Abide: Week 31

Sep 12, 2011 by desiringvirtue

This Week’s Verses:

3:9. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.

3:10. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does love his brother.

Thoughts and Musings:

We are blessed indeed by our gracious God! Here we see that he has placed his “seed” within us, his Spirit, his transforming work within our very hearts. This is why those who are born of him must grow in righteousness! They must grow in obedience because they have a seed of righteousness that is daily growing, transforming, and shaping their lives. We do not enter into some kind of deal with God when he saves us. We do not offer our obedience to him if he promises to save us from an eternal hell. No, he causes us to change. He causes us to grow in holiness day after day after day and it is our joy to walk in the freedom obedience offers. He is intimately involved in our spiritual growth and for that I am incredibly thankful!

Related Passages:

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him. (1 John 5:18 ESV)

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. ( John 4:8 ESV)

This post is part of an ongoing series called Abide: Memorizing 1 John. I have been memorizing 1 John for over 6 months now and you can read more entrees from this series by clicking here!

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