Those born of God cannot sin because His seed stay in them.
It is written..."For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Cor 5:21)
It is good to be in Him.
A look at 1 John 3.6
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It is written..."For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Cor 5:21)
It is good to be in Him.
How many names do you answer to ?
Dad? Bro? Sir? Hubby? Dear? Mister? Joe/Bob/Frank? live2blive?
God hears those who love Him, no matter how He is addressed.
If you offer to become my friend and say that you would like to know me, you will ask for my name and I will give it to you. If after that you will continue addressing me as "live2blive", it will be disrespectful and clear to me that you don't care about me that much.
If people love Him, they know and love His name. If you love your wife, you love her name. It is that simple. God said, "my people shall know my name" (Isaiah 52:6).
O magnify the Lord [Yahweh] with me, and let us exalt his name together (Psalm 34:3)
Let them praise the name of the Lord [Yahweh] : for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. (Psalm 148:13).
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord [Yahweh] of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. (Malachi 2:1,2).
Can one claim to love God and disobey His wishes?
If that is what the Bible says, then you are the only Christian who has ever lived and ever will live. Congratulations.
If calling God Yahweh is important to you, call Him Yahweh.
I am comfortable calling Him Father, and Lord.
Yes..."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)
The surrounding verses magnify verse 9's truth...
"He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."
Verse 9.
"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."
Your inference suggests that Jesus did not destroy the works of the devil.
I may be the first that you have met, but not the first in the body of Christ..."in Whom is no sin". (1 John 3:5)
Not at all.
You absolutely would be the first and only. Again, as per John, anyone who claims to be without sin is self-deceived, doesn't have the truth, makes God a liar, and doesn't have his word in them. This is what happens when one either doesn't understand or ignores context.
Then why fight against it ?
Jesus conquered the devil with a life lived without sin.
He is our example of how to live.
If you prefer the example of some other man, you have that choice to make.
It is written..."And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked." (1 John 2:3-6)
Thanks be to God for all the tools made available to men, to walk His walk.
I'm not fighting against Scripture, only your incorrect, out of context interpretation of it.
Of course, I have never stated nor implied otherwise.
Context, context, context. You not only take John out of context within his own epistles, you take him out of the context of the rest of Scripture, including, but far from limited to:
Heb 4:14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Heb 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Heb 4:16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (ESV)
It is clearly stated that we, which is all believers, have weaknesses. Notice the clear implication--Jesus can "sympathize with our weaknesses" because he was "in every respect . . . tempted as we are," but was "without sin." That is to say, Jesus is the only one who is without sin, not Paul (or whomever the writer of Hebrews was), not the believers reading that letter, not us.
I disagree.
If He conquered the devil, why is anyone still a servant of sin ?
Why is anyone still producing the devil's fruit ?
The context is that those born of God are different that those not born of God.
That difference, is determined by our fruit.
If He could do it, so can we.
Jesus was the first, and His behavior is the model for those who have crucified the flesh and been reborn of God's seed.
Indeed. Why is sin still in the world at all? Why are there still unbelievers?
Of course, but you ignore 1 John 1:8-2:1, and 5:16
Of course you ignore the implication--that because only Jesus was and is sinless, we are not. We will be one day, but that is only when we go to be with the Lord.
Yes, and that is why we are told to be holy, but it doesn't follow that we automatically are. Everything in the NT goes against such a notion.
Because men love evil more that they love God.
Not at all.
I recognize that some of I John 1 pertains to those who walk in darkness and not in the light.
Verses 6, 8, and 10, for instance.
I John 2:1 is the "any man's" way into the light.
A way already taken by those who are there.
1 John 5:16 is the same; a way for new converts, and posers, to become real Christians.
That is no longer a truth.
We can be as holy and pure as Jesus was/is now, thanks to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
He is...the way !
It will be too late to make your allegiances know by then.
Adherence to God is a choice we make over and over again, during our new life in Christ.
Living free of Adam's influence is automatic for those who have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts, (Gal 5:24), and been reborn of God's seed. (1 John 3:9)
"New" creatures have been empowered to obey God, all the time.
Usually, I call Father "God".
Sometimes I call God "Father".
