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of our thinking to even understand God’s ways.

It eventually did sink in to the disciples, with the help of Paul ex-
plaining the gospel to them — just as he explains it to us today. We

know that John wrote about 90 A.D. — about 25 years after Paul

died. In I John 3:8-9 (KJV) he says something very profound: “For this

purpose was the Son of God manifested: that he might

destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God does not

commit sin; for His seed remains in him; and he CANNOT SIN,

because he has been born of God.”

The very same Apostle, John, is the one that is preached by ALL

law preachers: “If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. They

milk this passage for all they can, trying to get us to constantly repent

of sin and ask God’s forgiveness. This keeps us sin-focused and sin-

conscious everyday of our lives — and thus needing their assistance

and counsel for us to try to be better.

This is the only verse in the New Testament that preachers say

command us to repetitively confess our sin and repent of it. The Jews

of the Old Testament — using the blood of animals — only did so

once a year on the day of atonement. But to them, the blood of Jesus

doesn’t last for a whole year, and usually not a whole day.

This is only preached by preachers

who don’t understand the power of God

that exists in the gospel.

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