"The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from all sin." (1 John 1:7)
"When you were dead in your sins, and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins. " (Colossians 2:13)
Jason, all means all.
When a person becomes a Christian, his sins are forgiven and paid in full by Christ. There remains no further payment that can be made for them - no further expiation required.
"When you were dead in your sins, and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins. " (Colossians 2:13)
Jason, all means all.
When a person becomes a Christian, his sins are forgiven and paid in full by Christ. There remains no further payment that can be made for them - no further expiation required.
Granted, John tells us to "sin not" as per 1 John 2:1. So confessing sin is only if sin does happen to arise in a believer's life and they need forgiveness. John is not saying we can continue in sin with the thinking we are saved.
Read 1 John 2:4. It says he that says he knows him and keeps not his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him.
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