1 John 3:9 “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.”
Scripture teaches us that we have an outward man and an inward man (2 Corinthians 4:16). Our inward man is made up primarily of two parts, our minds and our spirits, and as we have already mentioned, it is our spirits that are born-again when we become new creations in Christ Jesus. In the above quoted passage of scripture the apostle John reveals to us that one who is born of God cannot sin. The part of man that John is referring to in this passage is the spirit of man, because it is our spirits that are born of God. And so we see a very important truth revealed to us by John, which is that the spirit of the born-again believer cannot sin. We have also seen in the previous scripture that anything not done from faith is sin. In other words any action taken by the saint while in doubt is sin. Earlier I mentioned the truth that faith resides in the spirit of the believer and doubt is in the mind. This passage of scripture confirms that truth to us because in order for our faith to work we must be fully convinced in our minds regarding the truths in God’s word. The reason for that is because it is only in the mind of the born-again believer that doubt can exist, for as we have established, the part of the born-again believer that cannot doubt is their spirit because their spirit cannot sin.
Michael E.B. Maher
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