confessionless salvation imo, and best of luck with it; of course i also understand that you do not perceive it that way, quite likely because you are not interested in abusing the concept in that manner, too,
There is a simple method of Confessing TO the Lord.
Believe in your Heart....not talking about the Mind....but rather the thoughts of the Heart.
Confess your Belief, and even thou one IS a SINNER, for (not believing), the Lord will Hear a man and Forgive the man and MAKE, their body, soul & spirit WHOLE.
Crucified body, washed, cleansed, Sanctified.
Soul Saved.
Spirit brought into Everylasting life.
(It's the man who has to "work on his own MIND"....making his MINDS thoughts subject to his Hearts thoughts....that;
FYI is where the Spirit of God IS (ie Christ),
Teaching and feeding the mans new spirit, in his (new circumcised Heart); the Word of God, the Wisdom of God, the Understanding of God of His Written Knowledge. )
It is this method, that a man "OVERCOMES" the world; and that man Forever WITH the Lord. First IN SPIRIT, and Later, visually.
but
i cannot agree with any notions that Christ can be accepted with one's mouth, one time, for all time, and be of any effect,
absent future confession when one then needs to accomplish it, as Scripture dictates, confess your sins one to another; confession leads to salvation, etc.
Look closely...
1) the caveat...."IF"...CONFESS
2) the effect if "IF" is accomplished....
....."Thou Shalt"
3) another caveat....Believe IN THINE HEART
4) the effect if "AND Believe..." is accomplished.....
"Thou Shalt............BE SAVED".
Rom 10:9
That "IF" thou shalt "CONFESS" with thy MOUTH the Lord Jesus, "AND" shalt "BELIEVE IN THINE HEART that God hast raised him from the dead...
Thou SHALT BE SAVED.
WHY?
Rom 10:9
For (ie Because) with the HEART believeth unto RIGHTEOUSNESS.
And (because) with the MOUTH confession is made unto SALVATION.
Imo those who are in Christ no longer sin
The Whole intent IS God converting a man, from BEING SIN, Being Born in SIN, "TO" being FORGIVEN, Converted, Internally Transformed, Externally Justified (cleaned, sanctified, crucified, kept with Christ), freed from EVER sinning AGAIN,
SO THAT;
When Jesus returns....the man IS PREPARED to BE redeemed....His Body Glorified; that the man CAN THEN SEE the LORD.
In the meantime - while the man is STILL physically Alive.....THE MAN CAN SERVE the Lord.....
BY LEARNING "precepts" of the Lord.
The precepts of the LORD, ARE CONTAINED in JEWISH TEACHINGS, IN Scripture.
THe precepts of the LORD, ARE THINGS, which saved and born again men CAN DO, that pleases the LORD...
BECAUSE
It Glorifies His NAME, on Earth before other men.
Man, particularly, Hebrews/Jews have been taught Precepts of the Lord, SINCE the beginning of man.
Hebrews made them "LAWS".
Jews continued with those "LAWS".
For Jews....WHO DO NOT DO the Lords Precepts....IT IS COUNTED UNTO HIM AS A SIN.
You can read this same in the OT, and the NT, as Jews were Learning ABOUT Jesus.
One Jew admonishing another Jew, accusing him of SIN....regarding the Precepts of the Lord.
Christians TODAY, do the SAME THING.
Awe, tsk, tsk.....he did this, he didn't do that, blah, blah....awe...he sinned....he sinned...blah, blah.
Why? Why are Christians ACCUSING men Born of God...OF committing SIN?
Why are Christians "CLAIMING" THEY are born again ....AND STILL COMMITTING SIN?
Why have Born Again Christians'....supposedly reading and studying the Word of God NOT KNOW...
1 ) THEY have BEEN FREED OF SIN.
2) THEY CAN NOT commit SIN ANYMORE.
3 ) THERE IS NO "PENALTY" of SIN accounted to them regarding "Precepts".
If they DO the Lords Precepts....GREAT...they Glorifiy the Lords Name.
And He shall greatly reward them.
If they DO NOT DO the Lords Precepts.....their loss...they shall not be a GREAT servant of the Lord....and shall NOT be Greatly rewarded for uh, no efforts on their part.
THEY DO NOT LOSE SALVATION...THEY SHALL lose out on Rewards.
Why is there NO "SIN" accounted TO THEM?
Because ... SIN IS A "CURSE" of the Law...
And ... BECAUSE
Gal 3:13
Christ HATH REDEEMED US "FROM" the CURSE OF THE LAW,
How?
Gal 3:13
Being made a CURSE "FOR" us.
When a man is saved AND born again...He is REDEEMED from the CURSE of the LAW...
Which is to say...THE CURSE...IS the consequence FOR SIN.
When Moses wrote the Laws...in a Book
Aaron was appointed Priest...for him to write
In a Book...the SINS; ie the CURSES; for disobedience, to Moses written Laws, and the consequences for disobedience.
Jews of Jesus day....were LEARNING this; it was New to them.
Everything about God and Jesus was New to the Gentiles.
Today...Christians will say...I'm not under the Law. Ask them what Law. They don't know...and WHY they continue to Claim;
They are saved, born again, and Still sin.
A man WHO becomes saved and born again...
"IS" Born of God, BY Gods SEED, and WITH the Power of God, (who IS Christ). THEY are forever changed. They SIN NO MORE.
1 John 3: 9
WHOSOEVER.....means WHOSOEVER...
IS born of God, doth NOT COMMIT SIN;
Why?
Because "HIS SEED" (the Lords seed) REMAINS in that man.
Which is to say...the Lords SPIRIT is IN THAT man....the Lords SPIRIT keeps the man FROM SINNING ever again.
Because he (the man) IS BORN OF GOD.
So back to the precepts....are those SINS, accounted to a man born of God? No.
Jesus REDEEMED men from those being A SIN, unto the man Born of God.
So what DID the Lord FORGIVE a man for, when He saved the man?
1) NOT believing in God
2) CORRUPTING his soul, BY the mans disbelief.
So what can a man WHO IS BORN OF GOD...
NEVER AGAIN DO?
1) NOT believe IN GOD.
2) CORRUPT his soul, BECAUSE Never again can that man NOT believe in God.
Why? Because the Power of God dwells within the man, AND KEEPS THE MAN IN FULL FAITHFULLNESS UNTO THE LORD ONLY.
will then also be misinterpreted, changed into 'i am now a perfectionist/perfect" rather than
"i now understand how to practice Grace when i sin."
Men who are converted....
1) their BODY is crucified, washed, CLEANSED, sanctified, justified to be redeemed.
2) their SOUL RESTORED to? Very Good...
As it was when God created all things and called them "VERY GOOD".
3) their natural spirit, becomes BORN AGAIN, via Gods SEED, an everlasting ALIVE spirit.
The man is MADE....converted....and again called "GOOD"....as he was when God created mankind.
A man who is ACCOUNTED, as "PERFECT", is a man WHO....is the FAITHFUL SERVANT....
WHO...DOES DO the Lords Precepts....THAT Accomplishes....Glorifying Gods Name on Earth.
The purpose for glorifying Gods Name ON EARTH....is so that other men may HEAR, and ALSO elect to become Converted.
Every man Who becomes Converted....is one who is HELPING the Lord accomplish OVERCOMING the World with Gods Light, over coming Darkness.
And FYI, every converted man Becomes;
Gods Inheritance.
God Bless,
Taken