A follower of Satan
18 Oct '17 11:40Originally posted by @eladarI have the impression John 7 does not say that the person who practices righteousness according to G-d's law is as righteous as G-d. The righteousness of G-d is unconceivable.
1 John
Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.
7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is ...[text shortened]... d does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
John uses a metaphor in order to describe what is the exact nature of righteousness a person has to conduct in order to become a Christian.
It seems to me John 8 does not say "He who sins is of the devil, for the devil was sinned from the beginning" because he believes that Satan is really the Father of man. John knows that the Father of Man is under any circumstances G-d and only G-d.
I believe John uses a metaphor in order to demonstrate that whoever does not practice righteousness is acting like the devil, who sinned in the beginning and for this specific reason fell like lightning from heaven. The sin nature of the man is initiated by the Snake. For this specific purpose the Son of G-d was manifested: that He might destroy the works of the devil.
Methinks John 9 states that whoever lives as demonstrated at John 7, and thus accepts G-d's righteousness through Jesus, is so radically transformed that he is really born again. How a person could ever be born again literally?
John uses a metaphor in order to point out the shifting of one's nature from the sinful state to the state of G-d's righteousness. The born again by G-d person cannot sin when it remains constantly in unison with G-d. Therefore, the person must keep up cultivating continuously by G-d the strength of the bond of this unison.
How one can stay in unison with G-d in this World of Lies, which is ruled by the fell like lightning in the ground devil who provides endless fuel to the sinful nature of the man?
One can stay in unison with G-d by practicing righteousness as shown at John 7. Such a person simply cannot sin, because G-d's righteousness is not lawlessness, and sin takes place strictly in separation to G-d's righteousness; in the realm of G-d's righteousness, sin is non-existent. All in all, a Christian has under any circumstances to conduct G-d's righteousness.
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