"There are two “guilts.” The “original sin” of Adam’s guilt is canceled out by the cross. The corporate guilt of our sin of unbelief in murdering Christ can be healed by corporate repentance." -Paul E. Penno
“Hazael was sincerely unconscious of what lay buried in his own heart. In the same way, we are sincerely unconscious of our true motivations, apart from the Holy Spirit’s conviction.” (Robert J. Wieland, The Knocking At the Door, p. 30).
The rebuke is directed primarily to its clergy ("the angel of the church of the Laodiceans") who feel proudly "rich and increased with goods, in need of nothing" when in God's sight they are THE one [in history] "wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked" ~Robert J. Wieland
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"Corporate repentance is true “depth repentance”, and is the only true kind that will enable me to “grow up” into Christ. If Christ experienced corporate repentance “in behalf of the human race,” are we so much better than He that we don’t need it?" ~Paul E. Penno
Paul Penno
It is unknown sin in the heart of the Christian that holds the potential for apostasy. “A long preparatory process, unknown to the world, goes on in the heart before the Christian commits open sin.”
Regarding Corporate Repentance: "It is not in any way disrespectful to the human leadership of the church to give attention to what The True Witness says."1