Man is a Sinner
Man is a Sinner Becoming God's Man Series Collin Leong. 13/4/2018 Preface Becoming God's Man is not about achieving spiritual perfection or great success in God's work. The more we believe we are near perfection or success, the further we are to understanding the gap between our frailty and God's holiness. Paul sets the milestones of his spiritual maturity by being more sensitive to his sins, rather than his amazing spiritual achievements. First in 1 Cor 15:9 he says, “I am the least of the apostles.” Later in Eph 3:8, he says, “I am the very least of all saints.” Finally in 1 Timothy 1:15 before he died, he says, “I am the chief of all sinners.” You can see he too was struggling with success and rank, comparing himself to apostles, then to saints and then to sinners. Being God's man therefore starts with the humility of understanding our wretched nature, and ends with a higher appreciation of God's love and His refusal to give up on us after cycles of fail...