Confess Your Sin Or Confess Your Righteousness
The traditional belief is to confess your sin and ask for forgiveness. The modern belief is to confess your righteousness if you sin.
Which is correct? Both.
Which is wrong? Both.
Anything taken to the extreme without understanding truths & identity will not yield the right result. Right believing leads to right living.
Therefore, as 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 for all men, so 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 for all men. - Rom 5:18
Sin leads to condemnation, while Righteousness leads to justification and life ('zoe' - God-kind of life).
The traditional belief is stuck at sin. There is nothing wrong to confess your sin, as you would in any relationship. However, to camp there and to be introspective will lead to condemnation. The devil does not condemn you. Neither does God. Your own heart will do it (1 John 3:19-21). If there is condemnation in your heart, you won't have confidence towards God. And whatever you pray, it won't be done (Mark 11:24; James 1:6-7).
The modern belief is stuck at righteousness, which is not wrong technically. However, it can produce a mindset that undermines repentance, IF the person eventually ignores sin.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬. God calls a sin a sin. But He also calls you righteous in Christ. So we need to understand the difference between 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
You confess your condition by acknowledging your mistake/sin.
But you confess your position by acknowledging your identity/righteousness in Christ.
You don't ignore the former, but you don't stay there. Because it will lead to condemnation. You move forward to the latter. That is the true you in Christ. Without believing that you are justified, you have no confidence before God, thus you cannot live the 'zoe'-life of Christ.
Your position will eventually triumph your condition, if you believe it.
Should you confess your sin or confess your righteousness? The answer is "Yes".
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