Hidden In Him
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See, the person who is condemned, who has the sinning issue, .. confesses to try to feel better, and get that "clean feeling" back.
So, that is just a believer's personal religious psyche game you're playing with yourself, if you are doing that, because its based on not understanding anything about "the gift of righteousness" or the Blood Atonement, or being "in Christ".
We really approach it from two entirely different theological backgrounds, Behold. You see being "in Christ" as a mental state, in particular as it relates to your sins. I see it as a practical reality that either is or isn't, depending on one's spiritual state. The one place we likely agree is that a true believer doesn't have that much to worry about where salvation is concerned, but I do not confess sin to try and feel better. I confess sin to acknowledge my guilt for my own sake, primarily. It doesn't effect my salvation, but it is a way of rightfully acknowledging that I have done wrong, as a way of keeping myself on track, and going in the right direction.
I think those from your perspective operate under the assumption that people like me have a relationship with God that is hopelessly in flux rather than stable because we ask for forgiveness of sin whenever we commit it, but that's not the case. I'm not with God one minute and without Him the next, nor is my salvation in question, but I think sin should be addressed in prayer. The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin to keep us growing in the right direction, not once and for all before we get saved, but throughout the course of our entire lives.
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