Is this teaching biblical?
Todd White's claim that he is 'not a sinner' and has no 'sin nature' but rather a 'God nature' directly contradicts the apostle John's inspired teaching. John wrote that anyone who claims to have no sin deceives themselves and makes God a liar. White confuses our positional righteousness in Christ (justification) with our actual condition (ongoing sanctification). Even the apostle Paul confessed his struggle with sin in Romans 7. The church has always taught we need daily repentance — 'Kyrie Eleison' (Lord, have mercy).
What did Todd White say?
"I am not a sinner. I am a saint. I don't have a sin nature. I have a God nature."
Speaker: Todd White
Source: Stop Sinner Consciousness sermon, Lifestyle Christianity
What does Scripture actually teach?
1 John 1:8
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."
— NKJV
The apostle John uses 'we' — including himself and all believers. Anyone who claims to have no sin is self-deceived and the truth is not in them. Todd White says 'I am not a sinner' — John says such a person is deceived. This verse alone demolishes White's entire theology.
1 John 1:9-10
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us."
— NKJV
Believers are called to CONFESS sins — which presupposes we have sins to confess. And if we claim we have not sinned, we make GOD a liar. White's teaching that believers have no sin nature makes God Himself a liar according to this verse.
Romans 7:18-19
"For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice."
— NKJV
The apostle Paul — author of most of the New Testament — confessed his ongoing struggle with sin. If Paul had a sin nature that battled against his renewed spirit, who is Todd White to claim he has none? White's teaching is more 'spiritual' than the apostle Paul himself.
Philippians 3:12-14
"Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me... I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead."
— NKJV
Paul explicitly states he has NOT 'already attained' or been 'perfected.' He was still pressing on. Todd White claims a perfection that Paul himself denied having. This is the height of spiritual arrogance.