“Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” I John 3:7-9 (NKJV)
Sin will not have dominion over you: Romans 6:12-14(NKJV)
May be in your minds sinful thoughts come in and try to corrupt you but your born again spirit will reject those thoughts and have war against them to overcome. Sin will not take dominion of you. This is your real status and you stay that way. But if you continue to enjoy sinful thoughts and continue to sin thinking God’s Grace will cover you, then you are of the devil for he only has sinned from the beginning. Let no one deceive you with wrong doctrines.
“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 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 pure.” I John 3:1-3 (NKJV)
Purify yourself as Jesus is pure: 1 Peter 1:13-25(NKJV)
Because now we are made children of God, we believe we will be like God’s Son Jesus when we see Jesus in eternity. So in this hope we should be purifying ourselves as much as possible just as Jesus is pure. With the help of Holy Spirit working in us we can attain, if we do not give up, but continue to cooperate and strive. This should be our desire and this should be our goal, in spiritual life, which is to attain purity.
“He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.” “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:11-14 (NKJV)