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SIMULTANEOUS SAINT AND SINNER

Simultaneous Saint and Sinner

We are “Simultaneously Saint and Sinner”. Put another way we are at the same time sinner and saint. Each of us has been created in the “Image of God”, meaning we have some of the qualities of God — the ability to create, to reason, and to love. But in the same breath or at the same time we are capable of destruction, foolish decisions, and hate. This is what makes us human beings and what makes life so interesting. We are to work toward making the Saint part come alive in us, and putting to death the Sinner in us — at the Same Time.