johann

I really appreciate King David's confession in Psalm 51 which I will use to answer... How would you define "confession"? 1 Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. 3 For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me. 4 Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge. Why is confessing our sins so important? 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. What happens to us if we stop confessing our sins? consider the opposite of the following passages: 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice. 9 Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. What are the promises given to us if we do confess our sins? now, consider them again... 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice. 9 Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness. 15 O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise.

The point that i was trying to make was that anyone who ends up in eternity in hell was never sealed in the HOLY SPIRIT.

hi Ron2, i have to disagree with your answer "Eternity in hell" whenever a Christian walks in darkness. by definition, a Christian is one who had been sealed with the HOLY SPIRIT. In this age of grace, God does not lightly give His Spirit and then take Him away whenever we falter in sin... and we will many times! i know i have! and many times that i have, it feels like the Holy Spirit have retreated from me because i have grieved HIM. what i... we lose when we continue in sin is our JOY of SALVATION. but GOD will never take away the seal of our salvation.

greetings from the philippines. i'm johann and i'm 53 years old with a wife [married 23 years] but no children. i appreciate these online bible studies because they are crucial for the ministry that i am very much involve in... the ministry of the WORD.