*[http://www.josephprince.org/daily-grace/grace-inspirations/single/total-and-complete-forgiveness '''Total and Complete Forgiveness''' (josephprince.org)] "But you don't confess your sins to God in order to be forgiven. You already have total and complete forgiveness because of the blood of Jesus." <br>''Pastor Joseph Prince boldly asserts with complete confidence a scripture-based argument that all sins, past, present, and future are already forgiven, and there is no need to confess any sin committed. Salvation in Christ cannot be lost, no matter how heinous and vile the sin might be. All of your sins are already forgiven. God will never condemn you.'' <br>He contradicts the Bible's conditional-forgiveness teaching in [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+1%3A9&version=RSVCE '''1 John 1:9''']: <br>"'''IF''' we confess our sins - [ ''then'' ] he '''will''' forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness". (John does '''not''' say, "''he has already forgiven all of our sins and cleansed us from all unrighteousness''"—and he is not addressing his letter to unbelievers he is seeking to convert, asking them to confess their sins and receive Christ as their Savior once and for all, but to Christians who already believe and have hope in him.) See also [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+5%3A14-16&version=RSVCE James 5:14-16] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+20%3A21-23&version=RSVCE John 20:21-23] | *[http://www.josephprince.org/daily-grace/grace-inspirations/single/total-and-complete-forgiveness '''Total and Complete Forgiveness''' (josephprince.org)] "But you don't confess your sins to God in order to be forgiven. You already have total and complete forgiveness because of the blood of Jesus." <br>''Pastor Joseph Prince boldly asserts with complete confidence a scripture-based argument that all sins, past, present, and future are already forgiven, and there is no need to confess any sin committed. Salvation in Christ cannot be lost, no matter how heinous and vile the sin might be. All of your sins are already forgiven. God will never condemn you.'' <br>He contradicts the Bible's conditional-forgiveness teaching in [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+1%3A9&version=RSVCE '''1 John 1:9''']: <br>"'''IF''' we confess our sins - [ ''then'' ] he '''will''' forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness". (John does '''not''' say, "''he has already forgiven all of our sins and cleansed us from all unrighteousness''"—and he is not addressing his letter to unbelievers he is seeking to convert, asking them to confess their sins and receive Christ as their Savior once and for all, but to Christians who already believe and have hope in him.) See also [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+5%3A14-16&version=RSVCE James 5:14-16] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+20%3A21-23&version=RSVCE John 20:21-23] |