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1John 3:10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.

Who is righteous? Well, do you believe God's word the bible? It says, none, not one is righteous among mankind, no not one! But let us not stop here, if we do not do righteousness, we don't love our brother, what a mouthful – hum? Isn't that really compounding the issues of righteousness? Well, not loving our brother puts us in with the Devil and Cain according to the inspired apostle John!

Romans 3:10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

1 John 3:12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

So lets get the context of the entire letter of first John, not a verse, not a book, but the letter of first John. How does one do righteousness, when we have no righteousness this is important question because its is the fundamental truth of God's word? We don't have righteousness, and we can't get it by our works. Moreover, if we teach contrary to that truth we don't love God or our brother.

1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

One is righteous, no other man was found among the son's of mankind to redeem us from unrighteousness. Now we are on track, sin, all sin is unrighteous, so all sinners are unrighteous. Moreover, if we teach we are righteous by applying the bible in our life, we are a liar, and we don't love our brother. Furthermore, the truth is not in us. Wow! But that is the whole context of John's letter, is it not?

1 John 3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

1 John 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

We cannot do righteousness without having Christ life given us, by the gift of undeserved kindness, Nor can we have it because we belong to a religion, now can we? No! If we love our brother that is the truth we share, teaching and abiding in, why? Its very simple, Christ is the truth, he is our righteousness, so then and only then can we love the brothers as Christ loves us! That is the truth that kills self-righteousness found in our flesh, that is the power of God's kingdom that makes us pleasing to God, do we add, do we teach more then the Christ as righteousness? Then we are not doing righteous as he is righteous, that is a fact, it is the opposites of the truth, which is found in God's anointed, the truth in them is the Christ, Christ is the truth, the way and life. Any that do not do righteousness, not the righteousness of trying to keep perfectly the commandments, while living a lie, a pseudo righteousness in making a pleasing appearance in our flesh, but true righteousness, the Christ, those not indwelt with Christ are no our brothers or do they love the brotherhood of Christ body members.

1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.

Philippians 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

Our sins are taken away by one that is righteous, all stem from one, one seed. One righteousness.

Ephesians 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

Galatians 3:20 Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.

1 Corinthians 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

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