*To wit, that God "was" - past tense
*in Christ, reconciling the world - the world including those who weren't born yet and couldn't believe the gospel - also past tense
*unto himself - God cannot reconcile himself to sin
*not imputing - not charging, not holding, not counting
*their (our) trespasses unto them (us) -
*and hath committed unto us - past tense
*the word of reconciliation
God imputed the world's sins onto his Son on the cross, Christ died and took the world's sins to the tomb and left them there when he resurrected. There are no sins to be confessed or forgiven for or repented of. If there were, then God reconciled himself to sin which he cannot do.
And God isn't storing sins away in a vault somewhere in order to bestow forgiveness unto us for them when we believe the gospel.
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