There is so much more than meets the eye when it comes to repentance. It is tainted with religion and self righteousness. It tries to acknowledge Jesus, but treats His blood as if common. Incapable of doing that which God set out to do. Granting us forgiveness, taking our sins away and justifying us before God. Jesus being able as our High Priest to save us completely. All of this is tossed aside for a concept of repentance that deals with sin confession as if it maintains salvation. That is where people should truly repent. Change your mind about sin confession for forgiveness because it misses the mark that is Christ Jesus on that cross paying for your sins. You are forgiven, it is not something you seek. It is found in Christ.
Being honest about the two positions on the work of the cross.
1. The cross is everything. For some sin has been forgiven for the whole world irrespective of faith.
For others it is just for the believer, but in both cases future sin is forgiven even though not yet done.
2. Traditional view. The cross is the ultimate eternal sacrifice, once for all sin, if claimed by faith.
For the believer sin past and present is forgiven, and the Holy Spirit is deposited to teach the
believer how to walk in righteousness. Sin is not an issue because the walk is righteous.
If sin is an issue, repentance, confession and accepting forgiveness resolves it.
In the first view, the believer still sins, but they are forgiven beforehand. The problem with this model
is there is not relationship precedence or meaningful conclusion. It appears to be a quick patch for the
problem of failure to walk in righteousness ie with no victory over sin. Many of the proponents are
failed believers in the 2nd faith position. There expectation is you are a hypocrite being here and
the only place is where they are. This predicates you accepting sin is no longer an issue, though
everything in the world and life and scripture tells you otherwise.
So my dear friends, I am not going to suddenly see the light and come over to your side, because
there is no side to come over to. By declaring failure to be free from being a slave to sin, you by
description deny you know Christ.
The fruit follows the faith, and if the fruit is bad so is the teacher.