"To God's church, to the people Christ Jesus made holy, called saints alongside everybody everywhere calling on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ," 1 Corinthians 1:2.
Well, I ain't no saint, but. And that disclaimer opens up our right to smear somebody else. (What we mean: I ain't a self-righteous do-gooder, right? - Truth: the rest of the smear displays not being a do-gooder.) Anyway. What's a saint, anyway? We think of real (not self-righteous) saints as those exceedingly rare persons of extraordinary goodness who quietly, continually help out others even at cost to themselves. (Distinct from a hero, who's done an extraordinary one-off deed.) The Bible says Jesus made all his people everywhere (his church) saints. So. His people never start off their speeches with, I ain't no saint. And they never complete the rest of that speech either. They speak to impart grace. Sky kingdom.
Visiting with a brother or sister today, we talk of Jesus' marvelous power to change sinners into saints. Awed, we speak grace to messed up hearts. And, together, we give thanks to God.
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