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The Bible does not deny that we were various things—addicts, homosexuals, hateful, prideful, pornographic masturbators—but that is what we were (past tense) (1 Cor. 6:9-11; Titus 3:3-5). The emphasis in Scripture is on what we are and what we are called to be. The Christian does not say, Hello, my name is _____ and I am an X Y or Z.†The Christian says I was dead, but now I am alive. The Christian says I am a struggling sinner, yet I am a saint. The Christians says I am a new creation; I am transformed.
Related Authors: Paul O'Brien
Related Topics: addiction, addiction-, recovery, biblical-counseling, christian, christian-living, christianity, gospel-centered, identity, new-creation, practical-theology, sanctification, spiritual-growth
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