How is it that
@Ferris Bueller call you out and you have a problem with me confessing my sins?
FerrisBuller believes that Jesus can't keep him saved.
When you dont believe that Jesus , the blood of Jesus, the Cross of Christ is able to keep you saved, then you believe you have more power to lose salvation then God's Son's Sacrifice has power to keep you saved.
The verse says..>"where sin abound's GRACE more abounds"...
Grace is greater then the law, greater than sin. How do you know? Because the blood of Jesus paid for the world's sin, for the last 2000 yrs.
So its SELF RIGHTEOUS PRIDE.... in charge of your mind, that refuses to accept that truth, and Ferris would not BELIEVE it.
Philippians 1:6 says that God starts your Salvation and completes it.
People who dont understand that Cross and why Jesus said..>"It is finished", dont believe that God finishes their Salvation.
FerrisBueller, believes that Salvation is started by Jesus, but finished by his self effort.
Paul teaches that this is to become "fallen from Grace".
JUDE says that FerrisBueller, is committing the "error of Cain"., as do all who are trying to stay saved, and do not Trust Christ to keep them saved.
So, FB has a broken faith issue regarding understanding the Cross, therefore, he has and still does have... an obsession against me teaching the Cross as God's Salvation and not works, and self effort.
I've met hundreds like Ferris, in this world, in life and on forums. = Pastors, commentary writers, people who make "christian videos"... even Hollywood actors..
They are all misled into deception by commentaries or by people who are mislead by commentaries, or by their Cult.
Ferris, like a lot of legalists, only has faith in faith, and not faith in Christ to keep him saved.
See, all deceived believers believe that Salvation can be lost, and to believe that..... means your faith in Christ is broken.
Ferris believes that holding unto faith, is how you make sure you go to heaven.
He will never understand that God holding unto Him, with and through the blood of Jesus and that Cross of Christ is why he can't go to Hell.
I probably spent more time on this forum, trying to help him, then i spent with anyone else.
His entire theology of faith is one verse that he can't understand, that he would post like a robot., over and over.
I could explain it for him, from many angles, using the Cross, Paul, John, Titus, common sense, and he would just repost his one verse.
This was months.... months.
Regarding you Johann..
Confessing sin does one thing for you. It can allow you to feel better.
Its a guilt trip relief... Its a way to perform a psychological ritual on yourself, again and again.... so that you can ease your conscience.
That is all it does...
See, God's Son has already dealt with all your sin.. 2000 years ago = by His "one time eternal sacrifice for sin">.... He does not die again for it, and so, that would be necessary for Him to forgive it again, if confessing sin was necessary.
I have written a lot of Threads related to the "sinning and confessing issue", and the reason a person is doing this is because they do not understand salvation and what Jesus has FINISHED 2000 yrs ago.... and are not in the renewed mind.
Its their mind of the flesh that is active, that is causing the wrong faith issue.
Let me show you.
1.) Christ became your sin
2.) Your adamic nature, (old man) is "crucified with Christ".
3.) Your body is dead because of Sin.
So, what is left? What is LEFT?........ As what is left is the REAL YOU = that God sees.
He does not see the real you as the old man who is crucified with Christ.. And God does not see your body as the real you. as you get a new one of those.. So, all that is left is your MIND, and your Born again Spirit. And your Born again Spirit is "made righteous", "one with God"..
And That is ALL God sees when He looks at you...>He sees the "SON of God"......Who is 'in Christ".
You see, "im sinning", and that is the mind of the flesh.
God does not see that as the real you, and Paul told you to get out of that mind and renew it.
You haven't yet., so you are stuck in .....>"that which i would do i can't and that which i hate, i do".
And once your mind of faith is right, you'll be like Paul who said later......>"Christ always gives me the Victory". over the flesh, the world, and the devil'
So, your issue will fade away once you begin to see yourself ONLY as God sees you., as that is the renewed mind.
You'll lose your sin consciousness......it'll fade, weaken, and become "meh"....nothing.
At some point, read Romans 4:8, that says that God does not charge the born again with sin, and ask yourself...."then why am i confessing it".
A.) You were taught by people like NetChaplin, that you are supposed to do it.
Then read, 2 Corinthians 5:19, that says that Sin is redeemed....... and then ask yourself, .. "why do i think mine isn't"."..
A.) "working out your salvation", is to understand that all that is OVER, because of the Cross of Christ. and you are now the NEW CREATiON and God only sees you as that SON of God. = "made righteous".. having become "the righteousness of God, in Christ".
When you get that RENEWED mind, you will find your deliverance.
Not until.