Let‘s go to 1John 3:2-11 and get a little more in depth so we can define how this commandment works in our life if it is our number one priority to love as God loves and be walking in obedience to His commands. Again it is as we walk in our righteous new man we became when we had our born again experience that made us by God's grace people with out spot and wrinkle in God's sight and we must truly believe what God says about what He thinks of us. There is only one commandment that a Christian should be focused on and that is "we are to love our neighbor as we love our self" PERIOD.

This being true; a person that does not understand His righteous and pure status in God's sight; will have a very difficult time loving him self and in turn; forgive and love his neighbor. Now let's give some more validity to prove this theory by what John said and I will comment between verses.

"Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is already pure." It is in us having this hope and being constantly encouraged daily by the Holy Ghost of our blameless and purified state in Christ that makes us become surer with in our self of our pure state.

John says; we must know that when Jesus is reveled that; we will be like Him and by truly knowing that; we can walk in our new created spiritual being because; it made us pure in God's sight by us having our born again experience. This was all done by God's power and freely given to us. We need to know the difference between having faults which are weakness in our life that are normal areas where we need to mature in verses what sin represents. Knowing the difference will cause you to understand this next verse we will be talking about.

The majority of the preaching and teaching going on in the Christian community is that; a born again believer can sin against God after having their born again experience and in some circles they go as far as saying; if they continue to live in this condition and die; they will go to hell. This is the most demonic and mind mesmerizing doctrine ever devised by mankind that keeps a person living with a spirit of shame and they go through a process of asking for forgiveness but stay in a carnal thinking mode of reasoning that shows up in their behavior like this endless computer loop that I mentioned earlier. This sick concept is the main ploy of Satan that he uses to keep people living under a condemning spirit that makes a person who is trying to serve the Lord with feelings of low self esteem and seriously inadequate with fits of anger at times over situations where they feel helpless and abandoned by God and man.

Now any body who comes to recognize that this is the condition that they are living in; must make a decision and a dedication of all their faculties to come clean with their inadequacies and cast their total personality and all care on Christ by acknowledging their need for Him and totally abandon them self on His power of forgiveness and unearned favor. This is what casts off the fears and burdens that attacks our mind daily and causes us at times to not rest in arms of God's grace.

John goes on to say; "Whoever commits sin transgresses the law for sin is a transgression (MEANING US BREAKING A MORAL CODE) of the law. And you know that Jesus became a man to die for our cursed nature that we were born with TO TAKE AWAY OUR SIN AND IN HIM THERE IS NO SIN. Whoever ABIDES in Him DOES NOT SIN. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him."

I believe from what I have heard from pulpits in most places that; a Christian is judged by God in accordance to him obeying the Ten Commandments. When a person uses that standard as a role model and substitutes it for their righteousness in Christ Jesus; all that does is puff up their carnal nature and the power of God's forgiving grace has no way to have its way in having your steps being ordered by God. When a born again believer get's a continual dose under this type of condemning preaching and told they can still sin after they have come into God's family and depending on how brain washed they are; it could become an almost impossible task to get them delivered. I have known God's kids who have gone on to meet the Lord with this shame based nature that they have lived in all of their life and to me; this is tragic.

Let's go back and revue some scripture before we go on with John's comments and see what Paul had to say in Romans 6:11-18 about sin verses our righteousness in Christ Jesus. I will interject my thoughts as I have been as we go through these scriptures. "Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in our newness of life.

The Greek word for baptism is baptizo: which means; to make whelmed and to be stained with a dye. In some denominations we have people believing that a child when first born is baptized as an out ward sign of them being dedicated to the Lord and coming into God's family. We also have some believing that unless a person has a born again experience and is water baptized and totally submerged under water if they die with out being watered baptized they will go to hell. Again this is man in utter nonsense adding to the word of God.

However; in Matthew 3:11 John said; "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that comes after me is mightier then I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry and he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire." John know that his time of ministering by putting people under water was coming to an end because; Christ Jesus the Son of God showed up to involve Him self into the lives of man kind.

Prior to Jesus coming on the scene; John would water baptize the people because this was at one time the way the people gave testimony of them wanting to repent of their sins in their life. It was a man made religious way of reaching up to God. Those type obligated works ended when Jesus showed up however; there are many that have become enslaved in having Old Testament thinking and still living in a religious self centered life style. I have heard born again people as referring to the Holy Ghost as being an it; rather then a living God who is housed in our being and we must know how to acknowledge His presence and forgiving personality and respond to His coaxing steady influences. If you have ever truly experienced His presence; there are times when you will actually fall down under his anointed power. Experiencing the Holy Ghost's presence shakes loose any faults man made self righteous living concepts that a Christian can get caught up and deceived in. Only His influences and our surrendering to His persuasive ways will cause us to mature in Christ Jesus.

