Are Sinners and Saints the Same? 8-22-25

BIBLICAL Facts - Not Opinions! My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because you have rejected knowledge (Hosea 4:6)

Why call yourself a sinner if you are saved by grace. For by grace, you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,  not of works, lest anyone should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)?

You cannot be both at the same time – When a caterpillar turns into a butterfly, he is no longer a caterpillar.  Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,  nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).

Let’s look at some words

Placed into Righteousness by God, which is positional, that is different from our walk – that’s why we are told to walk worthy (conduct, actions)- that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:10). If you put something in a position, will it change its position?

Example: You’re hired to fill a certain position by your employer who owns a company; can you change your position? The only one who has the authority/ability to change anything is the owner. In the spirit realm, God placed you into eternal life (salvation), and nothing can change that. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. (Romans 11:29).

The apostle Paul wrote it plain:  To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints (Romans 1:7). To the church of God, which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus,  called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,  both theirs and ours (1 Corinthians 1:2). You never read where Paul called the saints, sinners. Even those who say Paul called himself the chief among sinners, it is sad to know that they really don’t what Paul meant.

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. That was because of Paul's humility in saying that when he was a sinner he persecuted the church of God. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. No Word of God is contradictory; therefore, one must rightly divide the Word of TRUTH (2 Timothy 2:15).

So regardless of what you do, once you’re in that position, it never changes; we have been placed into holiness/righteousness. However, because we live in these flesh bodies, we are to walk in holiness/righteousness which means to practice walking in holiness/righteousness which is a process of sanctification.

Who is a sinner? – One who continually practice sin because all they know is sin- one who continues to fall short of God’s glory (Romans 3:23).

Who is a saint? – One who has been changed on the inside but the fallen flesh (body that we live in) commits sin, which is an action not a position. The saint has a new spirit which is the inner man that the Spirit of God lives in- Born again believers cannot have the indwelling Holy Spirit and the devil at the same time. If you still believe you are saved and say you are a sinner, you do not truly understand salvation, even if you are saved.

His handmaiden, Betty A. Burnett ~ burnettministries.org