THIS WORLD HAS TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE Prior to repenting we are all children of the devil. Children of the Devil -or not? The apostle John was taught by Jesus. According to the apostle There are only TWO types of people in this world – Children of God and Children of the Devil. The Children of God do *not* commit sin. Whosoever is born of God doth NOT commit sin: 1JO 3:9 The Children of Satan continue to commit sin. He that committeth sin is of the Devil 1JO 3:8 There is no third type - we are either the offspring of God or the brood of Satan. Johns purpose was to provide a fool-proof method of testing by which we can know whose child we are. If we are a child of God we cease to commit sin. If we are a child of Satan we continue to commit sin. If both types commit sin then it would be impossible to distinguish them. If (as some say) the Child of Satan commits sin and the Child of God commits sin occasionally - Johns analysis is absurd. John repeated the contrasting relationship... In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God... 1JO 3:10 The children of God continue to do righteousness and the whelps of Satan continue to doeth not righteousness. Again if the offspring of Satan doeth not righteousness and the children of God also doeth not righteousness - then John is spewing nonsense. Now lets think for a moment, if someone is a child of Satan, who willfully commits sin from time to time but thinks he is a child of God - he is going to say that both the children of God and the children of Satan commit sin. Why do they do it? Because they commit sin occasionally... It is no secret; they freely admit they have not ceased to commit sin. Jesus anticipated that lie... Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. JO 8:34 Many Christians think they are the children of God despite the fact that they continue to commit sin. Paul - like Jesus -renounced that heresy... Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Rom 6:16 Those who commit sin are the servants of sin. Those who do not commit sin are the servants of Jesus. There is no third type of Gods children who commit sin occasionally. Over and over, the teachers sent by God poured this truth into all who were seekers - children of God OR children of Satan. Servants of God or servants of Satan. Two types - period. For when ye were the SERVANTS OF SIN, ye were free from righteousness.... But now being made free from sin, and become SERVANTS TO GOD, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Romans 6:17f Again Paul says TWO -Those who are free from sin and those who are servants of sin - two choices - never a third. And what can we expect from the servants of sin? What else but an unrelenting attempt to convince others that those who continue to commit sin occasionally are not really the children of Satan. The last thing Satan wants is for his child to know that he belongs to the Evil One. But those who have come to know God know that there are only two classifications of people - those who keep Gods commandments and those who break them. The apostle John specifically states that the former know God and the latter are liars - again, TWO types - those who know God and those who do not. And by THIS we know that we have come to know Him, *if we keep His commandments.* The one who says, I have come to know Him, and does NOT keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 1JO2:3-4 To *KNOW *God is to have eternal life... And this is life eternal, that they might KNOW thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. JO 17:3 THOSE WHO ARE KEEPING GODS COMMANDMENTS ARE THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO *KNOW* GOD! Harold Kupp freetruth.info The Seven Deadly Deceptions Of Counterfeit Christianity
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