Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

 (iii) He tells us why sin is. It comes from the failure to abide in Christ. We need not think that this is a truth only for advanced mystics. It simply means this--so long as we remember the continual presence of Jesus, we will not sin; it is when we forget that presence that we sin. 