đź“– Boys (lads), let no one deceive and lead you astray. He who practices righteousness [who is upright, conforming to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action, living a consistently conscientious life] is righteous, even as He is righteous.
[But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].
No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, for God’s nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.
—I John 3: 7-9 AMPC
There is a saying that says, “You can tell a tree by its fruit”. When you are connected with righteousness, it produces righteous living. When you are connected to sin, it produces a life of sin. Jesus came to sever the connection with Satan, the author of sin and death. The whole world is under the power of the evil one (I John 5:19). Jesus came to destroy, loosen, and dissolve the works of the devil. We don’t have to be under the control of the evil one. Jesus has set us free! Sin no longer has dominion over us and we can walk free from a sin consciousness. We are new creatures in Christ. We are one Spirit with the Lord. We can live a righteous life because we are connected to the righteous One. We can live the way He lives because as He is, so are we in this world. (I John 4:17).
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