>>> Reminds me of a saying: “God calls you by your name and gradually erases your sin. The devil calls you by your sin, and gradually erases your name.”
Never heard that one... interesting, but not accurate.
Our sin is erased INSTANTLY once we receive the gift of Jesus and His sacrifice on the cross.
The sin is gone but the tendencies to sin remain. This one may be a Christian but have a tendency to a short-fused tempter, or a tendency to ogle scantily-dressed shapely people, or a tendency to potato-chips-and-French-dip-while FReeping gluttony.
Sinful tendencies, a.k.a. concupiscence.
The devil will call you by this ("Hey, Gay!") and gradually erase your name.
It's shorter, though, to say it the way the "saying" says i. Of course, even shorter if you eliminate the word "gradually", I suppose!!
Thanks for the correction.
I’m glad I read ahead this time!