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born of God doth not commit sin.” This means the true child of God does not continue to live in the practice of sin. Sinning is not the habit of his life. While in this life, the children of God Still have the old nature. It is not eradicated from their being. However, the new nature is able to obtain the victory over sin if it is properly fed by prayer, the Word, and a careful walk with God. Sin breaks a Chris tian’s fellowship with God. It saps his spiritual power, and makes his wit ness ineffective. God’s children need to be increasingly sensitive to sin. 2. "And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father" (v. 1). What happens if the c h i l d of God sins? Some people believe that the believer thereby loses his salvation, and that it is not regained until he repents and confesses his. failures to the Lord. If' this were true, it ¡would rob the soul of all possibility of assurance, because in thought, word, and deed even be lievers are prone to falter and fail. This passage does teach, however, that when the child of God sins, even be fore he may be conscious of it or con fesses it, his Advocate, his Attorney, his Lawyer—the Lord Jesus Christ— undertakes for him. Why is such an Advocate needed? Because every be liever has a great adversary. Satan is the accuser of the brethren in the court of heaven seeking to remove the believer’s standing (Rev. 12:10). It is then that the believer’s great Advocate steps forward and presents the merit of Calvary on b e h a l f of the erring Christian. Thus the believer’s perfect standing with God is maintained. It is on the ground of Calvary’s atonement that sin—whether in the -unregener ated man or in the b e l i e v e r — is cleansed and put away. 3. "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren" (3:14). There are six great tests found in the book of John which determine the reality of our being born again. In the form of ques tions they may be presented as fol lows: (1) Do we love the brethren? (3:14). (2) Do we have a proper faith in Christ? (5:1). (3) Dq we practice righteousness? (2:29). (4) Do we hate sin? (3:9). (5) Do we have the wit ness of the Holy Spirit in our hearts? (3:24; 5:10). (6) Are we overcoming the*world in our daily lives? (5:4, 5). The Lord wants His followers to have the assurance of salvation. The word “know” occurs about forty times in the five chapters of this book.
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