Christians who claim they're not "sinners"

... therefore, the thinking goes, to reject the label "sinner" is seen as blasphemous, arrogant, and incredibly dangerous (rightfully so. If that's what they mean... that's ludicrous)

But I don't think that's what they mean...

It would seem that the term "sinner" is used in scripture to describe people alienated from the promises of God. Sinners are those who reject and spurn God.

Consider Luke 15. "Sinner" is used to describe a specific category of person. Traditionally, someone like Jesus was not to associate with "sinners."

This was probably an echo of Psalms 1. A chapter describing two major categories of people. The "righteous" and the "sinner."

It seems that these two categories never overlap. You're one or the other. Categorically "righteous" or "sinner."

The "righteous" were taught to never associate with "sinners" (v1) and the promise was that no "sinner" aka "wicked" will not be in the "congregation of the righteous"

Clearly, there are those who are categorical "sinners" and there are those who are categorically "righteous"

So which are you? Which one am I?

Consider Romans 5:18-21

If you are in Christ, it would seem that the admonition of Scripture is to consider yourself dead to sin (Romans 6:11) and alive to God in Christ. If you are in Christ, He has made you His righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21).

How might this revelation change your life?

DISCLAIMER: to be emphatic, I wholeheartedly disagree with anyone who in claiming to not be a "sinner" is intending to communicate that they no longer make mistakes or somehow lose the capacity to participate in sin.