I'm sorry for interjecting here, Costello, with your conversation with Joe, but I just wanted to add something.<br><br>The confession you speak of in Romans 10:10 is not confessing your sins:<br><br><blockquote>Romans 10:8-10 "But what does it say? 'The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart'--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resluting in salvation."</blockquote><br><br>1 John 1:9 would have been more appropriate for your point, but I know what you meant.<br><br>Now lets look at the passage in Genesis and see how this is not a true confession of sin as is talked about in 1 John.<br><br><blockquote>Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? <br>Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. <br>Gen 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? <br>Gen 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. <br>Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.</blockquote><br><br>True, they are admiting the truth in their actions, the same as a murderer can say, "Why, yes, I did kill that man" (perhaps that's a little extreem but I hope you see my point). So they admit that they did do it, but do not take responsibility for it. Adam places the blame on Eve and ultimately on God for giving the woman to him. And Eve blames the serpant. It is not true confession when it is not mixed with sorrow for that which was commited.<br><br>Take care, brother,<br><br>Chris
