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The Morning Minute Pastor Rick Burns
Saturday
March 14th, 2026
“Abiding Versus Sinning”
1 John 3:6 (ESV)
“No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.”
John returns to the idea of abiding—living in close, ongoing relationship with Christ.
His point is not that believers never sin. Scripture makes clear that Christians still struggle and must confess their sins (1 John 1:9). Instead, John is speaking about a settled pattern of life.
Someone who truly abides in Christ cannot live comfortably in ongoing, unrepentant sin. The life of Christ within them creates tension with sin and a desire to turn from it.
On the other hand, a person who continues in sin without conviction reveals something deeper—they have not truly seen or known Christ.
Abiding changes direction.
Knowing Christ reshapes desires.
The closer we walk with Him, the less comfortable sin becomes.
