Sinning Saints? | 1 John 5:17-18

Lord's Day: July 12, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Sin  Scripture: 1 John 5:16–19; 1 Timothy 1:12–14; Galatians 1:6–9; 1 John 3:4–10; Psalm 97:10; 1 John 5:1, 11; 3:9; Revelation 3:3; John 17:2; 1 John 1:8–10; 2:1–2; Psalm 130:3; 121:7–8 17All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin not resulting in death. 18We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him. 1 John 5:17–18 (NET) Challenging passage I.  The apostle continues to deal with generalities, categoricals Law or Gospel? Continued emphasis on knowledge and sin II. Making sense of the difficulties Original language, textual variants πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος, “everyone fathered [born] by God” III. Interpretive Challenge: Do saints still sin? Believers sin differently Thesis 1. Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, when He said, Repent [Poenitentiam agite], willed that the whole life of believers should be repentance 1689 Baptist Confession 15.4: "Repentance is to continue through the whole course of our lives because of our 'body of death' and its activities. So it is everyone's duty to repent of particular known sins with particular care." Join us on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana AveEl Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: [email protected] Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com