Psalm 71:3 Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

1 John 1:5-10  English Standard Version

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.  If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

John 13:10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet,

Our feet being washed by Jesus is a sign of future forgiveness of confessed sins.

Do all sins need to be confessed?

I would say no, but only those whom the Holy Spirit has “pricked” our conscience. I am put into remembrance of that term in relationship to the yoked animal being driven by its master. Correction is only required when we stray off the path.

2 Corinthians 5:16-21 English Standard Version

From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.  All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

At what point do we stop regarding Christ according to the flesh?

There is no point in denying it, His Word says we did. This is why that statement is instantly followed up with a reference to being born again, becoming a new creation.

That comment is followed by words that indicate God did it for us because we could not do that for ourselves.

All this has been done to us by God via reconciliation in hope that we “might become the righteousness of God.” Might is no guarantee so there is a measure of flesh that remains insecure because the flesh still opposes the Spirit.

John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Romans 8:4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Galatians 5:17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

In 2 Corinthians 5:20 he says “We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.” This indicates an ongoing process that only began at rebirth and is not yet finished.

God is not finished with us. Walking in the Spirit is a journey taken one step in time..