If this confessing of sins "in order" to receive forgiveness is so important to believers...why wouldn't Paul talk about it in any of his epistles?
I believe all Christians should be confessing all things with their Father and Lord. We should be confessing ( which means to say the same thing, to agree with - in Greek ) not only all sins but everything Jesus has provided for us in His finished work.
I agree with you BTW that scriptures do not say for the unbeliever to confess sins. 1 John 1:9 was telling those people that didn't believe in "sin" at all to confess that there is sin and that you need a Savior.
what law are you repenting from, if your saved by grace a gift.
.14 For when Gentiles,
who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.1Romans 2:
acts 15 is already proved ,
Acts 15: The Jerusalem Council
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.(rejected)
5 But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses." (rejected)
.8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,9 and he made no distinction between us and them,
having cleansed their hearts by faith
11 But we believe that we will be saved through
the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will."
what law are you repenting to.
17 For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the
abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.Romans 5
wrong division of scripture is a root cause. to having, been save with a saviour.
as paul puts it.
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.Galatians 5: Christ Has Set Us Free