Lee County Florida Sheriff’s Captain untruthful concerning the legality of a motorcycle operated by a Sheriff’s deputy.

Also see: Lee County Florida’s Legal Department does the Right Thing: https://rickeyholtsclaw.com/2022/05/03/lee-county-floridas-legal-department-does-the-right-thing/

As articulated in an earlier post, the motorcycle, auto, truck, NOISE abuse by those illegally modifying their exhaust mechanisms in Florida is OUT OF CONTROL. Recently, I observed a Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy operating an egregiously LOUD police Harley product equipped with illegal COBRA aftermarket exhausts; in response, I wrote the Governor, the Commissioners of Lee County, the Sheriffs Department, I left comments and reviews and only one Commissioner, Kevin Ruane, Lee County, FL – District One, took the initiative to actually question the Sheriffs Office concerning this matter. A Captain Alan Canfield of the Lee County Sheriff’s Department responded with the following,

“Commissioner Ruane,

After speaking with the commander of our Motors Unit, we are in full compliance with the statutes regarding aftermarket exhausts.

I remain available to you,

Alan”

I responded to Commissioner Ruane,

Alan Canfield is either purposefully untruthful or ignorant of Federal and State law. Florida mandates mufflers operated upon the public roadways of that State meet OEM-FEDERAL mandates:

§ 316.293 Motor Vehicle Noise, Florida

(a) No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle or any other noise-abatement device of a motor vehicle operated or to be operated upon the highways of this state in such a manner that the noise emitted by the motor vehicle is above that emitted by the vehicle as originally manufactured.

(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon the highways of the state with an exhaust system or noise-abatement device so modified.

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NO street use motorcycle operated upon the public roadways of the United States according to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) of the US EPA is permitted to alter or replace the US EPA approved, properly labeled, factor-installed sound suppression device i.e. the OEM Muffler. I grow weary of this abuse and obfuscation by those sworn to provide us protection from narcissistic idiots who destroy our environment, abuse our most innocent, with motorcycle and auto and truck noise emissions that are in multiples (logarithmic) of the legal, total, permitted noise emissions of 80dB(A) concerning motorcycle and truck noise mandates; specifically, the SAE J331a full-throttle motorcycle noise drive-by testing procedure.

Law enforcement, nationwide, is complicit in this societal scourge and Captain Canfield should be censured for either his lack of knowledge or his absence of truth in this matter. I am weary of impotence from our law enforcement officials on this subject of societal abuse by narcissistic bullies operating illegally LOUD, illegally modified, illegally equipped motor vehicles on our public roadways.

The Harley FLHT-P in the photo is illegal according to Federal and State Law and the officer and officers operating same are obviously guilty of the same narcissistic, bully, attitude of those who destroy our daily quality of life via the operation of illegally LOUD motor vehicles daily in Florida, in our communities…shame on you! NOTE: concerning the Acoustical Assurance Period (AAP) in the CFR…this is a warranty period from the manufacturer to protect the end purchaser that their muffler will meet and sustain the sound suppression qualities for the time period specified…this does NOT suggest that subsequent to 3730 miles or one-year that the operator is allowed to replace or modify the quiet OEM muffler but the owner is required to maintain the muffler in a condition that maintains the noise suppression qualities of the factory installed muffler for the LIFE of the motorcycle; this, as per the author of the Acoustical Assurance Period (AAP) as per the US EPA.

It is illegal to modify or replace the OEM muffler with an aftermarket exhaust that does NOT comply with the Federal Standards as per the CFR concerning noise emissions and labeling. The COBRA exhaust used by the Sheriff’s Officer is NOT in compliance with the law concerning labeling and noise emissions relevant to Federal and State mandates.

§ 205.152 Noise emission standards.

(a) Noise emission standards.

