[chette777]

yes I am talking about Fellowship seeing our relationship is in Christ.


To Quote Forrest:
"YES. I believe we should confess, admit, acknowledge, and say “Lord that thought was sinful. Please help me to bring every thought captive to Christ and help me to think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and full of virtue. I praise you Lord Jesus for the cleansing power of thy blood and the forgiveness of my sins.”

There are many things we are admonished in scripture to do. Put off, put on, put away, flee, yield, not yield, mortify the deeds of the flesh, grieve not, quench not, examine, cleanse ourselves, reckon, abstain, sin not, stop lying, stop stealing, be kind, have charity, forgive one another, and resist to name just a few.

All of this Biblical action is repentance, not confession. Of course I confess to God when I sin. I ADMIT IT. But not according to 1 John 1:9. I do it because there is Biblical precedence to do so and because I love my Father and will not abuse His grace. Will grace abound if I do not confess my sin? Will grace abound even if I continue to sin now that I’m saved? ABSOLUTELY. Chastisement, correction, scourging, rebuke, and reproof is a whole other doctrine. Stay usable, be like CHRIST. " end of quote

Forrest, this is what we are truly talking about. but one must admit one sin (which is a confession technically) and turn from it even as a Christian. we use different English words and that may be where some of the confusion. But as I asked in a earlier post how do we ungrieve the Holy Ghost when we sinned.

I see 1 John not as a doctrine as to something that must be held to for all our being is in Christ and our fellowship with God is based on his work alone. but as an application there would be nothing wrong with following that rule in order to Admit ones sinfulness and to repent.