Did Jesus come to save sinners, so they could remain sinners? Or did Jesus come to save sinners so they would become the righteousness of God in Christ, and children of God, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, saints, with access to the Father through Jesus alone? All Scripture is inspired, but only one man in Scripture is God. Since a house divided against itself cannot stand, a Christian cannot build their identity on Christ and sin at the same time, or they will fall. If a Christian identifies as a Christian and a sinner, he deceives himself since a man cannot have two masters. A Christian cannot be a Christian and a sinner at the same time if they've chosen Christ Jesus as their master, Lord, and God, because their identity is not defined by their past or their actions, but by who they choose to center their life on, since, "If you confess your sins, he is faithful and just to forgive your sins and cleanse you of all unrighteousness." How the Father relates to you in Christ is how you are to relate to yourself. He alone is the identificational standard. So if a Christian continues to identify as a sinner after being born again, he is implicitly asserting, "I know better than God." But this is God's reality, not your reality. Excluding the Father from defining who you are in Christ is the sin of pride. "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except by me."