Concerning SIN, the confession of sin, and defeating sin.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS MEMBER’S COMMENT:
We will sin until we are in eternity with the Lord, when
sin will no longer exists. It’s important to confess our sins to Him daily,
perhaps begin each day surrendering our will to His. It’s possible to sin less
and less though…
ANSWER:
I agree that we certainly will sin less as our minds and
hearts get renewed by the living Word of God and our thoughts and actions are
brought under the obedience of the Word.
As concerning confession, it is good to sense remorse for
sin and come to God with a contrite heart, but there is no need (or law)
dictating the importance and ‘must’ regarding daily confessing our sins. Please
don’t misunderstand me. I come to God with remorse and sorrow for falling in
moments of weakness, but it will not affect my relationship with God if I do
not confess my sins every day. Why? Because God already sees you as absolutely
righteous because of Christ. His righteousness has already been applied to you.
Your flesh remains corrupt and prone to sin, but your spirit is perfect in His
sight. If one places oneself under a law (or under a rule) to confess sins, as
with any other rule to try to work out your own righteousness, all it will do
is bring condemnation. We must be careful not to have laws dictate our
relationship with God. We should aim to come out from under law as children and
to grow up in the truth of the Word and walk in the liberty of the spirit as
sons of God. To be bound by the dictates of laws which can never be perfectly
followed anyways is not the way God indented for us to walk.
