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Originally Posted by Praxeas
The point was, WE still sin and I refer to those that believe WE are not saved unless WE never ever eve commit a sin of our own doing
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I had a study on the difference between behavior and nature. It was awesome. For example, a human being can roll around in mess like a dog...but they are still a human being by nature. Eventually that human nature will drive them to shower and get cleaned up. lol
God changed our nature. It is IMPOSSIBLE for us to live in continued sin...
1 John 3:8-10
King James Version (KJV)
8He 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.
9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10In 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.
The AMP and NLT put it this way...
1 John 3:8-10
Amplified Bible (AMP)
8[But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].
9No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and [a]habitually] practices sin, for God's nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.
10By this it is made clear who take their nature from God and are His children and who take their nature from the devil and are his children: no one who does not practice righteousness [who does not conform to God's will in purpose, thought, and action] is of God; neither is anyone who does not love his brother (his fellow [b]believer in Christ).
1 John 3:8-10
New Living Translation (NLT)
8 But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life[a] is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. 10 So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers[b] does not belong to God.
Gotta love it!!!
Thank God for a new nature! You can act like a sinner and roll around in mess... but you're a sinless saint by nature. That indwelling Spirit will convict you until you're driving by God's own power to get cleaned up. You can rest in that.