I think you hit the nail on the head. It is a common misconception among Christians that God expects us to sin. He does not. Why? Because: 1)- he provided a way of escape from sin (
1Cor 10:13), and 2)- we're being transformed by the Holy Ghost into the image of Christ (Ro 8:29) so that we are not sinners. In fact, I've yet to find anywhere in the NT where it says Christians cannot help but sin. I do find where we're expected to live a victorious life through the power of the Holy Spirit (
1Jn 5:4;
1Cor 15:57). I do find that IF we sin, and confess our sin, we have an Advocate with the Father who will faithfully forgive our sin (
1Jn 1:9). But the sin issue for the born-again believer is always treated as an "IF", not a "WHEN". Again, with EVERY temptation there is made a way of escape, that we be not overcome with the temptation (
1Cor 10:13).
For a Christian to say- as you've heard stated above- that Christians CANNOT overcome sin and are
expected to sin means that Christ's resurrection power in us is insufficient to change us. If that is the case, then they are serving the wrong God. They need to find one who CAN change them from sinners into saints. I know I found mine in Jesus Christ the Lord.
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