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If [1 John 1:9] is a call to immediate confession of every sin we are in trouble: 1. We are in a logistical dilemma. We cannot remember every sin. If our forgiveness depends on this, we are in serious trouble. For this reason, most advocates of this theology say that the confession we are to do is to be for every known sin. But that is an accommodation to the text. It does not say that. Actually, no Christian has confessed every known sin either. 2. We are in a theological dilemma. We have a Catholic theology of sorts. That is, if forgiveness is dependent on our ongoing confession, then what if we die with unconfessed sins? Does this view of confession of every sin being essential for forgiveness and total cleansing mean that our sins are not separated from us like the east is from the west? Does it mean we are not forgiven? Does it mean we are not cleansed from all unrighteousness? In other words, does it mean that the work of Christ on our behalf is ineffective when it comes to forgiveness and cleansing? Does it mean that we are not justified until we get to the end of life, and only then if we have confessed everything? 3. We are in an exegetical dilemma. By this I mean that we cannot reconcile the fact that the same text admits to a continual cleansing from all sins on the basis of the blood with no conditions for the believer, while also requiring the condition of detailed confession in a contiguous verse.

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All honey would harm us; all wormwood would undo us – a composition of both is the best way to keep our souls in a healthy constitution. It is best and most for the health of the soul – that the warm south wind of mercy, and the cold north wind of adversity – do both blow upon it. And though every wind which blows, shall blow good to the saints; yet certainly their sins die most, and their graces thrive best, when they are under the frigid, drying, nipping north wind of calamity, as well as under the warm, nourishing south wind of mercy and prosperity.

Thomas Brooks

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Russian Style Barbecued Chicken

January 24, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Russian	Poultry, Main dish	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Fryer
1/2	pk	Onion soup mix
1/2	c	Water
		Salt & pepper to taste
1		Jar apricot preserves (8oz.)
1/2		Bottle Russian dressing

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut fryer into quarters.  Spread in Corning Ware dish. Salt and pepper
to taste.  Sprinkle onion soup mix over chicken. Dab the apricot preserves
over the chicken by Spoonsful. Cover with Russian dressing and pour water
over top.  Cover and bake for 2 hrs. at 300 F. Courtesy Telephone Pioneers
BillSpalding *P CRBR 38 A
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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