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Righteous or Sinner...which are you?

Righteous or Sinner...which are you? | "WE ARE ALL SINNERS HERE ....."; LET THOSE WITH DISCERNMENT LISTEN CAREFULLY.
THE PATHS OF THE LORD ARE TRUE AND RIGHT, AND RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE LIVE BY WALKING IN THEM.  BUT, IN THOSE PATHS, SINNERS STUMBLE AND FALL. 
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Simul Iustus et Peccator.
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Jesus is not a friend of sinners, either. That was a caricature laid upon him by his enemies, which he rejected:
Mat 11:18-19 NKJV - 18 "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they (Christs enemies) say, 'He has a demon.' 19 "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they (Christs enemies) say, 'Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' BUT wisdom is justified by her children."

Jesus rejects that title 'friend of sinners' just the same as he rejects their title of John the Baptist having a demon. He qualifies this by telling them the saying 'Wisdom is justified by her children.'
Nowadays, he could say 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating', because the proof of Jesus' holy ministry is by the quality of people and good works he leaves behind.

More proof you cannot be a sinner and a saint:
Psa 1:5 NLT - Sinners will have no place among the godly.

Psa 25:14 NLT - The LORD is a friend to those who fear him.

Psa 119:61, 63 NLT - 61 Evil people try to drag me into sin, but I am firmly anchored to your instructions. ... 63 I am a friend to anyone who fears you-

Jas 4:4 NLT - 4 You adulterers! Don't you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
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Martin Luther described a Christian as “simul justus et peccator,” one who is simultaneously just and a sinner.

Firstly, we are not Martin Luther. He tortured himself to rid himself of his sinful tendencies, which were continually harped upon by the Catholic church priests.
We cannot claim such zeal for being holy, so we cannot fathom what sort of 'sinner' he was

In fact, his confessors would eventually complain that Martin would be confessing sins that are of no substance at all, and are not worthy of even confessing.

Again, we are not Martin Luther.
The greatest sins he permitted in himself are things that our conscience wouldnt even consider twice. So, his interpretation of 'sinner' is NOT the same as ours.
Nowadays, we permit adulterers, drunkards, gluttons, thieves, liars, and greedy crooks in our churches and pulpits, which Martin would whip out in a heartbeat.
The worst kind of 'sinner' Martin was is akin to our best of saints nowadays.

The bible clearly makes a polar opposite distinction between sinners and saints. WE CAN NOT BE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, for Jesus is not a friend of sinners, no matter what your inept preacher tells you:
Heb 7:25-26 NKJV - 25 Therefore Jesus is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, SEPARATE FROM SINNERS, and has become higher than the heavens;
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    "WE ARE ALL SINNERS HERE ....."; LET THOSE WITH DISCERNMENT LISTEN CAREFULLY. THE PATHS OF THE LORD ARE TRUE AND RIGHT, AND RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE LIVE BY WALKING IN THEM. BUT, IN THOSE PATHS, SINNERS STUMBLE AND FALL. — HOSEA 14:9