(1) Street motorcycles of the following and subsequent model years must not produce noise emissions in excess of the levels indicated:

(i) Street motorcycles other than those that meet the definition of § 205.151(a)(2)(ii):

Model year A-weighted noise level (dB)

(A) 1983 83

(B) 1986 80

(ii) Street motorcycles that meet the definition of § 205.151(a)(2)(ii)(moped-type street motorcycles):

Model year A-weighted noise level (dB)

(A) 1983 70

(2) Off-road motorcycles of the following and subsequent model years must not produce noise emissions in excess of the levels indicated:

(i) Off-road motorcycles with engine displacements of 170 cc and lower:

Model year A-weighted noise level (dB)

(A) 1983 83

(B) 1986 80

(ii) Off-road motorcycles with engine displacements greater than 170 cc:

Model year A-weighted noise level (dB)

(A) 1983 86

(B) 1986 82

(3) Street motorcycles must be designed, built and equipped so that, when properly maintained and used, they will not produce noise emissions in excess of the levels specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, for an Acoustical Assurance Period of one year or a distance of 6000 km (3730 mi) after the time of sale to the ultimate purchaser, whichever occurs first.

(4) Off-road motorcycles must be designed, built and equipped so that, when properly maintained and used, they will not produce noise emissions in excess of the levels specified in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, for an Acoustical Assurance Period of one year or a distance of 3000 km (1865 mi) after the time of sale to the ultimate purchaser, whichever occurs first.

(5) At the time of sale to the ultimate purchaser, all products must comply with the standards set forth in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section.

(b) Measurement procedure.

(1) The standards set forth in paragraph (a) of this section refer to noise emissions as measured in accordance with the measurement methodology specified in Appendix I-1 for all motorcycles except those street motorcycles that meet the definition of § 205.151(a)(2)(ii).

(2) The standards set forth in paragraph (a) of this section for street motorcycles that meet the definition of § 205.151(a)(2)(ii) (moped-type street motorcycles) refer to noise emissions measured in accordance with the measurement methodology specified in Appendix I-2.

(c) Low noise emission product standard. For the purpose of Low-Noise-Emission Product certification pursuant to 40 CFR part 203, motorcycles procured by the Federal government after the following dates must not produce noise emissions in excess of the noise levels indicated:

(1) For street motorcycles with engine displacement greater than 170 cc:

Date A-weighted noise level (dB)

(i) January 1, 1982 73

(ii) January 1, 1989 71

(2) For off-road motorcycles with engine displacements greater than 170 cc:

Date A-weighted noise level (dB)

(i) January 1, 1982 75

(3) For off-road motorcycles with engine displacement 170 cc and lower and street motorcycles with engine displacement 170 cc and lower that do not meet the definition of § 205.151(a)(2)(ii):

Date A-weighted noise level (dB)

(i) January 1, 1982 71

(4) For street motorcycles that meet the definition of § 205.151(a)(2)(ii) (moped-type street motorcycles):

Date A-weighted noise level (dB)

(i) January 1, 1982 60

These levels refer to noise emissions as measured in accordance with the measurement methodologies specified in appendix I. LNEP’s must also meet all requirements contained in paragraphs (a)(3), (4), and (5), of this section.

(Secs. 10 and 15 of the Noise Control Act, (42 U.S.C. 4909, 4914))

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40 CFR § 205.169 – Labeling requirements.

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§ 205.169 Labeling requirements.

(a) The manufacturer of any product (including the manufacturer of newly produced motorcycles) subject to this subpart must, at the time of manufacture, affix a permanent, legible label, or mark of the type and in the manner described below, containing the information provided below, to all such exhaust systems or exhaust system components to be distributed in commerce.

(b) The labels or marks shall be affixed in such a manner that they cannot be removed without destroying or defacing them, and must not be applied to any part which is easily detached from such product.

(c) The label or mark shall be in a readily visible position when the exhaust system or exhaust system component is installed on all motorcycles for which it is designed and marketed.

(d) All required language shall be lettered in the English language in block letters and numerals in a color that contrasts with its background.

(e) The label or mark must contain the following information:

(1) For exhaust systems subject to the noise emission standards of § 205.166:

(i) The label heading: Motorcycle Exhaust System Noise Emission Control Information;

(ii)

(A) For original equipment and replacement exhaust system, the following statement:

This (manufacturer’s name) exhaust system (serial number) meets EPA noise emission requirements of (noise emission standard) dBA for the following motorcycles: (list of model specific codes). Installation of this exhaust system on motorcycle models not specified may violate Federal law.

