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The sinner lays a hand on the head of a spotless animal and sin was transferred into the body of the animal, then killed as a sacrifice, bearing sins in its body. The spotless lamb, Jesus, bore our sins in His body making payment for all. God found no pleasure in animal sacrifice and it was always His plan from the beginning to redeem us and He is very pleased with His beloved Son, our Redeemer. God has always been about having a relationship with us, not religion. God is not distant, religion says He is.
Romans 10:9, If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
The confession is to confess Jesus is Lord, this is the good confession. To confess your sins that are already paid for by His blood is a work of the flesh.
The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, the sin of unbelief.
John 16:8, When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:
Believers are not of the world.
John 15:19, If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
The book of 1John was written to Believers.
If you don't object to that conclusion, God says in verse #8. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." applies to Believers. Then we confess (agree with God) our sins.