I see what you are saying...But remember Saints are not sinners...Yes, we sin sometimes, and yes we will feel regret for this but it is not by the Holy Spirit telling us about our sins its about Him telling us of our righteousness. Sin is not who we are anymore and sin does not fit in to our new creation. we are not sinners we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, complete, accepted, perfect and holy. When you begin to believe that truth you will walk out that holiness and completeness effortlessly.
Again, Im not trying to push buttons or make people mad, this is not the goal here. To say we must confess every sin is a knock against the finished work of Christ. How powerful is the work of Christ? And why did we as humans put a limit on it? The Bible says we have recieved the abundance of grace. Look, I hate sin as much as you do and Grace does not cause people to sin more, nor does the message tell them to just sin all you want, I despise sin and I believe that sin is taken away and I am no longer dominated by sin.
So we reverted from animal sacrifices covering sin for a year to now we have to make sure every sin is confessed everytime and we better remember by the time we die? This is not good news, this is very bad news for all of us. 1 John 1:9 is speaking to people (unsaved) that were creeping into the church saying they had no sin, which in turn meant that they did not need a saviour. The word 'confess' means to agree with. John is telling these people if you will confess (agree with God that you are a sinner in need of a savior) the He is Just to forgive you and Cleanse you from all unrighteousness. Many people look over the next chapter, 1 John 2:12 John says " I write unto you because your sins are forgiven... So is John trying to confuse the church first writing that they need to still be cleansed of all unrighteousness and confess but then a few sentences later saying O but your sins are forgiven or is it possible he was addressing unsaved people in the first chapter, evangelizing, saying YOU NEED A SAVIOUR and then reminding the Church that their sins are forgiven in Christ.
What is it are we forgiven, not forgiven, forgiven, not forgiven like the game of she loves me she loves me not? I mean the Gospel is waaay better than that. You know, we take one verse and run a whole entire doctrine on it. There is not one verse under the new covenant that says "ask God for forgiveness" its not there! Why? Well, because we don't need to ask, upon believing in Jesus we received that forgiveness. In fact Jesus prayed for our forgiveness, on the cross "Father forgive them for they know not what they do" that was for all of humanity.
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