When we confess our sins (1 John 1:9/Acts 2:38) Jesus cleanses us from all unrighteousness and gives us His Holy Spirit. The power of the Spirit prevents us from committing lawlessness again. It seems you believe your denomination, which are beliefs from demons keeping you permissive.
I am honest and believe Jesus.
I see you are studying the Word! Great. But the word Practice is prasso. Commit is poieo. It is commit/poieo that is in the original. We won't commit murder or adultery even once. If you don't practice murder, that means you may once in a while, you're saying that from prison! John is only talking about mortal sins, not sins not unto death in chapter 3.
Yes, before Jesus even with the Law we had no power to not sin.
The Greek way to read 1 John 1:5-10 is in two paragraphs. 1 John 1:7 is the end of one paragraph. and 1 John 1:8 is the beginning of the next. 8 is an unbeliever trying to keep the law with a sin nature. 1 John 1:9 is how to cleanse our sin nature. We should not have to keep confessing sins you have the power not to commit. Just don't commit them. Read 1 John 1 from Good News For Modern Man which creates paragraphs.
"If anyone sins" is comparable to John 3:16, again how to be saved. In His epistle, John is writing to show us we don't have to sin.
Mankind needs Jesus to save them.
But what about believers? I am a believer with the Holy Spirit, aren't you?
Why would you assume that I am part of a denomination? I am not and have never been, since becoming a believer in 1970. Even when I went to traditional churches, they were always non-denominational.
But since 2001, I have been in a home church - again with no denominational loyalty. I think for myself, even in home church. I don't blindly believe everything the pastor says. I agree with most of what he says, however. If I didn't, I would look for another church. I don't know any committed believers who believe everything their pastor teaches.
When you accuse denominations, across the board, of having beliefs from demons, you identify yourself as listening to demons - which apparently accounts for the voices you hear, which you claim is the voice of God, answering your EVERY prayer. Not that all denominations are free of demonic influences - some are and some are not. Some are cults and some are not.
You said, "If you don't practice murder, that means you may once in a while, you're saying that from prison! John is only talking about mortal sins, not sins not unto death in chapter 3."
What an ignorant thing to say. I have never committed murder or adultery. I have, however, in my heart, which Jesus says is still sin. But obviously, physically committing those is far worse than committing those in your heart (which doesn't affect other people). But you exaggerate my belief by saying that I am saying that I might actually commit murder of adultery once in a while.
Now who is listening to denominations? Mortal sins? It sounds like you've been listening to Catholic teaching. John NEVER mentions the term "mortal sins".
Mankind in Solomon's day is the same as today. They were saved by faith then and we are saved by faith now. Whether then or now, once saved, men will still commit sin, not to the degree that they did before they were saved, however.
Two paragraphs in the Greek? No, there were no paragraph separations in the original Greek manuscript. You arbitrarily separate 1 John 1:5-7 and verses 8-10 into two paragraphs, or you blindly accept the Good News for Modern Man paragraph separations- similar to accepting denominations!! That "Bible" sounds like it's a mixture of translating and paraphrasing, not an accurate and dependable source.
Anyway, it's convenient for your confused interpretation of that chapter - saying that the first paragraph is addressed to believers, and the 2nd paragraph is addressed to unbelievers. That is a HUGE ERROR. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 tells us plainly that both the Old Testament and the New Testament were written for "the man of God", not for "the man of the world".
The man of God is to be "equipped for every good work", that is, he is to preach the gospel to bring people to Christ. Sure, some unbelievers will read the Bible and some will even get saved from reading it - that's what happened to me. No, I did not read 1 John 1 of even John 3:16, to learn how to be saved. I read the first 5 chapters of Matthew. When I came to Matthew 5:6, I was born again on the spot. But the Bible is not written to unbelievers. Many have read it and have not been changed in the least.
No part of the Bible is written to unbelievers. It is all addressed to men of faith in the Old Testament and men of faith in the New Testament. No wonder you're believing false doctrine. 1 John 1:8-10 is NOT addressed to unbelievers!
