Calling Sinners

Unfortunately, Christians sometimes become adept at maintaining a facade of spirituality that does not necessarily match what is going on within them. Being good becomes second nature. It is too easy for Christian believers to forget that they are sinners—yes, justified, but still, in themselves, weak and vulnerable. “We all stumble in many ways” (James 3:2). We begin to think that the sinners are “out there,” not in the church. Church becomes an elite club that few on the outside want to join, even if they could.