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NASB | 1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because God's seed [His principle of life, the essence of His righteous character] remains [permanently] in him [who is born again--who is reborn from above--spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose]; and he [who is born again] cannot habitually [live a life characterized by] sin, because he is born of God and longs to please Him. |
Subject: Who makes the rules? |
Bible Note: I appreciate your comments. I agree with all you said, however the question I have is still unanswered. In James 3:2 it says " We all stumble in many ways" . This , in reality, means "we all sin in many ways".Now do we confess every tiny offense as soon as we commit it? Lets take the patriarchs. Several of them directly violated the old testament law of marriage. They had no resmorse or repentance. This, according to 1 John 3:9 would be continuing in sin. Therefore they, according to 1 John 3:9 would be lost. The outward working of the Spirit of God has not changed. God's children have always been characterized by righteousness, right? These were not the heathen, they were God's select men of example. What about Rom. 7:15? "For what I am doing I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate." NASB Paul says "doing" , "practicing". I am not trying to be contentious, but just trying to understand. Here is another thing. 1 John 3:10 says "By this the children of God and the children of the devil are OBVIOUS" (NASB My emphasis.) I don't understand that. If they are so obvious, why is it so difficult to discern the saved and lost? Prov. 24:9 "The thought of foolishness is sin" KJV All these definitions of sin confuse me. One almost has to believe there are sins for believer's that are covered by grace and are not "sins", and there are sins of unbelievers that "really"are sins. If the thoughts of an unbeliever are sin, why are not the same thoughts sin when believers think them? AAAAHH! :) The thing I have realized is that EVERY CHRISTIAN, EVERY DAY, CONTINUES IN SIN TECHNICALLY. Romans 14:23 "whatever is not from faith is sin." Now do we have perfect faith all the time? Do we confess this sin of lack of faith EVERY time we HAVE a lack of faith? If not, we are "continuing in sin". James 4:17 "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." Have we , as believers, neglected anything that is required of us? Yes! Have we repented of EVERY failure in this area and have thence continued fulfilling ALL that is required of us? No. Someone would say, "It's all covered by the blood for we believers". Then hey! Let's go ahead and have a fling and sin! I'll end it with that for now. |