Certainly. But the fact remains that as regenerate men we remain sinners. We are not free of the fallen nature. I can’t remember the exact text but recall the scripture where the repentant asked when did we do this? Jesus answered “when you did this to the least”.
A lot of people parrot the idea that we are to “be doing good deeds”. I don’t disagree with this. However, the food that we do is given to us as the fruit of the spirit rather than the things what we “actively set out to do”.
I can’t get away from the scripture in John 15 and Galatians. I can’t cause fruit to bear on myself if I am a branch on the vine which is Christ. Any good that comes from me is not of me. That’s the idea behind why I need to repent of what I think is good. What I think is good probably isn’t because it’s likely from me rather than from the Spirit.
I’m a sinner.
Well, ok…. You’re a sinner….. but, lest you think you are special, I am too.
The tax collector said: “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner.” Jesus said he went home “justified.”
