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To: Cronos
You are a carnal minded false teacher. The rejection of your false choice is the story of Lot. You are not anywhere near the truth yet. And you are a badgering spittlefest just more clever than Phil in his badgering.

Every descendant from Adam has a body, a soul, and a spirit. Can you sin after you die? No, you cannot. BUT the spirit you possess continues to exist even as the body returns to the dust.

1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God sinneth not: for His seed remaineth in him, neither can he sin, because he is born of God.

Where is GOD abiding with the born again? In the spirit of that individual. Who is in the born again both to will and do of His good pleasure? How did Paul tell you how to be transformed in your soul, your behavior mechanism? Remember, you are a body, a behavior mechanism, and a spirit.

Until you are born again born from above, the engine is dead in the spirit. By faith alone in Christ alone God births the dead spirit into eternal life. You cannot do it. And when He makes you born again HE thereafter IRREVOCABLY abides in the born again spirit.

1 John 3:9 every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because His seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten. Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

243 posted on 03/03/2021 5:23:30 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: MHGinTN; Cronos

1 John 3:9 every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because His seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten. Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)


MHG, let me clarify that for you...

DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN. That is, he does not continue to sin, or he does not habitually
sin (see on v. 6; the form of the Greek verb here is the same as it is there). The apostle
thus characterizes those who have been born of God. They have experienced the new
birth, their natures and changed, and they resemble their heavenly Father (see on John
3:3–5; 1 John 3:1). They hate the sin they used to love, and love the virtue they used to
despise (see on Rom. 6:2, 6; 7:14, 15). Such people do not continue slaves to their old
sins, they do not habitually commit their old mistakes. Divine power has given them the
victory over those weaknesses, and is ready to aid them in overcoming other faults of
which they may not previously have been aware.

CANNOT SIN. Or, “is not able to go on sinning,” or “is not able to go on habitually
sinning.” This does not mean that the Christian is incapable of committing a wrong act. If
he were unable to sin, there would be no virtue in his being without sin, and there would
be no true development of character. John has already implied that he will make
occasional mistakes (see on ch. 2:1). The passage means that, having been born of God,
and having God’s life-giving power dwelling in him, he cannot continue his old pattern
of habitual sin. He now follows the sinless ideals that have been implanted in his soul by
the new birth.


254 posted on 03/03/2021 7:08:59 AM PST by Philsworld
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To: MHGinTN

You are a carnal minded follower of false teachers, and are not a follower of Christ.

You said “The spirit of the born again cannot sin “

So that would mean, according to your logic

1. Ravi was not born again

Or

2. Ravis, ahem, activities, weren’t sins in mhgintn eyes

And the same for you


265 posted on 03/03/2021 9:06:59 AM PST by Cronos
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