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ConfessionConfession

The 7 Steps to the Cure of SoulsThe 7 Steps to the Cure of Souls

Confession – The BeginningConfession – The Beginning

• Confession begins with feeling sorry Confession begins with feeling sorry for wrong actions. for wrong actions.

• Can you think of anything you need Can you think of anything you need to be sorry for?to be sorry for?


Confession Is…Confession Is…

• Seeing our sin as God sees it. Seeing our sin as God sees it.

• An open profession of faith.An open profession of faith.

• An acknowledgement of sins An acknowledgement of sins – To God.To God.– To a neighbor we have wronged.To a neighbor we have wronged.


ConfessionConfession

• ““Therefore, confess your sins to one Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.” can accomplish much.”

James 5:16James 5:16


Everyone Sins – Everyone.Everyone Sins – Everyone.

• ““If we say we have no sin, we If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and truth is not in deceive ourselves, and truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” unrighteousness”

I John 1:8, 9 ESVI John 1:8, 9 ESV


EncouragementEncouragement

• What an encouragement to know that if What an encouragement to know that if we are sincerely sorry for something, we are sincerely sorry for something, God God willwill forgive us. He tells us this in 1 forgive us. He tells us this in 1 John 1:9. “He is faithful and just to John 1:9. “He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”from all unrighteousness.”

• Once we feel sorry, we need to repent.Once we feel sorry, we need to repent.


RepentanceRepentance

• Repentance is:Repentance is:– A true sense of one’s own guilt. A true sense of one’s own guilt. – An apprehension of God’s mercy in An apprehension of God’s mercy in

Christ.Christ.– An actual hatred of and turning from sin An actual hatred of and turning from sin

to God.to God.– A persistent endeavor after a holy life and A persistent endeavor after a holy life and

walking with God in the way of His walking with God in the way of His commandments.commandments.


Confess Sin RegularlyConfess Sin Regularly

• If you keep unconfessed sin in your If you keep unconfessed sin in your life, it will cause a guilt that will eat life, it will cause a guilt that will eat away at you like a cancer. It can away at you like a cancer. It can cause anger and bitterness, and can cause anger and bitterness, and can eventually ruin your life if it is not eventually ruin your life if it is not dealt with and confessed. dealt with and confessed.


The Result of ConfessionThe Result of Confession

• The result of confession is freedom The result of confession is freedom through forgiveness.through forgiveness.

• God can forgive ANY sin. God can forgive ANY sin.


God CanGod Can

• You might think you have a sin in your life You might think you have a sin in your life that is too much for God to handle. You that is too much for God to handle. You might think, “Oh! You don’t know what I’ve might think, “Oh! You don’t know what I’ve done. God wouldn’t forgive me for _____” done. God wouldn’t forgive me for _____” (you fill in the blank). (you fill in the blank).

• You are WRONG. You are WRONG.

• God already knows everything you have God already knows everything you have done in your entire life, and He is eager to done in your entire life, and He is eager to forgive you.forgive you.


God KnowsGod Knows

• God sees everything about you and God sees everything about you and knows everything about you.knows everything about you.

• ““And there is no creature hidden from And there is no creature hidden from His sight but all things are open and laid His sight but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him” (Hebrews bare to the eyes of Him” (Hebrews 4:13). 4:13).

• God knows, and God loves you anyway, God knows, and God loves you anyway, and He is eager to forgive you. and He is eager to forgive you.


Unconfessed SinUnconfessed Sin

• It cannot be stressed enough that It cannot be stressed enough that unconfessed sin can cause a plethora of unconfessed sin can cause a plethora of problems, such as depression, anxiety, problems, such as depression, anxiety, anger, guilt, and feelings of anger, guilt, and feelings of hopelessness. hopelessness.

• Many of these problems are commonly Many of these problems are commonly seen in the psychologist’s office where seen in the psychologist’s office where unconfessed sin is diagnosed as an unconfessed sin is diagnosed as an illness.illness.


You Are Responsible You Are Responsible

• You are responsible for your own sin. You are responsible for your own sin.

• Confess it. Confess it.

• Repent of it. Repent of it.

• Tell God you’re sorry.Tell God you’re sorry.

• The way you respond to sin is more The way you respond to sin is more important than the sin itself.important than the sin itself.


Your Response to SinYour Response to Sin

• Unconfessed sin becomes a barrier Unconfessed sin becomes a barrier between us and God. Humbling between us and God. Humbling ourselves before God, confessing the ourselves before God, confessing the sin, and asking for reinstatement sin, and asking for reinstatement back into a place of close communion back into a place of close communion can easily dismantle it. can easily dismantle it.


Examine Your LifeExamine Your Life

• Do you have unconfessed sin in your Do you have unconfessed sin in your life?life?

• Do not let it stand between you and Do not let it stand between you and God; do not let it sicken your soul. God; do not let it sicken your soul.


Complete Step 2Complete Step 2

• Humble yourself before God and Humble yourself before God and confess; tell God you’re sorry.confess; tell God you’re sorry.

• God will forgive you.God will forgive you.

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