Is It Finished or Not?

In my Christian lifetime I have been a member of seven different churches. Every one of those churches, and probably your church as well, has some reason why you need to confess your sins according to1 John 1:9 or the "Lord's Prayer." One of the churches taught that confessing your sins was necessary to retain your salvation (Matthew 1:21, 1 Timothy 1:15). A different church taught that you confessed your sins for "practical" righteousness (Romans 3:22, 2 Corinthians 5:21). A third church t...