This is odd...now you are asking me if the verse is correct that says one born of God does not sin, whereas before you seemed to want men TO admit they sin...
But my pov is that...sort of...what is sin for one man is not always sin for every man. I realize that will require some explanation - to a man who is given more (understanding), more is required. It doesn't precisely mean that what is sin is completely different for every man, but I have to try to explain my pov and that's the best I can come up with right now.
So back to the verse that says a man born of God does not sin - i am assuming you are referring to a verse that says (in my translation) that anyone born of God does not practice sin/continue in sin. To say that no one born of God is capable of ever sinning would be completely disconnected from my reality and what I've experienced after I met Him and received the Spirit.
Hi SBG,
Again, I'm not trying to"get you to admit", more just asking your POV.
I think the verse is exactly correct, that which is born of God sins not.
I know that many try to make this more palletable by saying, Practice sin, but what if we stay with the plainest sense?
Can there really be any ambiguity to what this is saying?
1 John 3
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He 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.
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.
10 In 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.
If we use the Biblical definition, that which is not of faith is sin, then yes, the exact list of what is sin may be different between you and me. But then, what of this verse, whosoever is born of God does not commit sin, and cannot sin, being born of God?
According to this passage, the one who is born of God never acts outside of their faith, and cannot, because they are born of God.
And further, God teaches us that being born of God, His seed remains in us.
If John meant that we never find sins in our lives, then why would he have written as he did in the second chapter, Little children, I write these things to you that you sin not, and if we do sin, we have an advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ the Righteous?
Much love!
Mark