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Where the seed of God abides (1 John 3:9) sin cannot happen. According to the writer of Hebrews, the Word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword, able to separate soul and spirit. Apparently SDA cultists have been taught there is no distinction between soul and spirit. No wonder they are so easily duped by the lies and false prophecies of Ellen White!

——>Apparently SDA cultists have been taught there is no distinction between soul and spirit.

Then you believe in the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which God hates. How does that feel, to believe and practice in something that God hates?

“They believed and said that a person is saved by grace and therefore it doesn’t matter how you live. By faith in Jesus Christ, the spirit of a person is saved, but since you are bound by the flesh, in which evil is present, you will always remain a sinner and always keep on sinning. You serve God through your spirit, but you keep serving your flesh and it’s lusts and desires during your life on earth.”

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.

SDA Bible Commentary on 1 John 3:9