What do you think of what God says in 1Jn 1:8-10?
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
If we are the confessing-sin ones, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives."
I am in the confessing-sin group.
Where do you fit in here?
when Jesus returns he will take only tens of thousands of saints [most needing resurrection before translation to spirit -'salvation'] -Jude 1:14 - surely it is not news , saints perfected in Love in baptism of fire [trial of Love to the death] ... Jesus can take no sinners whatsoever , why would one not believe him ? :-
Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Luke 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
so if one has the WILL to be one of the FEW [Matt 7:13-14] , not be destroyed and saved after the Millennium , then one MUST stop sinning... but it is GOD WHO DECIDES if one has succeeded, there is no point claiming one is not a sinner because most do not even acknowledge to themselves all their sin... one would simply most likely be lying to oneself to claim one knew ... it is God's call , not ours ...God will judge if our Love was enough after we stopped sinning in water baptism , or NOT ... for most the answer is that they know full well that they haven't stopped sinning, and thus there is a HUGE market for religion of sinners worldwide... plenty of folks , millions even, willing to offer lies about salvation for a living , billions willing to follow sinners because they seem-so-sincere ... but then there is the scripture that reveals the lies , even Jesus' revelation that the world will UNITE in worship of the WRONG GOD , the wrong Christ, the Antichrist ...it will happen -Rev 13:3-4 - united religion sounds great until one realises that Jesus says it MUST be false , run by Satan himself as a man...cast out of heaven and with three and a half years only to convert the whole earth to worship him... almost succeeds, but Jesus comes back early to save the last few saints alive :-
Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elects sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
so much for mass religion of sinners then , led by sinners for money, not to destroy sin, but to keep folks sinning all their lives so that God cannot baptise them to know the Truth [as facing God kills sinners]
hence the stories by sinners of continual fake confessions without giving up sin at all , even deathbed confessions ... but it takes TIME to perfect Love in LIFE , no use saying words, one has to believe in Love, have faith in Love to DO it in face of temptation to sin, to REJECT sin as ABUSE of folks, so STOP sinning ... not just to one's own knowledge, but once one has stopped enough sin then God can help with spirit baptism to show one the rest of one's sin... but again, it is one's own choice whether to Love or sin... Love can only be given freely , one will not Love if one wants to sin because one has believed Satan's lies that sin is great... in fact all sin is misery eventually , but Satan knows how short-sighted is mankind ...
and as Jesus says, once one starts sinning it becomes ever harder to stop ...even after things go wrong because of sin ...
John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin
anyway it is obvious why Jesus struggled so hard to get men spirit baptism, all Truth from God [John 16:13] to be able to defeat all Satan's wiles tempting folks to abuse one another ...it is the proverbial wedge in the door ... God requires only the few to run the kingdom, but once it is up and running , run by prefect Love [no sin tolerated] then it saves billions [Rev 7:9-10] resurrected from hell [Rev 20:13] who were all destroyed in this life for sin [Matt 7:13] , but freed from sin by death [Romans 6:7] , so God is able to baptise all flesh straight away after resurrection of the previously unjust , as long ago promised[Joel 2:28] ... thus God has already won most men from Satan by 'judgement day' ... and the evil-most ones left with Satan are making life a misery for one another instead of being able to find easy prey any more ... God has taken away billions who are more easily persuaded to love by means of the kingdom come of Jesus Christ...
so God's pleasure will all be done, as He states , all the wicked too will turn to Love in the end when sin can no longer be seen to pay in any way for them ... the lies just don't work any more because God has shown Love working...
so it is just a question of time, and of
when one stops believing deluded sinners ...not if ... God will save all men as promised many times in scripture , indeed He must else He could not claim to be god of all men ... God cannot fail because He is God ... and He can only use Love to win, no punishment ... but it is men provide the suffering for other men, the trial of Love in long-suffering of saints, it is our sin that has destroyed the web of life which now will stop feeding us because of our lack of Love... but belief in sin will continue to dominate mankind until the day of the Lord when it all falls apart... and men doubt sin ,but too late to save themselves...
so seriously, God will say who Loves and who is still sinning, not us ...but all unbelievers in this earth will become believers in Love, in God, in teh new earth, God's word they will all accept His counsel of Love later ...
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying,
My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Ezekiel 33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that
the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways
