Theres no contradiction.

Even faith requires an act. But that does not negate God's gift, does it? 

In any case, the point about not requiring to confess our sin because its God's grace (this doctrine called radical grace)anyway is not supported by scriptures.

He knows, I know and I guess anyone who can discerns knows.
All I can say is. This is almost reaching "blespheming the holy spirit" level.

Well, if say God is your father.
Are you saying it's possible that God will abaddon you?

Even your earthly father will not do that.

Do you know why James said that?
That faith without works is dead faith?  Because for the Jewish thinking, faith and works go hand in hand. Faith without works is abit oxymoronic to a Jew.

You did mention before that one does not need to keep on confessing because of God's grace or to that effect.
Strangely that post and my reply to that is gone/deleted.

No...confessing continually does not mean Jesus did not remove our sins completely.
It is in response to a HOLY God and acknowledgement that we are sinful before Him. OTOH it makes us more appreciative of what Jesus has done on the cross
for us. We are indeed still sinful creatures irrespective of what Jesus has done. It does not negate His eternal work.

OTOH not confessing our sins brings dishonor to His work on the cross, thus radical grace.This is consistent with what John wrote

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Unfortunately in my theology,
God is not the father of everyone.

Hello

John's letter was to BELIEVERS

you are reading INTO the passages.

John is writing to believers. He didnt qualify that passage by saying 'before you knew Christ'.

Vs 8 to 10 suggests that we still sin and therefore to confess.

1 John 2

2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Does this sound like he is writing to believers?

21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Does this sound like he is writing to believers?

21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

GOd will NOT see sin?????
"Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love." (Revelation 2:4)
How could Jesus see that they had left their first love if He could only see them as perfect in Christ?
Indeed Christ is atoning sacrifice. This is a positional matter. However, one needs to repent to receive forgiveness and atonement.
As James indicated faith without works is dead.

Exactly! The passage was to believers including

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Unless John qualifies that these verses were to unbelievers, we have to be consistent in the continuity of the passages was to believers who are subject to the 3 verses.

just wanna ask, so do u have a habit of confessing ur sins tat u have committed, lets say in the past 10 days, the nxt time u pray? 

or do u feel thr is no longer a need for cleansing for sins committed after u r saved, frm here on til u meet ur Maker?   

b'cos sometimes, whn i go in prayer, the HS convicts on certain events or deeds, be it little or big.

examples can be:  1) u shouldn't have shouted rudely at ur boss 2 days ago
                           2) showing ur middle finger on the highway out of anger 3 days ago was wrong

yeah those spiritual gift are gone. but then since this topic is denomination dependent and thread is denomination neutral, I guess it is better not to refute too much here. refute face to face better and more effective imo

The indulgence in lust?

Lol .... I mentioned "may" because the incident has happens in the history of Pentecostal. The real experience of tongue speaking do get people into ecstasy.

At least I need to balance it out to say that some have testified that speaking in tongues stirred something within them to seek after Christ. This is a proper result of tongue-speaking.

But those who become addicted to tongue-speaking care only for their ecstasy. They do not care for sobriety. As a result, there are many cases of fornication among them.

There was a big case in the past in China, where a group of people practices this till they declared that they is no longer male or female. They began to dwell together, which eventually, lead to fornication.

Biblically, I think it was Saul.

"He stripped off his garments, and he too prophesied in Samuel’s presence. He lay naked all that day and all that night. This is why people say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

When the Spirit in the Old Testament poured on fallen flesh, there is this kind of experience.

So, those who practice this, need to realize their fallen flesh is still as active as ever.

just to clarify, speak in tongue = speak in different language right? ie I speak Cantonese. but when I pray, I pray in English. so can I say I pray in tongue (different language)?

True. This is why today's tongue speaking is generally not genuine. The real one brings you to be beside yourself (acts 2 - disciples were perceived to be drunk)

It is only perhaps useful for private experience. But, corporately, it is not very profitable. Also, if the goal is not Christ and the church, it is very damaging.

Anyway, that's enough of this from me.

When are you reconciled to God?  When you repent.  Therefore when you have repented, God remembers your sin no more.

Howevre when you said
There is a major difference..how come Jesus saw the sin of the the church of Ephesus?
Since they were saved before and in your thinking that God does NOT see sin of the redeemed. YET Jesus call their SIN.
i rest my case

What make a sinner, a sinner?

SIN