Then, no. Christians struggle with sin.
Christians are tempted just like the sinners.
Thankfully, God has equipt the Christians with the power to resist every temptation.
True believers have been set free from the power and penalty of sin, but still need to walk in the Spirit so as not to give in to temptation to sin. That is what much of the NT addresses, including 1 John.
Absolutely.
Don't you beleive any keep walking in the Spirit after their conversion and rebirth ?
He certainly is. That is why he tells those to whom he is writing to continually confess their sins.
You opine then that there is darkness in God.
I disagree.
If we are in the light, which is God, how can we commit any sin ?
If all one had to do was confess once and that was it, then what John states makes no sense. Again, it's about understanding what John actually wrote, since he didn't write in English as you seem to think.
I see it as a choice.
Walk in God, or walk in sin.
We can't do both.
Of course, I agree. However, what you keep failing to accept, is that everything takes time to grow to maturity. Everything. As seed is a seed, not a plant or a tree.
Start out as a child of God, and remain one.
Except this isn't true. John and the rest of the NT writers make it clear that all believers, including themselves, struggle with sin.
You see it that way because you want to see it in a light that tolerates, even accommodates sin in supposed believers.
You fail to realize that some truly do turn permanently from sin and continue to walk in God-light.
All unbelievers are sinners, but not all sinners are unbelievers. ]
All sinners don't believe God will follow through with His consequences for disobeying Him.
They are all unbelievers.
The NT makes a very clear distinction between those whose lives are characterized by unrepentant, wilful, habitual sin, and those who are justified by grace who still struggle with sin as the seed of God in them continues to grow towards maturity.
If one commits one sin a year, they are unrepentant "practicers" of sin.
That doesn’t mean true believers don’t sin.
The devils beleive, but those born of God obey.
Nowhere is that stated on Scripture. John is absolutely clear that believers do struggle with sin, which is why they are to continually confess their sins for forgiveness.
Then your chosen accommodation for sin has given you license to keep practicing sin.
You need to be much more clear in what you are saying. To call someone a liar is to state something about their character, something that defines them, based on a repeated pattern of purposeful, unconfessed behaviour. But that is far different from someone, who in the heat of a moment, without thinking, responds with a lie but then later confesses. There is a significant difference.
No, as both are fruit of the same seed.
Adam's unregenerated seed.
Again, John is talking about those whose life is characterized by wilful, unrepentant, habitual sin. Look closer at what else John states:
All who commit sin can characterize their lives as both unrepentant and habitual sinners.
1Jn 3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
1Jn 3:8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
1Jn 3:9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.
1Jn 3:10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. (ESV)
So quit practicing sin !
Truly repent of sin, and get washed by the blood of Christ so you can be perfectly sinless.
Then continue to walk in God, in Whom is no darkness-sin.
Those who do not practice righteousness are not of God; they cannot do righteousness. True believers, however, can and do practice righteousness.
I agree, which really separates those who walk in sin from those who walk in God.
He isn't a revolving door.
What John is pointing out in 1 John is that while true believers practice righteousness, they still struggle with sin when tempted, and unbelievers' lives are not only characterized by sin, but they cannot do righteousness.
Only a true repentance from sin will allow a man to walk in God.
Waverers will be lost.
. If one is cleansed from sin do they still have sin.
