That of the Erroneous Opinion

That of the Erroneous Opinion

Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.
1 Peter 3:18 New Living Translation

None believers always seem to have the erroneous opinion that Christians should be better than they are, but we aren't. They think that we are delusional hypocrites, that we have an air of moral superiority, but we rarely live up to our own standards. They think that Jesus died to make us better, but that isn't true. He didn't die to make us better, he died to make us his. In a sense, it is a change of title, a change of ownership. That is the whole reality of Christendom that all non believers and so many believers have not yet been able to grasp.

The mature believer understands that while Jesus died to make us his own, the Holy Spirit that Jesus promised has come to remind us of the Word and to show us God’s will and how to live it (John 14:26). And this I fear is thoroughly beyond the grasp of the masses. This is the Lords sanctification. Over time, the Lord will use His Spirit and His Word to make us more into the people He has intended. And I imagine He has intended us to look a bit more like Christ, like the Father Himself. While the rest of the world trumpets individuality, we trumpet Christ! We seek to be pleasing to God, our Father, because He has given us everything in Christ Jesus.

No, the world does not understand. But that does not stop me from praying that they will.