(B) For exhaust system components designed and marketed for motorcycles, and tested in accordance with § 205.168 as a constituent of a complete exhaust system comprising non-original equipment components (other than itself), as provided for in § 205.166(b)(3), the following statement:

This (manufacturer’s name) (type of component) (serial number), when installed with a legal (type of component), meets EPA noise emission requirements of (noise emission standard) dBA for the following motorcycles: (list of model specific codes). Installation of this exhaust system components on motorcycle models not specified may violate Federal law.

(iii) The model specific code must be the same as used by the motorcycle manufacturer and described in § 205.158(a)(6).

(2) For exhaust systems designed solely for use on competition motorcycles (as defined by § 205.151(a)(3) and so designated and labeled by the manufacturer), the statement:

This product is designed for use on closed course competition motorcycles only and does not conform to U.S. EPA noise emission standards. Used on motorcycles subject to EPA noise regulations constitutes tampering and is a violation of Federal law unless it can be shown that such use does not cause the motorcycle to exceed applicable Federal standards.

(3) For exhaust systems designed solely for use on motorcyles manufactured before January 1, 1982, the statement:

This product is designed for use on pre-1982 model year motorcycles only and does not conform to U.S. EPA noise emission standards. Use on motorcycles subject to EPA noise regulations constitutes tampering and is a violation of Federal law unless it can be shown that such use does not cause the motorcycle to exceed applicable Federal standards.

(4) For replacement exhaust systems manufactured in the United States solely for use outside the U.S. and not conforming to the noise emissions standards of this regulation, the statement: “For Export Only.”

[45 FR 86718, Dec. 31, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 57722, Dec. 28, 1982]

The 2021 Florida Statutes

§ 316.293 Motor Vehicle Noise

(a) No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle or any other noise-abatement device of a motor vehicle operated or to be operated upon the highways of this state in such a manner that the noise emitted by the motor vehicle is above that emitted by the vehicle as originally manufactured.

(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon the highways of the state with an exhaust system or noise-abatement device so modified.

316.272 Exhaust systems, prevention of noise.—

(1) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order and in constant operation, including muffler, manifold pipe, and tailpiping to prevent excessive or unusual noise. In no event shall an exhaust system allow noise at a level which exceeds a maximum decibel level to be established by regulation of the Department of Environmental Protection as provided in s. 403.061(11) in cooperation with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. No person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device upon a vehicle on a highway.

(2) The engine and power mechanism of every motor vehicle shall be so equipped and adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive fumes or smoke.

(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 72-39; s. 1, ch. 73-89; s. 27, ch. 79-65; s. 135, ch. 94-356; s. 204, ch. 99-248; s. 30, ch. 2006-1.

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FYI, “excessive noise” is anything louder than what the Federal Code of Regulations via the US EPA has deemed safe for the general public…for motorcycles operated on the public roadways of the United States…that safe level is 80dB(A) as per the US EPA’s SAE J331a full throttle drive-by testing procedure…this is commonsense and it’s a shame that our law enforcement community finds no problem with allowing the abuse of our most innocent by the narcissistic thuggery openly displayed on our public roadways daily by bikers, auto and truck narcissists and to add insult to injury, our own law enforcement community is participating in the abusive conduct. I am insulted by the Captain’s lack of candor.

Rick Holtsclaw

Also see: Lee County Florida’s Legal Department does the Right Thing: https://rickeyholtsclaw.com/2022/05/03/lee-county-floridas-legal-department-does-the-right-thing/

19 April 2022

To Commissioner Ruane and Captain Canfield, Lee County Sheriff’s Department, Florida

I ask you again…are you and your fellow commissioners going to allow Captain Canfield to cover-up the unlawful activity of their motorcycle division and the entire LCSO’s failure to intercede on behalf of the citizenry and allow the vehicular noise thugs to continue destroying our daily quality of life via the operation of illegally LOUD, illegally Equipped motorcycles, auto’s and trucks upon our public roadways?

