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Aug 20, 2024 · How can we confess our sins in a way that pleases God? Heed God’s fatherly hand, honestly name your sins, embrace God’s free forgiveness, and walk away glad in him.
Dec 10, 2019 · Confess your sins privately to Jesus. During the time of the Old Testament, offerings to atone for sin were given to a priest to sacrifice on the altar. After Jesus came, that changed. We can approach God directly through Jesus Christ who is our once-for-all sacrifice and our eternal High Priest.
Jan 20, 2021 · Confessing our sins is a necessary and godly practice that helps us to reorient our life to God, and live in fellowship with other believers. In 1 John 1:9, the Apostle John teaches the early church the importance of confession.
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John saw Jesus with his own eyes. He touched Jesus. He listened to Jesus’ teaching, witnessed Jesus’ miracles, crucifixion, and resurrection. He also wrote 1 John to tell us what authentic faith looks like. John writes, John makes a contrast here between two ways of living: The first way is “walking in darkness” which is not real fellowship with Go...
Does this mean you need to confess every single sin you’ve ever committed for God to forgive it? No, it does not. When you came to faith, at the beginning of your Christian life, you were justified. That means all your sins were forgiven—past, present, and future. This is the logic of Romans 8:1, which says, “There is therefore now no condemnation ...
Two questions inevitably come up in talking about confessing our sins to God: 1. How do I know if/when God has forgiven me? Will I feelforgiven? 1. Have I done enough to deserve God’s forgiveness? Am I sorry enough? Just tell me what to do! Let’s go back to 1 John 1:9: We find the answer to both questions, not in us and what we are doing, but in th...
- 1 John 1:9 ESV / 333 helpful votes. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- James 5:16 ESV / 294 helpful votes. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
- Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 169 helpful votes. Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
- Psalm 32:5 ESV / 165 helpful votes. I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Apr 20, 2020 · The Bible teaches that there are traits that God’s people have that show they are in fact God’s people and do truly belong to Christ — truly born again, truly united with Jesus. These traits are how we can know that our sins were fully paid for and that our forgiveness is fully secured by the death of Jesus.
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Jan 20, 2019 · Roman Catholic doctrine teaches the need for confession to a priest for absolution, but the teaching of John is clear: we should confess our sins to God, because only He can forgive us and remove our guilt.
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