EG believes he really knows himself and how he stands in Christ, so to show through scripture another perspective is obviously deception.
Which it could be if we walk by faith not receiving the promise? .
And unfortunately like many, their defence is to walk righteously as Jesus walked is impossible.
We defend Him who defends us by his finished work of faith as an exclusive labor of His Love. After all it is Christ alone who does work in us to both will and do His good pleasure. .
Yes, only the Son of man walked without stumbling in the least of any commandment. To violate the least is to be found guilty of the whole .That would disqualify him if he did violate the least according to the demonstration of the lamb which was slain prior, the foundation of the world. .
It would seem you insist we must walk by sight requiring a sign in respect to what a person perform as a means of grace.
Putting the cart before the horse is what made the Jews stumble over the cross. (OSAS)
The principle as a law of faith does not change whether some abuse it or not it remains steadfast to the end..
For the Jews
require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1Co 1:22
While the unconverted Jew would say we will show our righteousness by a work we do that others could see (self righteousness) . The gentile held to an intellectual gospel, after the philosophies of men.
Joh 4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs
and wonders, ye will not believe. (no faith)
Signs as that seen the temporal
and false wonders, the faith principle as that not seen.Not just sign which can be used to observe but not seek after.
It’s the subject matter of Hebrews 6. Offering dead works toward God by a work of the flesh and calling it faith as if they had already received the promise . The moment they finish the work they have received the reward of pride. According to that kind of hope it shows they were not walking by faith . For who hopes for what they already have? and if they have received it freely why would they boast as if they had not? Christian are giving a living hope that surpasses human hope.
We are not to offer dead works and a call that faith towards God as a work we have performed . Good works are the norm they do not wash away previous sin..
They are the ones that crucify Christ over and over to public shame as if one demonstration of the lamb of God slain from the very foundation of the world was not enough. Better things accompany salvation called total redemption (OSAS) It why we fear Him with him there is forgiveness without there is no mercy.