Richard you gave a good answer.
Thanks to everyone I think it shows we have been taught that after salvation one still needs to maintain a right relationship so after one sins (even though all are forgiven) we should examine our selves if we need acknowledge to God we are weak sinner continually in need of his grace. being sorry and repenting is a way of maintaining our relationship with God and our Lord.
Eph 4 tells about grieving the Holy Ghost in the context it is about sinfulness still coming from our lives, mouths and hearts, and too forgive one another so there is sin going on between body members. so If we grieve how do we ungrieve?
1 Thess 5 tells us, Quench not the Holy Ghost, the context also we see a gift being mentioned so this would be among body members.
so connect that to 1Cor 11 :28-31 and the context from 17 on and we can see that searching and confessing to God and to others if necessary is an approved way of keeping right with God and our Body of Christ Members.
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