Making Confession to God
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 John 1:8 If we say that we do not have sin, we are
deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (9) If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us
our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If we are willing to be enlightened by the Lord, He will
show us many unrighteous things. Once we see that we are
wrong, we should not be afraid of confessing our wrong. When
we first become a Christian, it is inevitable that we will
make mistakes. The worst thing is being ignorant of our
mistakes or refusing to admit our mistakes once we know
them. Being ignorant of our mistakes is being in darkness.
Sins can be forgiven, but darkness cannot be forgiven. If we
confess our sins, the Lord will forgive us. But darkness
makes us ignorant of our sins; therefore, we cannot enjoy
forgiveness.
If we confess our sins, He, according to His word and based
on the redemption through the blood of Jesus, forgives us
because He must be faithful in His word and righteous in the
blood of Jesus; otherwise, He would be unfaithful and
unrighteous. Our confession is needed for His forgiveness.
Such forgiveness of God, which is for the restoration of our
fellowship with Him, is conditional; it depends on our
confession. Both God's forgiveness and God's cleansing are
needed for the restoration of our broken fellowship with
God, that we may enjoy Him in uninterrupted fellowship with
a good conscience, a conscience void of offense.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from
Watchman Nee, Central Messages, pp. 216-217, and RcV footnotes
pp. 1179-1180. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry,
Anaheim, CA. (Repeat from 1/28/98)
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