But when I fail to love my neighbor as I should, I have an advocate, Jesus Christ The Righteous, who is faithful and just to forgives me and clean up my messy soul. I'll give you a for-instance of that which happened just the other day at the nursing home where my cousin is staying now.
During my visits with him, we usually wheel his chair down to a conference room and I play a video on some topic such as consciousness or the Rapture for him to enjoy. [He is a PhD in Biophysics] We close the door but he needs the sound up, so it is audible at his hearing level. As we were watching a video on my Tablet a little knock persisted at the door. It was distracting my cousin's attention and this irritated me so I opened the door to see a sad, frightened little lady in a wheelchair who sheepishly inquired if her brother or husband (she named them) was 'in there'. I responded too quickly and with probably zero compassion on this dear soul suffering dementia. It caused a pricking in my heart as the minutes passed. That night during my prayers, God pointed out my cold shoulder toward one of His own. I am looking forward to seeing that dear soul again tomorrow and taking the opportunity to show her the love God has put within me which I did not allow to the surface immediately when her knocking irritated me. THAT is how He works in us daily, to keep His two great commandments.
Yes, that helps, you have settled on the Southern Baptist Convention. It seems to me, from your own words, that we agree we must keep the Messiah's commandments, and that confession is required when we sin.