{"id":8494,"date":"2024-01-30T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/30\/are-we-sinners-saints-or-gods\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:00:00","slug":"are-we-sinners-saints-or-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/30\/are-we-sinners-saints-or-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"Are We Sinners, Saints, or Gods?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1142402\/14407976-are-we-sinners-saints-or-gods?iframe=true\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 200px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Three major movements in Uganda have shaped how Christians understand themselves: <\/p>\n<p>1) The <a href='https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/history\/issues\/issue-9\/new-dawn-in-east-africa-east-african-revival.html'><b>East African Revival<\/b><\/a> emphasized that we are <em>sinners<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>2) Today\u2019s <a href='https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/17\/grasping-the-true-grace-of-god\/'><b>hyper-grace movement<\/b><\/a> emphasizes that we are <em>saints<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>3) Some <a href='https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/25\/a-statement-on-prosperity-teaching\/'><b>Word-Faith <\/b><\/a>teachers confidently tell us that we are <em>gods<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Is there truth to <em>any <\/em>of these positions?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A healthy Christian life depends on properly understanding the believer\u2019s position before God.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers Atwebembeire explains these movements\u2014and brings sharp clarity from Scripture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three major movements in Uganda have shaped how Christians understand themselves: 1) The East African Revival emphasized that we are sinners. 2) Today\u2019s hyper-grace movement emphasizes that we are saints. 3) Some Word-Faith teachers confidently tell us that we are gods. Is there truth to any of these positions?\u00a0 A healthy Christian life depends on&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/30\/are-we-sinners-saints-or-gods\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}