This baptized dye staining that the Greek talks about can only be explained by us having the miracle of our born again birth; we were blood transfused into God the Father's family and became an heir of all God has as His child. We must be having experiences with true liberty and knowledge that; we have the privilege to walk in God our Father's heavenly courts right now with no restriction being put on us by any type of unforgiving and obligated influences from the devil or men who are ignorant of God's holding power of love. Our relationship with God will flourish if; we compare spirit with spirit and not get deceived in leaning towards our own understanding of how to be a God seeker by using our five senses. There is a lot more to say but; let us continue.

For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing that; our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

Scripture tells us that; the day will come when; our body will rise from the grave and we will receive a new glorified body as Jesus got when He rose from the dead and went back to heaven. We are talking about a physical manifestation here that one can see with their natural eye. However; that is not what John was talking about here. Listen closely as this idea of the new creature we became the day we became born again has not been rightly divided and has become a stumbling block in many circles.

Paul defines this new nature we received when we were baptized into Jesus death and rose again by saying this in 11 Cor. 5:15-17. "Jesus died for all, that those who live should no longer live for them selves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on; we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come and the old has gone and the new is here." There are many people that I have talked to over the years that profess to be Christians and even attend church and try to live a good life and that is commendable however; they have the physical knowledge of who Christ is but have not been born again and have the Spirit of Christ through the Holy Ghost alive with in them.

There is no such thing as spiritual newness with out the miracle of having a born again experience. That's because; we have not allowed God to change our old nature that we cursed and born with as a slave to breaking God's commandments because; we did not have God's righteous pure nature with His power and personality governing our life.

This experience is an inner work by the Holy Ghost to our spirit and is kept alive and functions by a very real living experience between God and our self. Our body will eventually take on immortality like our spirit did when we became born again from above and be united with our new inner man. I pray that you are getting a spiritual revelation of what I am saying here as only the Holy Ghost can teach and give you an inner witness of what I am saying.

With out Him at the helm of your life; every thing else is meaningless. You must have a true revelation and be learning how to function in your new man or you will stay as a slave to burdensome weighted down obligated works that can drive a person to despair. If you have a deep awareness of what Paul said then; you will believe his next statement.

For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that; we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, consider yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Ask your self this question; have you truly believed that you have died to considering your self as still being a sinner after having your born again experience? If you are in agreement on what you have been reading; we can then go on and say this about our self.

Therefore; do not let sin be the dominating power in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

Lust is an enticement to sensual pleasure which is nothing more then; relating to the body or the senses as opposed to the mind of Christ that we received the day we became a part of God's family. Scripture is very clear when it tells us "to walk in God's righteous Spirit and then we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh." It will be impossible for a born again child of God to walk naturally with God in the spirit if; they are ignorant of God's way of maturing as His children. This living lusting spirit constantly tries to come against our righteous position in Christ Jesus.

I can't help being repetitious because our cycle of healthy thinking is in us continually hearing in our inner spiritual ear; "thus says the Lord." I said earlier that our newness in life is God's miracle working power that changes our nature that we were born with to God's righteous nature. Only a living God could do this. Have you been born again or not and are you identifying your self with Christ Jesus or are you trying to work at following the Ten Commandments with your own strength and will power.

The way we can define the difference between following laws verses living by God's grace and righteous spirit is found in Gal. 3:21-28 by Paul when he said. "God added and gave the law so mankind could know that; he was breaking one or more of God's moral codes only until; the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. A mediator, however, implies more than one party; however; God is only one. This does not mean that; the law is opposed to the promises of God.

Christ Jesus is the miracle seed that had to be planted in our being so we could be changed and be delivered from a life of endless obligated works of measuring up to be accepted by God and mankind.

For if God had given us a law that would have imparted spiritual and eternal life, then our righteousness standing in God would have certainly come by us obeying laws. But scripture is emphatic and states that; every human being was born locked up and being controlled by sin, so that what was promised that is given to us by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe. Do you truly know that; you have believed?

Before the coming of this faith; we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. So the law was our guardian or school master until Christ Jesus came that we might be set free from having a weak will as we worked at trying to be obedient in vain because; we never had the faith of Christ at work in us. Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian or school master of law practicing. Therefore; for all those who are in Christ Jesus; they are all children of God ONLY through Christ's faith at work in them. For all of you who have been baptized into Christ have Put on Christ Himself." Do you truly believe this and have a deep understanding of how to let go and let God become the Lord over your life?

Let's now continue when John said; "Whoever ABIDES in Him DOES NOT SIN. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him." Let's define what abides means and let me ask the question; is there some work we have to do to abide in Him?

