that is past sins! Daaaa! obviously Jesus defeated sin for us to be free of it finally! You and many are missing it. Too bad....and sad.
You must be contexturally challenged fabie.
Too bad and sad for the Apostle Paul? After 25 years as a Christian he said:
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. (Romans 7:14-25)
As long as we are in this human body, this flesh, we are subject to the law of sin and we continue to sin even though we have a new nature, a spirit nature, that lives for God. Christ has freed us from the penalty of our sin - which is eternal death in hell - and through the indwelling Holy Spirit, we are given the strength and grace to be conformed more fully to the image of Christ. But we will NEVER be perfected in the flesh until we go to heaven to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and we will put on incorruption and immortality and sin will no longer have any place within us. If someone is saying we can be free of ALL sin, right now in this flesh, he is not speaking the truth.
No. John is quite explicit. The verb “exomev” ("to have"), in "we have no sin," is present tense indicative plural. John includes himself, and puts it in the present tense. John has sin, I have sin, you have sin. John is saying this is our condition, and even his condition, right now. Then, as if anticipating the objections of the self-righteous, he doubles down and says if you think you don't have sin, right now, you are lying to yourself.
So for you to conclude this passage speaks of past sin, you are required to invent meaning that is just not present in this text. Sorry. You need to double check the logic that led you to your conclusion. There is probably an error if you look closely.
You also referred to those who believe in Christ's deity as dummies. Illuminate me. What is the difference between a dummy and a fool? Because if you are calling us fools (aka dummies), then how do you square your proposed sinlessness with direct disobedience to an explicit command of Christ regarding name-calling?:
Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Peace,
SR