1st John 3:4. “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” TRANSGRESSION. There are standards God made that are not going to change. His laws come from His character impervious to sin. Such laws as He has given have always a benefit made – Transgression of those laws is a danger to men.
Sometimes a person may not know really clear, Whether a thing is really right or how seriously wrong – But linked with the written law that all might fear – Is the law in the heart that is there all along.
To transgress means to go beyond what I know is right; Or transgressions may take me to some erroneous path. Transgressions may be sins, instead of songs in the night; Transgressions not forgiven will bring down God’s wrath.
There really is no excuse a person can make, For the law is quite plain as to what God expects. To transgress is a very dangerous road to take – Christ’s blood alone lets God, our transgressions forget.
“How far we have gone, O God, from the demands of Thy righteous laws, but how grateful I am for Him who was “wounded for our transgression.” I give praise and thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”
Family members by virtue of the divine nature that has been imparted to us are consecrated to walking in the light [1Jn.1:7] with our Lord, and are purified to holy living [1Jn.3:3]. As such there will be a devotedness to family interests [1Jn.3:16], love for family members [1Jn.4:11] and separation from the world to the interests of the family of God now, that will be evident for all to see in the day of judgment [4:17].
Even though we are members of God's family, as children we do commit sin. When Christ died for our sins on the cross, He took them away and we are accepted by our holy God because of the righteousness of our substitute. But the root of sin itself still remains as long as we are bound in our present bodies of sin. There is a difference between committing a sin, and practicing sin. Sin and the Christian life are not compatible because sin is lawlessness, not in the sense of breaking the law of Moses, but in contrast to righteousness. The practice of lawlessness in general is evidence there is no divine life in one who continues in it. One who is of the "wicked one" practices lawlessness. They say, "Sin is what you think it is or what you make of it." Many things that were in the recent past lawless, have become law under the pressure of lawless people to change laws that have been in place for thousands of years. Even governments submit to the will of the people and the general idea of lawlessness being determined by that which is expedient. Righteousness is doing that which is the will of God. Those who practice righteousness, even though they fail on occasion, are born of God.