The Born of God
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It is blatantly evident that we all still sin, which must mean that we are NOT YET born of God....seeing GOD can not lie ! therefore it is something WE are not perfected in ! yet people/christians insist they are born of God.
The problem here is the difference between 'born again and begotten', two different stages we must go through.
The problem here is the difference between 'born again and begotten', two different stages we must go through.
This is idiotic.... Im not Jesus. Jesus is superior to me because he is perfect unlike me. Which means that given i live in a fallen world there have been and maybe will be times where i will sin wether by doing something i shouldnt or not doing something i should be doing. There are sins that i am unaware of and i am sure God would be able to find sins that i committed in one day that i never thought were there. John is saying not to sin. If you do thats bad but we have a mediator who is perfect and just. If we make a HABIT of sinning then thats worse, and he says someone is not born of God. Not that if we sin we arent born of God. If we make a habit of it then yes but if we sin we confess it before God.
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Other Bible translations have translated this as "continue to sin". The idea is the their lives would not be characterized by sin. The idea that there is anyone that does not sin foolish and dangerous. It is not what the bible teaches. Sinless perfection is a distortion of the truth. No one is perfect but God alone.
Amen! The NASB says - No one who is born of God "practices" sin (1 John 3:9). The idea of "practice" is to perform repeatedly or habitually and thus describes repetition or continuous action. The present tense describes the practice as habitual, as one's lifestyle or bent of life.
The devil has deceived people in many ways and with many false doctrines, and the heresy of sinless perfection in the flesh is one of them.
1 John 1:8 - "If we say that we have no sin, (PRESENT TENSE) we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, (PAST TENSE) we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."
The devil has deceived people in many ways and with many false doctrines, and the heresy of sinless perfection in the flesh is one of them.
1 John 1:8 - "If we say that we have no sin, (PRESENT TENSE) we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, (PAST TENSE) we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."
The Bible also tells us we must be converted which describes the 'growing-process of the 'spirit-begotten Person. It's a fact we can not be instantly born upon hearing the Word of God Eph 1v13,14. but receive eternal life as a 'downpayment/deposit or promise....until we are fully redeemed....when ? see next post.
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