And I have on occasion called Him "Abba".
Then there are the times I call the Word "Jesus".
They hear me every time.
Is is easy to claim sinlessness on a keyboard.
All you have are empty words over the internet.
The Bible does not teach what you believe, the Bible says the truth is not in you, no matter what you claim.
You are not convincing anyone on this site.
Satan has blinded you.
As I understand, you don't use name "Yahweh" and use the erroneous name "Jesus". Yet, you correctly state, ""New" creatures have been empowered to obey God, all the time". God ordered to call on His Name and praise His Name (e.g., Psalm 148:11-13, Romans 10:13). God ordered to worship Him in spirit and truth (John 4:23,24). Therefore, when new creatures obey the Creator, they will use and revere the true names Yahweh and Yahshua.
I am sure that they hear. But are they pleased to hear this statement you made:
"If calling God Yahweh is important to you, call Him Yahweh.
I am comfortable calling Him Father, and Lord."?
Are they pleased to hear that you put your comfort above God's wishes for you and me to know and praise His name?
Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord [Yahweh]: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. (Psalms 148:11-13).
1 John 3:6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or has come to know Him.
Greek - pas o en auto menon (PAPMSN) ouch hamartanei (3SPAI) pas o hamartanon (PAPMSN) ouch eoraken (3SRAI) auton oude egnoken (3SRAI) auton .
ESV - No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.
NIV - No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
Wuest - Everyone who in Him is constantly abiding is not habitually sinning. Everyone who is constantly sinning has not with discernment seen Him, nor has he known Him, with the result that that condition is true of him at present.
3:6 John was aware that Christians sin (2:1). They can receive forgiveness through Jesus’ death (1:7) as they confess their sins (1:9). By everyone who sins has not seen Him or known Him, John had in mind flagrant sin by false “believers” whose confession of Jesus was false (2:23), whose love was set on the world rather than God (2:15), and whose obedience was lacking (2:4). Jesus Himself warned about people who called Him “Lord” and did great things in His name, but ultimately were not genuine disciples (Mt 7:21–23).[1] Robert W. Yarbrough, “1 John,” in Holman Illustrated Bible Commentary, ed. E. Ray Clendenen and Jeremy Royal Howard (Broadman & Holman, 2015), 1370.
3:6 Whosoever. Everyone who. sinneth. Greek present tense: continuing in constant sin without repentance. seen him. The spiritual sight of His glory transforms (2 Cor. 3:18; 4:6; 3 John 11).
Joel R. Beeke, Michael P. V. Barrett, and Gerald M. Bilkes, eds., The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014), 1841.
3:6 No one who abides … sins. Like the phrase “practices sin” of verse 4, the sense conveyed here is the idea of habitual, constant sinning. No one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. If no check against habitual sin exists in someone who professes to be a Christian, John’s pronouncement is absolutely clear—salvation never took place.
John F. MacArthur Jr., The MacArthur Study Bible: New American Standard Bible. (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2006), 1 Jn 3:6.
3:5–7 Christ and sin are incompatible. 5 Christ came to take away our sins. He is completely hostile to evil, and in him is no sin. 6 This has effects in the Christian for No-one who lives in him keeps on sinning. We must not water down statements like this; the Christian has no business with sin and must never be complacent about it, even about occasional sin. But we should also notice that the present tense in Greek often has a continuous force and this appears to be its significance here: ‘No-one who continually lives in him makes a habit of sinning’ and again, No-one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. John is not writing about individual acts of sin, but about habitual attitudes. The life we live reveals the source from which we draw our life. 7 To hold otherwise is to be deceived. It is not a matter of right thinking or of wide knowledge or of holding that the body is unimportant so that it does not matter what the body does as long as the soul is pure. John firmly sweeps aside all such specious arguments. He who does what is right is righteous. And the standard is Christ: just as he is righteous.
Leon L. Morris, “1 John,” in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, ed. D. A. Carson et al., 4th ed. (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), 1404.
3:6 Everyone who resides in him does not sin John likely is stating that those who are in Christ are free from a life of perpetual sin. This suggests that not sinning should be one of the goals of the believer.
