Clearing up misunderstandings concerning, repentance vs. confession of sins, and remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God

Clearing up misunderstandings concerning, repentance vs. confession of sins, and remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God

STATEMENT:

You say, “we do not practice confession of sins because our salvation and fellowship with God are not dependent of OUR performance”, and further in the post you also say, “How many times can we be forgiven of "all unrighteousness?" Only once. In Christ, now and forever, we are forgiven of all sins ----past, present, and future!” 

So, answer me these. 

1- If Paul is the apostle of the Gentiles, why did he write, “…and then to the Gentiles, that they should REPENT and turn to God, and DO WORKS meet for repentance”, Acts 26:20. You should know that repent is also known as ‘confession of sins’. 

2- Future sins? “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins THAT ARE PAST, through the forbearance of God” Rom 3:25

RESPONSE:

Comments and questions concerning confession of sins according to right dividing.

Comments and questions concerning confession of sins according to right dividing.

The following post contains comments made by an individual in response to this post. I separated out the comments (enlarged blue text) and provided my responses accordingly. I believe that there are some valuable things to learn from the conversation, hence publishing it here.

I think this is a dangerously flawed view.

Believe me when I say that I get this warning a lot. I hold a dispensational view of scripture which appears to challenge the views of many people and how they interpret various topics in scripture. I’d have no doctrine left to write about if I submit to the many views where people say I’m wrong or mislead. Dispensationalism has brought me out of a 40-year mould of wrong biblical orientation. In the 10-years I’ve studied scripture rightly divided (2Tim.2:15), it has opened the scripture to me in deeper ways than in all 40-years of kingdom theology, and similar that I have been exposed to.

Why does Paul, writer of two-thirds of the New Testament, not mention confession of sins?

Why does Paul, writer of two-thirds of the New Testament, not mention confession of sins?

According to doctrine

Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles, Paul, never commands that members of the Body of Christ must confess sins. Paul received a deeper truth from the ascended Christ for grace believers, and unlike the Old Covenant and the Kingdom program, this does not contain instructions regarding the confessing of our sins. Paul only mentions the word "confessing" (Gk, homologeo, "acknowledge") in the context of "acknowledging Jesus Christ is Lord", as we see in Romans 10:10.

Since we are not under the law, we do not practice confession of sins because our salvation and fellowship with God are not dependent of OUR performance. We are forgiven, apart from anything we have done. In Colossians 2:13, our Apostle Paul tells us that we are "forgiven of all trespasses [in Christ]". In Ephesians 4:32 it is written, "God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you", and Colossians 3:13, "even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye". We are forgiven (past tense), not because we confess our sins, but because of Christ’s finished cross work on Calvary. In Christ, we have unbroken fellowship with God forever and ever. How many times can we be forgiven of "all unrighteousness?" Only once. In Christ, now and forever, we are forgiven of all sins ----past, present, and future!

What does the account of Cain and Abel teach us about the only acceptable sin offering?

What does the account of Cain and Abel teach us about the only acceptable sin offering?

Gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Shortly after Adam fell into sin, we read the above verse that tells us that the Lord God slew some sort of animal and clothed them with its hide. The covering of Adam and Eve alludes to God covering their sins, and the sacrifice of an animal alludes to the fact that the life (or lifeblood) of another was the price required for that covering.

Adam, no doubt would have passed this knowledge on to his sons. So, when the time came for both Cain and Abel to offer up a sacrifice, it was Abel’s sacrifice that pleased the Lord.

Q-A: Must we confess our sins

Q-A: Does the Bible instruct us to "Confess our sins?"

The Difference Between Sin and Sins

The Difference Between Sin and Sins

It's always good if one learns a new insight or revelation that causes you to see something new in the scriptures; to help you to understand a verse or passage in a deeper or more profound way. One such moment came for me when I learned that there was a marked difference between the word "Sin" and the word "Sins". One might think that it's the same thing except that the plural means more than one sin, right? Well, actually, no, depending on the context of the verse.

Lets look at some verses that illustrate the difference between the two,