The word for abides in the Greek is meno: which means to; continue, remain and to tarry. A person who is having a tarry relationship with the Lord has an expectation that they look forward to daily morning by morning as they are experiencing new mercies of God. This causes us to be thankful and we welcome our meetings with God that constantly provides relief or prevents something unpleasant from happening to us as we all have to deal with the devil's devices in his attempt to make us not understand God's merciful and complete forgiveness when we in our ignorance; abuse our self in our growing pains as we put judgments on our self and govern our growth on still being a slave to living by laws rather then God's grace and forgiveness as His child.

This very principle that we are talking about is the most misunderstood doctrine that is running ramped with in the born again church. There are very few teaching the mercies of God and most are still preaching the judgments of God. What are you addicted to; God's loving and total kindness or are you under obligated laws of service as a slave in the guise of doing God's bidding?

Now I asked the question; what does a Christian have to do to stay abiding in Christ. Abiding is a word defined in Webster's Dictionary as being permanent or long-lasting and applying this word as to our relationship with God; it is us staying mindful of God's presence and loving holding power.

Let's forever get this one thing settled if it; isn't already settled in your heart and mind already as it should be if; you are maturing in your Christian walk. Once a person has been spiritually miraculously baptized into Christ Jesus death and resurrection through them being born again; you can not no matter what you do be unborn and go back and become unsaved. I know I am getting into some controversial stuff here for many of God's kids that have been brain washed into other convictions.

However; as a born again believer who does not understand what their righteousness represents in God's sight that happened to them the day they were impregnated with the sperm of God when he became their Father; they will stay as slaves in their thinking to their old nature that God sent Jesus to deliver them from.

Therefore; to enjoy our abiding relationship with surety of conviction we must practice what Paul said in Romans 12:1-3. "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God-this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will.

With out have a clear view of the mercies of God in us interacting with it and having a sure conviction and deep understanding as we allow the Holy Ghost to give us at all times; a person will have no power to offer their bodies as a living sacrifice which is true worship to God. People with a true view of God's mercy are constantly experiencing God's compassion which is His deep sympathy for the suffering of others with the greatest power of having a desire to help at all times. Let's remember God is love not a person who works at loving.

The word view represents an opinion or judgment on something or a particular way of interpreting or thinking about something. This being true; our whole foundation of life and our eventual outcome of our maturity in Christ totally dependent on our understanding of God's view towards His children verses us staying ignorant in making as I have said many times; God into our image of understanding. John went on to say; "Whoever sins has either seen Him or known Him."

Since I hope we have come into agreement that a person who has come to abiding in Christ which is a miraculous act that can not be reversed; he can not sin against God. Therefore; from God's view; a born again believer sees God by having an inner witness by their born again experience of His presence with power. Let's logically continue.

Now when a born again believer does not walk in their righteous stature in Christ due to the ignorance with in them of what they are entitled to by being God's child; what they can due is sin against them self. Remember I said earlier there is a difference between a Christian having faults in their maturing process verse still having the sin nature they were born with and sinning against God by still being a slave to keeping laws.

The word for sin from the Greek Concordance is hamartano: It means a born again child of God missing the mark, not share in a prize, erring and not participate in their total allotment given to them by God the day you became his child. When we don't rest in a spirit of forgiving repentance, we live under a spirit that causes us to miss something that God wants to give us described as our total allotment or prize because, we are missing the bench mark of His purposes. This gift of our righteousness in him gave us a halo around our head that inspires feelings of wonder and joy and it gives us a quality of being honorable, worthy, having a high rank and being able to worship. (This is a mouth full. Think on it for a while.)

James tells us how a child of God can sin against them self and when they do this; they commit spiritual suicide by staying out side God's loving influences. James says this in James 5:17 "To him that knows good and does it not it is sin to him." Let's again remind our self that; sin gets its power when a person reasons in right and wrong concepts of breaking laws.

Scripture also tells us that; "as a man thinks in his own heart; that is what he will become." This only confirms again what we have been saying; when a person uses their own value system in comparing their behavior trying to follow laws they sin against them self because; they are living by a man made concept of love verse God's pure holding power of Him judging man with mercy and forgiving grace.

Therefore; a person can be born again and no longer have the sinner nature they were born with and sin against them self even in their endeavor in being a God seeker and still lose out in receiving God's best for them because; they do not have the right understanding of their righteous state in Christ Jesus. They still go to heaven however; they never learn to walk and enjoy their inheritance from God their Father here on the earth and truly rest in his care. What can be more tragic then this? This causes them to have a basement mentality rather then living in the palace with God as his child. Cont. in p. 5