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   Message 96,870 of 98,335   
   Raskolynikov to All   
   Re: Confession is Good for the Soul   
   01 Apr 22 21:29:36   
   
   From: andronicus451@gmail.com   
      
   Eventually, one can choose between the faith that saves and the dead and empty   
   religion that will eventually give you only child baptism and the last rites.   
      
   But to really give birth to a holy nation in Christ, one needs to unload the   
   burden   
   of sins and crimes at the cross of Calvary (Golgotha).   
      
   Deny Satan and the Beast and accept Lord Jesus as Saviour and Redeemer   
   of your sins. As Jesus is "the author and the finisher of our faith" (Hebrews   
   12:2),   
   it is His responsibility to complete it until the Day as long as we deny Him.   
   For if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for He cannot deny the Faith,   
   Himself   
   (2 Timothy 2:13). We are supposed to implement His commandment and statutes   
   and moral principles in our lives, in order not to remain fruitless and   
   spiritually   
   dead.   
      
   I am confident that the Kingdom of Heaven will not start with a purge,   
   genocide,   
   or witch hunt. It had all been tried and failed miserably.   
      
   I admire the Russian people for Russia is serious. If they lie, they do it   
   convincingly   
   and convinced. If they tell the truth, they die for it in Siberian gulags.   
      
   Errare humanum est. Even in the West, now a cult of inerrancy of commercial   
   leaderships is in power, and a notion that admitting error is somehow a sign of   
   weakness. But considering the enemy's backlash, it takes courage to admit error   
   or confess sin. It is no longer just going to the priest and confessing   
   "Father, forgive   
   me for I have sinned!" For it is not the man (priest) who gives absolution,   
   but the Man   
   who died on the cross for the sin.   
      
   However, God had promised to forgive us sins we confess for He is faithful and   
   just (1 John 1:9). This isn't always going straightforward and without the   
   resistance   
   of the motivated adversary. For we know the intentions of the Enemy of our   
   souls.   
   The sins involving Satan and Satan's possession can also be forgiven by the   
   grace   
   of God and the blood of the Lamb of God who died on the cross.   
      
   The good news is that all is already forgiven. The Lamb of God died for the   
   sins   
   of the world (John 1:29). The quality and intensity of His suffering on the   
   cross was   
   far above what a mortal man can endure or imagine.   
      
   Concealing errors brings bad luck (Proverbs 28:13) and it can make a system   
   paranoid about its errors being discovered, and murderous about those who dare   
   to do it. The solution is simple: confess it, admit it, and you will see that   
   it wasn't   
   that bad. Fear is the enemy.   
      
   As the sins of the "Christian nations" have increased and enlarged, the grace   
   of God   
   had to increase as well to save anyone at all (Romans 5:20), or even the   
   righteous   
   would perish with the wicked. But forgiveness doesn't come easy, it is like   
   for a man   
   who is indebted in debt slavery. If he continues to irresponsibly spend on   
   luxuries   
   and pleasures after his debt is cancelled, he will soon end up in the same or   
   worse   
   circumstances.   
      
   The Law of God allows for the provision to make amends for fathers. This is   
   something   
   that is still preserved in many cultures, and it should not be considered as a   
   burden   
   but an opportunity (Job 20:10).   
      
   Confessing mistakes and errors is not weak, it is wise and prudent, and   
   sometimes   
   an inevitable step and phase in a birth of new future and hope. It's never too   
   late,   
   until man is dead and gone.   
      
   in the Lord   
   Amen   
      
   Proverbs 28:13   
   He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and   
   forsaketh them   
   shall have mercy.   
      
   1 John 1:9   
   If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to   
   cleanse us   
   from all unrighteousness.   
      
   Hebrews 12:2   
   Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that   
   was   
   set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the   
   right hand of the throne of God.   
      
   2 Timothy 2:13   
   If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.   
      
   Romans 5:20   
   Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin   
   abounded,   
   grace did much more abound.   
      
   Job 20:10   
   His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their   
   goods.   
      
   Leviticus 26:43   
   and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my rules   
   and   
   their soul abhorred my statutes.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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