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Originally Posted by Forrest
My threads like yours are explanatory and I think at this point, Brother Winman, we are repeating things we have already said and we all agree that it is vital and a mark of true discipleship for us to hate sin, turn from it, lay it aside, and look to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.
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Yes, on this we all agree brother Forrest...
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Originally Posted by Forrest
Here is another twist:
1 John 3:9 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. |
Yes, that is a powerful ststement, and many young Christians have struggled with this but there is no reason for it if we compare scripture with scripture.
Clearly it has no bearing on our daily lives and our battle against the flesh, for like Paul we are carnal and sold under sin. (Rom. 7:14) It CANNOT mean Christians never fall in sin, for 1 John 2:1 is as clear as a bell. so what does it mean?
I believe this is referring to the POSITIONAL STANDING we have with Christ as his adopted children.
When we are born again and redeemed by His precious blood, God imparts and
INCORRUPTIBLE SEED IN US, that cannot sin or waver. This is important doctrine, and can be found in 1 Peter chapter 1 below, paying particular attention to verse 23 where our remarkable King James Bible nails it in plain english...
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you