Does the Bible Say True Christians Never Sin?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 6 October 2015

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Some texts in the Bible, like 1 John 5:18, may seem difficult to understand at first. But with a little digging, nuggets of gold are sure to surface.

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0:00.0	We dip into the Ask Pastor John podcast inbox today.
0:08.4	Pastor John, my name is Jake from Mexico.
0:11.2	What does 1 John 518 mean?
0:14.8	That's the end of the question from Jake,
0:16.4	and I'll go ahead and read the text from the ESV.
0:19.0	It says, we know that everyone who has been born of God
0:22.4	does not keep on sinning,
0:24.3	but he who was born of God protects him,
0:27.1	and the evil one does not touch him.
0:29.6	Pastor John, what does this text, 1 John 518 mean?
0:34.0	I'm not sure what part of this verse Jake is stumbling over.
0:39.8	They're three he can stumble over.
0:42.0	One would be those born of God,
0:44.8	do not keep on sinning.
0:46.9	Another one would be he who is born of God protects them.
0:50.5	What does that mean?
0:51.6	Or a third would be the evil one does not touch him.
0:55.0	Whoa, really?
0:56.4	What does that mean?
0:57.2	I'm not sure which of those three he's stumbling over.
1:01.3	So maybe I better say a word, but it's one.
1:05.6	And what I'm thinking is maybe Jake is reading
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