apart unto God as holy by grace through faith. This is why God’s Book says, “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). Do we have peace with God because we are good little boys and girls? No. We have peace with God because God has justified us by grace through faith.
To the Corinthian Christians Paul wrote, “To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (I Corinthians 1:2-3).
Again, “the church of God” means the one body of Christ, but, in this case, those particular believers who were living “in Corinth”. Those who are the church of God are also “those sanctified in Christ Jesus”, emphasizing God’s work of setting us apart in his Son. Our calling is “to be saints”, the holy ones of God by faith, not by good works. The believers in each city, like Corinth of the first century, are saints together with all other believers in every other place who call on the name of Jesus Christ for our salvation, and the blessing is the same, that we would all experience grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
All this to say that all believers in Jesus Christ are the saints of God, the children set apart unto God as holy through the gospel, saved by grace through faith, not of any works of our own. That means it is never true that we can be both sinners and saints in one day as though when we are caught in a sin we are no longer a saint, no longer a child set apart unto God as holy on the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord, not the measure of our own good works.
Why is this so important? Because the wording of the song adds the notion of good works to our identity as a saint, something God’s word is very clear is not the means of our righteous standing in his sight. As God so clearly breathed-out: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). And, surprise, surprise, this letter to the Ephesians was addressed: “To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus” (1:1).
I know the author of the song was trying to communicate that on our good and bad days, even our good and bad moments, even when we are sometimes caught in sin, and sometimes overwhelmed with love and devotion for our Savior and his church, no matter how well or poorly we are performing, that God always holds us in his love because of who he is and what he has chosen to do in our lives through his Son.
However, as soon as we take the word “saint” and suggest that being a saint is based on our good behavior, we are bringing people back into a works-based false gospel that suggests our identity keeps changing based on our performance, rather than that our standing remains constant because of Jesus’ performance of redemption on our behalf. As Paul expressed so strongly, “I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose” (Galatians 2:21).
In other words, if we think of ourselves as saints based on good works, keeping the law, measuring up, having a good day, we are nullifying the grace of God that makes us saints through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. If we get the righteousness to be saints “through the law”, through any kind of good works, then Christ died for nothing (God’s words, not mine!). That is how serious it is to change the word saints from our identity by grace through faith into something associated with how well we are performing.
We must hold this precious identity of grace in highest regard that the justifying work of Jesus Christ has so dealt with our sin that God can justify us as holy and righteous in his sight even now while we are still not yet fully like Jesus. We “are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24). It is our justification that gives us our identity as saints, and that justification is God’s work of redemption, given to us as a gift, never our good works giving us a better standing with God than when we aren’t so good as we wish.
Now, I know that such a short answer likely leaves lots of questions, but it is a wonderful Bible study for anyone who wants to explore our solid identity in Jesus Christ, an identity that is by grace through faith from beginning to end. When we know we are still saints in God’s eyes even when we have succumbed to a sin, it magnifies the grace of God all the more gloriously that his work is so perfect and complete, and all we need to do is confess our sins to him and, “he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (I John 1:9).
Hope that helps.
Thanks for your input.
I BELIEVE MICAH IS JUST SAYING EVERYDAY IS A BATTLE, SOMEDAYS WE WILL FALL SHORT OF BEING A PERFECT SAINT. THATS WHY WE NEED A SAVIOR. I LOVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A SAINT. MANY PEOPLE DO NOT GET IT. THEY THINK THE SAINTS ARE A BUNCH OF DEAD PRIESTS, AND WE SHOULD PRAY TO THEM, VERY SAD DECEIVED PEOPLE. IN REVELATION WE - THE CHURCH ARE CALLED SAINTS MANY TIMES. PROVING WE WILL BE HERE FOR THE TRIBULATION. I HOPE THE FALSE RAPTURE IDEA IS EXPOSED FOR WHAT IT IS SOON - A BIG LIE.
NEED MORE INFO ON THAT SEE A UTUBE TEACHER CALLED - LAST DAYS DETECTIVE.