Why God Can't Sin (and how to be like Him) Part 2

No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.  I John 3:9 NASB


If you believe in Jesus, your body no longer has power over you.  Your body has needs and desires, but your spirit is eternal and powerful; your spirit is fulfilled by God's Spirit in it.  This is why John says that those who are born of God don't sin and can't sin.  When you believed in Jesus, your spirit was reborn, and that part of you, which is the true you, does not and cannot sin.


But how do we make this real?


Think about it like this.


What's making you read this blog?  Out of all the things you could be doing or reading, why are you reading my words?  I'm sure no one is making you do it.


Or why do you read the Bible or biblical books, go to meet other Christians, or pray through out the day?


There is a part of you, the true you, that naturally wants to do those things.  That part of you does not sin when you are praying your heart out to God.  That part of you cannot sin when you are connecting to God.  There is no sin in God.  Therefore, when you are connecting to God, there's no sin in you. 


So what do we do?


We define ourselves by our new nature, the part of us that naturally and genuinely wants to pray, read scripture or scriptural writings, be with children of God, and live our lives for God.  When we do that, when temptations come, we will resist because we want to resist.  We won't resist because we're scared of hell, but because hellishness is against who and what we really are:  children of God, born of God's Spirit.


If you agree, please pray with me:


Our Father in heaven, we are Your children through faith in Christ Jesus.  We are born of your Spirit and led by Your Spirit.  This is who we really are.  Help us to always live according to the truth.  In Jesus Name, Amen.