Section 5
everyone who is born of God, 1 John 5:4 speaks of "whatsoever," or everything that is born of God. If we understand 1 John 5:4 in the light of John 3:6, we shall realize that what is born of God is the human spirit. John 3:6 says, "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit." Hence, 1 John 5:4 refers to our regenerated spirit. It is the reborn spirit that does not sin, and it is the reborn spirit that overcomes the world.
First John 5:18 says, "We know that whoso ever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth him, and the evil one toucheth him not" (lit.). Who is the "he" that is begotten of God, and who is the "him" who is kept? This verse is saying that he who is born of God keeps me. There is something within me born of God that is keeping me. All believers have something within them that has been born of God. In the same principle, all of us have some thing evil within us born of Satan. After Adam fell, he became one with Satan. But praise the Lord that we can now proclaim with confidence that we also have something within us born of God!
PROTECTION FROM THE EVIL ONE
This verse also says, "The evil one toucheth him not." As long as we are kept by that which is