John seems to be arguing against those who use God’s grace as an excuse for sinful behavior (compare Rom 6:1–11). It may be that John’s opponents viewed salvation as something spiritual only that gave them permission to go on living a sinful life.John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), 1 Jn 3:6.
6. Abideth. Compare John 15:4–10. To abide in Christ is more than to be in Him, since it represents a condition maintained by communion with God and by the habitual doing of His will. See on 2:6.
Sinneth not. John does not teach that believers do not sin, but is speaking of a character, a habit. Throughout the Epistle he deals with the ideal reality of life in God, in which the love of God and sin exclude each other as light and darkness.
Seen—known. The vision of Christ and the appropriation of what is seen. Rev., correctly, knoweth.<sup>[1]Rev. Revised Version of the New Testament. Marvin Richardson Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament, vol. 2 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1887), 347–348.
Kenneth Wuest who is well known for his expert writings on the Greek comments that "The words abides and sins are used here to designate a certain class of individual. Character is shown by one’s habitual actions, not the extraordinary ones. The tense of the verbs is present, the kind of action, continuous, habitual. Thus, “every one who habitually is abiding in Him,” is a saved person, and, “every one who habitually is sinning,” an unsaved person. A Christian as a habit of life is abiding in fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Sin may at times enter his life. But sin is the exception, not the rule. The unsaved person as a habit of life sins continually. “Sins” is present tense, continuous action being indicated. The person who is abiding in Christ is not habitually sinning. The child of God as a habit of life, does righteousness, and sin is not a habit with him. John is not teaching sinless perfection here. Vincent says: “John does not teach that believers do not sin, but is speaking of a character, a habit. Throughout the Epistle, he deals with the ideal reality of life in God, in which the love of God and sin exclude each other as light and darkness.” He does not deny that a Christian sins at times. Indeed he admits the possibility of sin in the Christian’s life in 1Jn 1:9-note, and forbids sin in 1Jn 2:1-note. What John denies here is that a Christian sins habitually. He denies that the life of a Christian is wholly turned towards sin as is that of the unsaved person. (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission) (Bolding added)
Greek - pas o en auto menon (PAPMSN) ouch hamartanei (3SPAI) pas o hamartanon (PAPMSN) ouch eoraken (3SRAI) auton oude egnoken (3SRAI) auton .
ESV - No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.
NIV - No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
Wuest - Everyone who in Him is constantly abiding is not habitually sinning. Everyone who is constantly sinning has not with discernment seen Him, nor has he known Him, with the result that that condition is true of him at present.
3:6 John was aware that Christians sin (2:1). They can receive forgiveness through Jesus’ death (1:7) as they confess their sins (1:9). By everyone who sins has not seen Him or known Him, John had in mind flagrant sin by false “believers” whose confession of Jesus was false (2:23), whose love was set on the world rather than God (2:15), and whose obedience was lacking (2:4). Jesus Himself warned about people who called Him “Lord” and did great things in His name, but ultimately were not genuine disciples (Mt 7:21–23).[1] Robert W. Yarbrough, “1 John,” in Holman Illustrated Bible Commentary, ed. E. Ray Clendenen and Jeremy Royal Howard (Broadman & Holman, 2015), 1370.
3:6 Whosoever. Everyone who. sinneth. Greek present tense: continuing in constant sin without repentance. seen him. The spiritual sight of His glory transforms (2 Cor. 3:18; 4:6; 3 John 11).
Joel R. Beeke, Michael P. V. Barrett, and Gerald M. Bilkes, eds., The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014), 1841.
3:6 No one who abides … sins. Like the phrase “practices sin” of verse 4, the sense conveyed here is the idea of habitual, constant sinning. No one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. If no check against habitual sin exists in someone who professes to be a Christian, John’s pronouncement is absolutely clear—salvation never took place.
John F. MacArthur Jr., The MacArthur Study Bible: New American Standard Bible. (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2006), 1 Jn 3:6.
