Call yourself a Christian yet walk in blatant sin?

1 Timothy1:12-13 " I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that He considered me faithful, appointing me to His service.  13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief."   These verses remind me of how our hearts are ok with our own sins while we are in ignorance and unbelief.   Sometimes I wonder how people can boldly claim to be a Christian and also un apologetically embrace various forms of sin.   Then I reflect on my own life.   I have always called myself a Christian.   I’ve been going to church since I was a child.    It was not until I started “seeking first the kingdom of God”,  that I started getting convicted of the sin in my life.   I was walking around in ignorance and unbelief.    Unbelief because even though, I thought of myself as a Christian, I sought after many things over reading the Bible and praying.   I sought alcohol, I sought immoral relationships, I sought the podium, I sought gluttony.  I sought ego and so many many worldly things in my ignorance I didn’t realize my sad state.   Now that I realize the depravity of my heart, I try,try try to seek after things of God    When I do the allure of the sins that used to ensnare me takes a back seat for my desire to conquer them through the powerful gift of Jesus.     Today, be inspired to live in the light, let go of ignorance and unbelief.     Embrace “ Seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.”