You have it backwards. But he who confesses to have achieved righteousness by his own acts--this is antichrist.
True, but since you persist in needing to lie about what others teach, so as to portray it as something entirely different and outrageous, proves you cannot be honest in your own teaching.
Faith with works is justification by Christ, not faith alone before and apart from works, nor works alone before and apart from faith.
One does not walk in the Light of Christ in the way that you seem to understand it--but walks in the Light of Christ, by being "in Christ", which fulfills 1 John 1. But he who has Christ, knows rather that having no sin is not of himself, but of Christ.
Just as you twist the teaching of others into a false light, so you twist your own teaching to appear as true Light.
You and others like you claim a doctrinal righteousness in Christ and being in the Spirit and having no sin
doctrinally, while you also walk in the darkness of sinful works of the flesh.
You have gone beyond being counted as righteous by faith alone, to actually being counted as walking in the Light by faith alone, without actually doing it.
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
The simple proof of this is that none of you will ever say, that you are not also still walking in darkness and doing the works of the flesh.
Now that I have learned this deeply mystical ability of yours, to claim not only to be something you are not doing, but also to claim being counted as doing it, without doing it, then it is now easy to gut your
doctrinal righteousness and walk for the deeply spiritual delusion that it is:
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Of course, all you have to say is that you are not walking in unrighteousness deeds of the flesh, while being coutned as walking in the Light, so that your fellowship with Jesus is in deed and in truth. Simple.
For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial?
But, you will not. I predict you will say you are doing so with
a doctrinal answer, and not by a yes or no answer.
But, sincerely, I would love you to prove me wrong for the first time in this matter. Just say your doctrinal walk in the Light with Jesus, does not include doing works of the flesh.
Therefore, the one who says he has no sin and also says he has Christ, is a "liar", for he makes himself out to be righteous rather than Christ. But the one who says he has sin and Christ--he has confessed his sin and thereby has received Christ.
True. Those still sinning and walking in darkness, are lying when they say they have Jesus and no sin as He:
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.
But the one who says he has sin and Christ--he has confessed his sin and thereby has received Christ.
And so we see more mystery of doctrinal justification without doing works of righteousness: no man has sin
and Christ, in whom is no sin.
And no man can say he has Christ, before ever receiving Christ.
The one who confesses His sin and knows his righteousness is of Christ, is he "that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh" (because Christ has come into that person's own flesh).
When we confess our sins, He is faithful to forgive us all past sins, so that we can confess Jesus Christ is come in our spirit and flesh with power to do His righteousness, that He did in the days of His flesh.
Just to claiming doctrinal righteousness, while doing unrighteousness, is not sane doctrine:
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
