If someone claims to be a Christian but cannot express their broken state before they were a Christian, then perhaps they were never saved.
The more we walk in Christ, the bolder we become. We do not fear being found out because we already told on ourselves. Those who fear being judged by others are hiding something.
When we can freely admit our failures and express our desire to be transformed by Christ, He does all the work in us. What used to be unnatural for us becomes natural, that is doing what is right without having to ponder it first.
Christ changes our character on the inside; when this happens, then we automatically do what glorifies Christ or at the very least we are deeply wounded and horrified when we do not obey God.
Ephesians 2:10 "…9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life. "
Psalm 100:3 "Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture."
2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!"
Colossians 1:16 "For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him."
Colossians 1:10 "so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,"
1 Peter 2:12 "Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us."
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