The new man of the going forward creation does not sin
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: [The new man of the going forward creation does not sin]
1 Jn 3:9
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: "You['re] wrong. We will never be without sin in our lives as long as we are in the body..."
Sin's
dominion in your life can be
broken.
Whosoever is born of God doth not
commit sin; for his seed remaineth
in him: and he cannot sin, because
he is born of God [1 John 3:9].
"“Whosoever is born of God”—this is
the new birth we have been talking
about. This is what the Lord Jesus
spoke of when He said to a religious
ruler, “Marvel not that I said unto
thee, Ye must be born again” (John
3:7).
“Whosoever is born of God doth not
commit sin.” A child of God is given
a new nature, and that new nature
does not and will not commit sin.
The reason that the prodigal son
could not stay in the pigpen is that
he was not a pig. He was a son of
the Father, and he longed for the
Father’s house. If you are a child
of God, you will want to be in the
Father’s house, and you will long
for it.
“Whosoever is born of God doth not
commit sin”—unfortunately, this
gives a wrong impression here. The
idea is not just one act of sin; the
idea is that he does not live in
sin. John has said earlier in
chapter 2, “If any man [any
Christian man] sin, we have an
advocate with the Father”—the
believer will sin. However, John
makes it very clear that it is God’s
will that we live without sin: “My
little children, these things write
I unto you, that ye sin not” (1 John
2:1). Sin is anything contrary to
the will of God, but when sin comes
into our lives, John says that we
have an advocate with the Father,
and “If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
Again, John is talking to believers,
and he is saying that believers will
sin. Therefore, when John says,
“Whosoever is born of God doth not
commit sin,” he is saying that that
new nature will not continue to live
in a pigpen—never, under any
circumstances will it do that.
“For his seed remaineth in him.” If
you are a child of God, you have a
divine nature.
“And he cannot sin.” Why? Because he
“is born of God.” John is talking
about something that is real and
genuine. He is not talking about
some little profession which you
made when you went down to the front
of a church and shed a few tears.
The question is: Have you been born
of God? I believe in the security of
the believers, but I also believe in
the insecurity of make–believers. It
is well for us to take an inventory
and to look at our lives. We must
examine ourselves and see whether we
are in the faith or not. Are you
really a child of God? Do you long
after the things of God? That is the
important thing.
Someone might say of this young man
who is a homosexual, “He cannot be a
child of God.” I say that he can be;
but if he is a child of God, he is
going to give up that sin. A
prodigal son ought not to be in a
pigpen, and he will not live there.
He is going to get out. The day will
come when he will say, “I will arise
and go to my Father.” And his Father
is not anywhere near that pigpen—He
is as far from it as He possibly can
be.
Whosoever is born of God does not
practice sin. He does not go on in
sin. When we received a new nature,
we did not lose our old nature—that
is the problem. No wonder Paul cried
out, “O wretched man that I am! who
shall deliver me from the body of
this death?” (Rom. 7:24). Only the
Spirit of God can deliver you, my
friend. If you recognize that you
are helpless and hopeless, if some
sin binds you down, spoils your
life, robs you of your joy, and you
are miserable, then may I say to you
that He can and He will deliver
you—if you want to be delivered. If
you want to get rid of that sin, if
you really want to serve Him, if you
mean business with Him, He means
business with you. “For his seed
remaineth in him: and he cannot sin,
because he is born of God.”" McGee,
J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible
commentary: The Epistles (1 John)
(electronic ed., Vol. 56, pp.
96–98). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Squeaks doesn't like it.
He can take it up with the apostle
John.
"I didn't mean to bug ya." ~
Bono 1 Jn 2:15
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: "Nice to have brethren... ...[B]less you brother..."
We aren't
brethren.
You
deny the trinity
(Jn 1:1).
