Please explain 1 John 3:9 which reads: "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him; and he can not sin, because he is born of God." M. C. D. He that is truly a child of God seeks only how he may please his Father. The declaration is not to be understood as having no physical power to commit sin, but having no will to commit sin. The man called, to the marriage supper, as recorded in Luke 14, said, "I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come," that is, he had no desire to come. So the man who has given himself and his heart to God, has been begotten of God, has no desire to commit sin. He may fail, he may make mistakes, but it is in his heart to do God's will, and the Lord counts the purpose of heart. That text is also rendered: "He that is begotten of God doth not practise sin." That is not his purpose, that is not his habit. His failures come, not because of purpose, but, like those of the child, from ignorance or inexperience. Yet these God does not count sin. Your question on once in grace always in grace was answered a few weeks ago in an article in the SIGNS, which we can not refer to now as all our back numbers are burned. We will endeavor to give light upon the question in an article in the future, so that you will get it if you are a reader of the SIGNS.