Lee County goes out of its way to tell me what to do with my property and what I can and can’t do void a “permit” and Lee County goes out of its way to protect turtles, birds, fish, but you CARE NOTHING for our daily quality of life routinely destroyed by LOUD biker thugs, auto’s-truck thugs, operating motor vehicles that do NOT conform to OEM muffler standards as per Florida State Law…and you apparently condone your own Sheriff’s Department’s compromise with vehicular noise thuggery as I showed you a deputy’s motorcycle illegally equipped with COBRA “NOT FOR ROAD USE” “COMPETITION ONLY” aftermarket exhausts and you’ve apparently sided with the dishonesty of the Motorcycle Division’s commander…this is shameful and disgusting.

If I were to take matters into my own hands and STOP the motor vehicle noise abuse of my family and my neighbors, Lee County would be first to prosecute me and send me to prison for life…I am disgusted by Lee County and Charlotte County’s impotency and absence of care and concern. Pine Island is a haven for vehicular noise thugs, your impotence is unforgivable.

Rick Holtsclaw

Also see: Lee County Florida’s Legal Department does the Right Thing: https://rickeyholtsclaw.com/2022/05/03/lee-county-floridas-legal-department-does-the-right-thing/

Has the Father’s wrath in response to Israel’s disobedience, unbelief, barred their entrance into the Kingdom?

The Door to Life, Jesus Christ, remains steadfastly compassionate with open arms to every child of Jacob willing to humble themself and acknowledge their sin and inability to save themself through self-righteousness and with a sincere heart believe and confess Jesus Christ as their Messiah who died for them. Jesus as Messiah believing that He died for YOU is the ONLY Way to the Father and eternal life through the Holy Spirit (John 14:6).

Jesus said,

“9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10

The Holy Spirit speaks of Israel’s children in this way,

“12 Therefore, having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech, 13 and we are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was fading away. 14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. 15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts; 16 but whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3 (NASB)

Biblical Law – Law Covenant v. Moral Law of Conscience – only one is truly relevant for Time and Eternity mandated by its genesis…

The “law” relevant to all Scripture is the moral law of conscience (Romans 2:14-15) upon which the Law Covenant is based excluding ceremonial-civil law relevant ONLY to Jacob’s children and proselytes to Judaism in a special dispensation foreshadowing Messiah’s first-advent concerning Elohim’s eschatological plans through Messiah and the New Covenant (Colossians 2:16).

It is this moral law of conscience that judged Satan and the rebellious angels and it is that same moral law that is infused within all of humanity at conception as mankind is created in the spiritual image of Elohim and provided certain communicable attributes of Elohim for His eschatological purposes in Time and Eternity (Genesis 1:26-28); therefore, it is the moral law of conscience that will judge every faithless, unbelieving, man and woman at the Judgment of the Condemned (Revelation 20:11-15) where they will be adjudicated in accordance with their works done in the body as they rejected God’s grace through faith in Jesus the Son of God for the atonement of their sin; this, as no man will be justified by their works of self-righteousness (John 3; Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 3:20).

The moral law of conscience is given in response to infidelity, to rebellion, in response to man’s sin (1 Timothy 1:9), and anyone who seeks righteousness (a right standing) with Elohim via the facade of law keeping in self-righteousness will die in their sin (John 8:24) and die in Hell in the “second death” as no man will be justified before the Father by law-keeping (Romans 3:20) but only by faith in Jesus as their Lord who kept the law for us and offers us His righteousness in exchange for our sin by faith in Him as our Lord (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Why Jesus and the Holy Spirit are infinitely superior to Moses…

The Holy Spirit’s work in the New Covenant as He indwells the faithful (Ephesians 1:13-14; John 14:16), those possessing a new nature in Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17) and walks them daily in the Father’s will through sanctification via the conscience (Galatians 5:16), the Spirit provides an infinitely superior form of obedience to the Father’s will than letters scratched upon parchment by Moses which are subjective and easily disregarded by the seared conscience of the natural man enslaved to a sin-nature (Romans 8; 1 Corinthians 2:14).

