Some of You

Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11

In Jesus’ Kingdom, none of us are what we used to be. Praise God.

The Apostle Paul felt the need to remind the believers in Corinth of their spiritual roots. He gave them a long and detailed list of the kind of behaviors that are inconsistent with the Christian life and that are most likely evidence of a lack of salvation (See 1 Cor. 6:9-10).

And then he gave them (and us) the beautiful words of verse 11: Such were some of you.

The Corinthian church wasn’t filled with people who had “gotten it” all their lives. They didn’t have good church and spiritual resumes. They are all former somethings—former liars and adulterers and swindlers. In today’s language they were former drug dealers and porn addicts and gossips and prostitutes and tax evaders.

But remember Paul’s wording—Such were some of you. Were tells us all we need to know. We were those things, but we’re not anymore. Somebody please say AMEN!!!!!!!

What changed? Paul gives us three amazing verbs—we were washed, sanctified and justified, each of which have everything to do with the grace-filled work of God and nothing to do with us.

As a son or daughter of God, you are a spiritual has-been. You used to be something and by God’s grace you’re not that anymore. And rather than hiding or not sharing that story, God wants you to tell it. Churches that require their members to be all perfect and put-together mute these great and God-honoring stories.

You have been changed. Praise God for it and then tell someone.

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