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Not A Saint, But Many Saints
The Book of God is insistent on this: we cannot develop a holy life alone, it would be a selfish life, without God in it and wrong. …
Beware of isolation; beware of the idea that you have to develop a holy life alone. It is impossible to develop a holy life alone, you will develop into an oddity and a peculiarism, into something utterly unlike what God wants you to be. The only way to develop spiritually is to go into the society of God’s own children, and you will soon find how God alters your set. God does not contradict our social instincts, He alters them.
From Biblical Psychology
I’ve got news for you: It’s not about you as an individual.
If you have asked God to forgive you of your sins because you believed that Jesus paid the price for your salvation on the Cross, you haven’t just been saved from death; you’ve also been saved to a fuller life. A key component of this fuller life is your interaction with other Christians.
Search through the New Testament and you will find that the word saint never appears in the singular form—it’s always plural: saintS.
I need other Christians to help form Christlike character in me, and other Christians need me to do the same for them. Don’t ever buy into the lie that you can be a Christian and live an isolated life.
You are a part of the Body of Christ. Don’t rob the Body of your vital role! Together we saintS are so much stronger and more effective than a solitary, isolated saint.
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Craig T. Owens 