3:5–7 Christ and sin are incompatible. 5 Christ came to take away our sins. He is completely hostile to evil, and in him is no sin. 6 This has effects in the Christian for No-one who lives in him keeps on sinning. We must not water down statements like this; the Christian has no business with sin and must never be complacent about it, even about occasional sin. But we should also notice that the present tense in Greek often has a continuous force and this appears to be its significance here: ‘No-one who continually lives in him makes a habit of sinning’ and again, No-one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. John is not writing about individual acts of sin, but about habitual attitudes. The life we live reveals the source from which we draw our life. 7 To hold otherwise is to be deceived. It is not a matter of right thinking or of wide knowledge or of holding that the body is unimportant so that it does not matter what the body does as long as the soul is pure. John firmly sweeps aside all such specious arguments. He who does what is right is righteous. And the standard is Christ: just as he is righteous.
Leon L. Morris, “1 John,” in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, ed. D. A. Carson et al., 4th ed. (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), 1404.
3:6 Everyone who resides in him does not sin John likely is stating that those who are in Christ are free from a life of perpetual sin. This suggests that not sinning should be one of the goals of the believer.
John seems to be arguing against those who use God’s grace as an excuse for sinful behavior (compare Rom 6:1–11). It may be that John’s opponents viewed salvation as something spiritual only that gave them permission to go on living a sinful life.John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), 1 Jn 3:6.
6. Abideth. Compare John 15:4–10. To abide in Christ is more than to be in Him, since it represents a condition maintained by communion with God and by the habitual doing of His will. See on 2:6.
Sinneth not. John does not teach that believers do not sin, but is speaking of a character, a habit. Throughout the Epistle he deals with the ideal reality of life in God, in which the love of God and sin exclude each other as light and darkness.
Seen—known. The vision of Christ and the appropriation of what is seen. Rev., correctly, knoweth.<sup>[1]Rev. Revised Version of the New Testament. Marvin Richardson Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament, vol. 2 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1887), 347–348.
Kenneth Wuest who is well known for his expert writings on the Greek comments that "The words abides and sins are used here to designate a certain class of individual. Character is shown by one’s habitual actions, not the extraordinary ones. The tense of the verbs is present, the kind of action, continuous, habitual. Thus, “every one who habitually is abiding in Him,” is a saved person, and, “every one who habitually is sinning,” an unsaved person. A Christian as a habit of life is abiding in fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Sin may at times enter his life. But sin is the exception, not the rule. The unsaved person as a habit of life sins continually. “Sins” is present tense, continuous action being indicated. The person who is abiding in Christ is not habitually sinning. The child of God as a habit of life, does righteousness, and sin is not a habit with him. John is not teaching sinless perfection here. Vincent says: “John does not teach that believers do not sin, but is speaking of a character, a habit. Throughout the Epistle, he deals with the ideal reality of life in God, in which the love of God and sin exclude each other as light and darkness.” He does not deny that a Christian sins at times. Indeed he admits the possibility of sin in the Christian’s life in 1Jn 1:9-note, and forbids sin in 1Jn 2:1-note. What John denies here is that a Christian sins habitually. He denies that the life of a Christian is wholly turned towards sin as is that of the unsaved person. (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission) (Bolding added)
Correct.
In the apostle's days, they said it was "just their words" too.
The bible does teach that we can walk as Christ walked.
1 John 2:6..."He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."
The bible also says...
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as you Father which is in heaven is perfect.” (Matt 5:48)
“I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me." (John 17:22-23)
“Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.For he that is dead is freed from sin.” (Rom. 6:6-7)
"Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness." (Rom 6:18)
"But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life." (Rom 6:22)
"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Rom 8:1)
"Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame." (1 Cor 15:34)
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." (2 Cor 5:21)
"Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you." (2 Cor 13:11)
"And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others." (Eph 2:1-3)
"Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you." (Phil 3:15)
"Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:" (Col 1:28)
"Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity." (2 Tim 2:19)
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." (2 Tim 3:16-17)
"But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul." (Heb 10:39)
"Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate." (Titus 1:15-16)
"But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." (James 1:4)
"If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." (James 3:2)
"But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy." (1 Peter 1:15-16)
"Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;" (1 Peter 4:1)
"According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." (2 Peter 1:3-4)
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:" (2 Peter 1:10)
"Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless." (2 Peter 3:14)
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7)
“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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 3:4-9)
“We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.” (1 John 5:18)
I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that you are wrong.
He only blinds those who continue in rebellion against God.