It's not a question of regularly confessing sin. All true believers will do this. But no one actually confesses all their sins, because they aren't aware of all their sins. For example, suppose I make a flippant remark that hurts one of my children's feelings. Then suppose they cover my sin by simply saying within themselves that they forgive me and do not form any bitterness in their heart towards me. I remain unaware of my offense but indeed I have sinned and not confessed it. What happens as a result of my unconfessed sin?
“But no one actually confesses all their sins, because they aren't aware of all their sins.”
yes brother that’s my entire point
sin is when you knowingly do or realize you have done something sinful ….
for instance brother if you had two identical twin sons five years of age
You give them crayons and place paper on a table . But you don’t tell them “ thou shalt not color on the walls “ if they color on the walls and you didn’t inform them itnis t thier sin against you , it is ignorance on thier part . Not in an insulting way but in the meaning “ they weren’t aware of the rule dont wrote on the wall when they did it so it’s not just to punish them or account a wrong deed to them you never told them
now there’s a crayon drawing on the wall now the same as if they had known the rule but you can’t point to it as thier fault against you either you have the. Crayons and they saw a big white wall
But if you give then crayons and then tell them do not write on my walls take all this paper and draw on the paper . If then they wrote on your wall it is because tbey knew the rule and rebelled against it so now there’s justification in crediting a fault to them
sin is if I know the right thing to do and don’t do it , or if I know the wrong thing to do and do it then it’s sin
That’s my point entirely it’s not sin if we dont know it’s sin. So then refusing to confess the sin becomes something tangible and like your saying anyone really with a decent heart who does wrong to another they are going to find repentance beginning in thier heart
i over complicate things sin but a when you do know , if we aren’t aware it’s not something we can confess or need to confess because it’s not sin sin is when we
violate something we know