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Obviously, the confession of sin is to remind us of our dependence on Christ, and of our repeated shameful conduct, but the method in which we conduct our confession can add or detract immeasurably from the spiritual comfort derived from our confession. The confession of sin is not to inform God of
What about brothers or sisters in the church who live in open division with one another, each one refusing to examine how I may have contributed to this shameful rift? Maybe I am to blame, partly to blame. But what I did pales in comparison to what he did to me or what she did. Let them confess
What about the sin in our own heart? There is a way of light. There's a way of light, and it's the way of confession. If we confess, states the text. Now the word confession in the text literally means to say the same thing as. We confess our faith in the Apostles Creed because that's not only a
But, there is a way of light. The way of light is revealed in the text. If we confess, states the Apostle in verse 9, if we confess, The word confession literally means to say the same thing as. We just confessed our faith in the Apostles' Creed. That's because it was not only a restatement of
Confession of Faith
I've heard some of the gossip and slander to come out of her mouth. The way to forgiveness does not know that attitude. That's the way of darkness, beloved. What about the sin in our own heart? There is a way of light and it's the way of confession. If we confess, states the text in verse 9, th
Confession begins as early as that; and those early confessions sometimes cost more of sacrifice and of tears than does the public confession in the church (pg. 19) Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI (1934). God’s Word in many places tells us that one of the fruits of our faith will be tha
Then he questioned the relationship of confession of sin to conversion and also to repentance. Also mentioned was faith working the proper attitude in our heart. Then he got into the idea of how we as sinners can confess our sin and the benefits that God bestows on us as a result of our confession.
Confession of sin is often taken rather lightly by us, and that in more than one way. Certainly confession means not only confession of our actual sins, but also confession of our sinful nature. Both Scripture and our Confessions speak of this. In Lord's Day XXI, e.g., we read: "What believest thou
It proclaims mercy and forgiveness to those who are sorry for their sins, who seek pardon at the foot of the cross, and who no longer embrace those sins. It also warns those who attempt to cover their sins with a so-called confession, but are determined nevertheless to continue living in them. One c