Will you confess your sins and

ask the Lord to forgive you?

This is an appeal for a believer

who needs to renew fellowship with

the Lord on the basis of

1 John 1:9.

This is not a salvation verse.

It is God's direction for a sinful

believer to be restored to

fellowship with Himself.

The unsaved person is not asked to

confess his sins to get saved

{he couldn't remember all of them anyway}.

Rather he is asked to recognize

his sinful condition and accept

Christ's payment for him.

The unsaved person is forgiven

and cleansed of his guilt because

of his acceptance of Christ's

death for him Roman. 3:24