“18We 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)
As a follower of God, I should sin no more. I am of God now in my life and have given myself to Him. I should sin no more. Now that is an interesting statement as I am a sinner and will continue to sin as long as I am here in this world.
I have to go back and look at 1 john 3:6 to get a bit more context:
“6No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.”
Here I see more and with the commentary read I understand, as a follower of Christ I should not be consciously sinning any longer. I will do all to glorify God and that includes not deliberately taking actions of sin.
Will I sin, yes, and that is where my repentance and God’s forgiveness come into things. I may not know when I sin or what those sins might be, but I will sin and for those I will need repentance and forgiveness from God. When those are realized, which should be daily and more often, God wraps his arms of protection around me and keeps me from harm. Will adversity still happen to me, yes. Will I still experience heartaches and pains, yes. Will I still die and leave this world, yes. Will I have to take all that on alone, NO.
God is my protector and I owe Him for that. Does He need anything from me, no. He only wants me to give myself to Him fully and glorify Him and as a result, I have the protection of Him in my life as I do His work.
What protections are you able to experience from God? Are you a child of God and still actively sinning? What if you gave yourself full to Him, consciously avoided sin, and allowed him to protect you from the evil in the world?
Trevor's Thoughts 