God is our Father, and we are His children possessing His life and nature.

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三章九节也很奇妙：“凡从神生的，就不犯罪，因为神的种子住在他里面；他也不能犯罪，因为他是从神生的。”在这节里，约翰说到那些“从神生的”。约翰的著作强调神圣的出生，就是我们的重生。人类能从神而生，从神重生，乃是伟大的奇迹。我们这些在基督里的信徒，不仅从我们肉身的父亲而生，也从神而生。凡从人生的，自然就成为人。同样的原则，凡从狗生的，就是狗。这里的要点是说，某一种生命总会生出那一种生命来。按着圣经我们能说，因着我们从神而生，我们就是神的儿女，有神圣的生命和性情。神是我们的父，我们是祂的儿女，有祂的生命和性情。正如我们从我们的父母而生，有人的生命和性情，照样，我们从神而生，也有神圣的生命和性情。

按三章九节，凡从神生的，就不犯罪，因为神的种子住在他里面。犯罪就是习惯的活在罪中。因为我们从神而生，我们就不犯罪。譬如，猫捉老鼠是因为它有这样的生命。然而，狗有不同的生命，所以不捉老鼠。凡犯罪的，就不是神的儿女。神的儿女不习惯活在罪中。

Another marvelous verse is 3:9: "Everyone who has been begotten of God does not practice sin, because His seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God." In this verse, John speaks of those who have been "begotten of God". John's writings emphasize the divine birth, our regeneration. It is a great wonder that human beings can be begotten of God, regenerated of Him. As believers in Christ, we have not only been begotten of our father--we have been begotten of God. Whoever is begotten of a human being automatically becomes a human being. In the same principle, whatever is begotten of a dog is a dog. The point here is that a certain kind of life will always beget that kind of life. According to the Scriptures, we can say that because we have been begotten of God, we are children of God with the divine life and nature. God is our Father, and we are His children possessing His life and nature. Just as we have been begotten of our parents to have the human life and nature, so we have been begotten of God to have the divine life and nature. 

According to 3:9, everyone who has been begotten of God does not practice sin, because His seed abides in him. To practice sin is to live in sin habitually. Because we have been begotten of God, we do not practice sin. For example, a cat practices mouse-catching because it has such a life. However, a dog, having a different kind of life, does not have that practice. Anyone who practices sin is not a child of God. No one who is a child of God habitually lives in sin.