Law is for the lawless (1 Timothy 1:9) that judgment, adjudication, might manifest with due process (Revelation 20:11-15) but the faithful in Jesus don’t dwell on letters in cold, unyielding, stone but the Christian thrives on the Holy Spirit who gives life through His faithfulness to secure and teach and sanctify those who love Jesus and honor the Father by faith in the Son (John 14:16; 1 John 2:27).

The New Covenant is infinitely superior to the Old Covenant of Law as the letters of Moses kills the soul in condemnation void atonement (Romans 3:20) but the Spirit gives life through grace and peace through wisdom and knowledge granted by covenant promise as the Spirit methodically conforms the faithful into the obedient image of Jesus Christ as He prepares the Father’s children for service in the New Jerusalem (Hebrews 8:12; Romans 5:1; Romans 8; 2 Corinthians 3:6).

If one desires true LIFE and PEACE with our Heavenly Father, there is no other Way to achieve that covenant relationship but through Jesus as Lord (John 14:6; Romans 5:1) with the Holy Spirit indwelling you and walking you daily in sanctification with patience and love and mercy (Galatians 5:16). The OLD condemns void atonement (Romans 3:20) but the New gives life through peace with the Father via faith, forgiveness, redemption, in Jesus and the Spirit as our wisdom and truth in sanctification (Romans 5:1).

Homosexuality – Lesbianism – Transsexualism is a perversion of our Creator’s intent as He created them male and female in The Beginning and ordained the Biblical family unit as KEY to the survivability of human kind. It is innate within the conscience of mankind that the penis of a male does not belong in the rectum or mouth of another male nor does the genitalia of two-women bumping and grinding and licking together conform to the intended sexual act between one-man and one-woman for life…this is perversion of the natural order.

Nor does the healthy mind believe that a woman can become a man and vice versa…this is demonic deception that undermines the health, welfare, stability, of any society; therefore, a healthy society naturally concerns itself with its longevity and sustainability; therefore, to tolerate or advocate for sexual perversion and the instruction and support for same in the public square, the public school classroom, through media, is self-destruction, shame, immoral, embarrassing to any people who desire a wholesome life, a strong family unit, a nation under girded by our Creator’s blessing and protection.

Concerning the unending deadly deception/obsession of Torah-Law Worship…

The Holy Spirit is DONE with Torah-Law failure (Hebrews 8:7); hence, the New Covenant arbitrated by the Spirit via the Gospel via the conscience through sanctification; Torah Law is NOTHING but a reiteration, with some specificity for the Hebrew Tribes, of the moral law provided the angels and human kind as an arbiter of free will.

Torah worship is a spiritual illness of futility and self-righteousness and death as the Torah only defined your sin but provided no atonement (Romans 3:20)…the Torah is incomplete (Romans 8+)…it was replaced by grace and faith through the Son, not works of the Law that condemns the soul to Hell through self-righteousness (Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16; Romans 8; Galatians 3:10; Isaiah 64:6).

Law v. Faith – which is eternally relevant, superior and why?

It is not Biblical or relevant to the New Covenant to strive after letters etched in stone or scratched upon parchment when these letters are relevant for the rebellious, the ungodly, the self-righteous (1 Timothy 1:9) because the one who has trusted in Jesus is freed from the “law of sin and death” (Romans 8; Galatians 2:16) as they are endowed by the indwelling Holy Spirit who walks them daily in the process of sanctification where the Spirit teaches them, guides them, tutors them, in the Father’s will and the Spirit’s leadership via the conscience via the new nature (2 Corinthians 5:17) in Christ is FAR SUPERIOR to letters scratched upon parchment, etched in cold stone, because letters are subjective, controversial, easily absorbed-rationalized in a seared conscience and ultimately disregarded, but the Spirit via the new-nature (2 Corinthians 5:17) is undeniable, unrelenting, faithful, ever-present and walks the faithful in Jesus in sanctification and secures them, forever (John 14:16); therefore, I choose to listen to the Spirit and NOT worry about letters that could never provide me life or enduring peace with my Heavenly Father (Romans 5:1; Romans 6:14-18).

