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HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING / 1 JOHN 3:9

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(KJV) 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.

HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING / 1 JOHN 3:9

The verb “to sin” (Greek hamartano) is a present active infinitive, implying continued or present active infinitive, implying continued or persistent action. John emphasizes that those who truly are God’s children cannot make sin their way of life because God’s life cannot exist in those who make a practice or habit of sinning (1 John 1:5-7; 2:3-11, 15-17, 24-29; 3:6-24; 4:7-8, 20).

  1. Spiritual birth produces renewed spiritual life that results in a new and ongoing relationship with God. In this letter, every time John speaks of the new birth of the believer, he uses the Greek perfect tense to emphasize the continued and sustained relationship that started when a person first received Christ and entrusted his or her life to the Lord (1 John 2:39; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18).
  2. It is impossible for people who have God’s life in them (who are “born of God”) to continue in the habit of sinning; it is a spiritual contradiction. The Holy Spirit cannot remain in a life that is full of sin, and God cannot have a covenant relationship with any who continue to “walk in the darkness” (1 John 1:7). Believers may occasionally lapse from God’s holy standard, but they will not deliberately continue in sin as a lifestyle (1 John 3:6; 1 John 3:10).
  3. That which keeps Christ’s faithful followers from willfully and continually sinning is “God’s seed” in them (God’s very life, Spirit and nature living in them, 1 John 5:11-12; John 15:4; 2 Peter 1:4).
  4. By an active faith in God (1 John 5:4), the inner presence of Christ, the guiding power of the Holy Spirit and the written Word of God (1 Thessalonians 2:10), all Christians can live consistently free from the life-entangling power of sin.

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  8. AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
  9. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  10. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  11. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  12. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  13. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  14. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  15. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  16. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  17. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  18. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  19. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  20. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  21. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
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  23. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  24. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  25. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  26. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  27. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  28. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  29. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  30. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  31. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  32. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  33. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  34. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  35. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  36. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  37. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  38. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  39. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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