Concerning Jesus as our Sabbath’s Rest… (Hebrews 4)

We rest in Jesus from pursuit of self-righteousness through the works of the law that could never save but only condemned through the defining of our culpability before the Father void atonement (Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16); therefore, Jesus offers us a “rest” by faith that the law could never provide (Luke 4:18; Matthew 11:28-20) as the law enslaved and killed by the letter but the Spirit gives life through faith in Jesus as our Lord (2 Corinthians 3:6).

All that the Sabbath edict foreshadowed is fulfilled in Messiah by faith (Colossians 2:16); therefore, we don’t pursue righteousness through days, edicts, dietary restrictions i.e. law-keeping but by faith in Jesus who is the fulfillment of the Law for all who believe and receive the imputation of Jesus’ righteousness by faith (Romans 6:14; Romans 8; Colossians 2:16; Galatians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 5:21).

To the Jew-Israelite who reject Christianity as representative of Yeshua’s teachings…

The Jews, Jacob’s children, were to be proselytized by Messiah as per Genesis 12:3b and anointed by the Holy Spirit (Ezekiel 36:27) to go into all the World as per the Great Commission (a blessing to every family of the Earth) and proclaim the Father’s grace through faith in the Son, Yeshua, concerning imputed righteousness and covenant relationship with the Father, forever; unfortunately, Jacob’s children rejected the New Covenant of Grace and insisted that Law observance was the path to righteousness through self-righteousness; Jacob’s children blasphemed their Messiah and the Holy Spirit; Jacob’s children falsely accused their Messiah of blasphemy as Jesus proclaimed His deity; Jacob’s children conspired with the Roman authorities to unmercifully flog-torture their Messiah and ultimately murdered Him upon a tree via suffocation while demanding that Messiah’s blood be upon them and their children; hence, the Jewish blood curse that is relevant to this very day resulting in a veil of unbelief and a hardened heart that wars against the Gospel of Freedom and Peace in Messiah; therefore, the words of the prophet Hosea have been realized through the transference of the Gospel message from Jacob’s children to the Gentiles in the first-Century via the Great Commission (Matthew 28; Romans 11:25)…

1 John 1:9…The Christian, sin, forgiveness, the conscience…

“9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 (NASB)

For the Christian; that is, those who have entered into covenant relationship with the Father by faith in Jesus as their Lord and have received the indwelling Holy Spirit as their Guarantor of covenant relationship (John 3; Ephesians 1:13-14), this person redeemed, forgiven, reconciled to the Father by faith in the Son has been forgiven of past-present-future sin by covenant promise (Hebrews 8:12); therefore, the Father chooses via His sovereign will to not see our sin but only sees the perfection, the righteousness, of His dear Son in us through faith in Jesus as Lord (2 Corinthians 5:21).

With that said, in John’s first-epistle (1 John 1:9) he is writing to the faithful in Jesus and assuring them that when they fall short of what the Spirit is guiding them to do via the conscience via sanctification, they can find solace and peace and restoration of intimacy with the Father by acknowledging their failure, their sin; in essence, they apologize to the Father for their failure and they do this NOT to reaffirm their salvation or covenant relationship that is secure forever by promise through the Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14; John 10:28-30) but the Christian apologizes to the Father for their OWN conscience’ sake so that intimacy and peace with the Father can flow uninterrupted by a guilty conscience, a beleaguered spirit, absent the joy and peace our Lord desires we have (Romans 5:1).

1 John 1:9, provided by John through the Holy Spirit, is written for the faithful in Jesus as a method to clear our conscience and restore joy and intimacy much like we would our best friend if we offended them in some way; after all, a sincere apology goes a long way to reestablishing intimacy and trust and peace…so it is with our relationship with the Father. If the Father were to respond to us verbally, He would ask, “what sin?”