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Confession of Sin
Not
for Salvation, but for Fellowship
To Live and Work for the Right Reasons ...
Confess known sin
Especially the sin of
living and working for anything or anyone besides Jesus.
All sin was
1. paid at the Crucifixion
2. forgiven at Salvation
Jesus paid the sin payment for all sin
John 1:29 "...Behold the Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin of the world."
Jesus takes away the sin of each born-again
person
1. having paid for it 2000 years ago
2. having forgiven it as each
is born-again
Jesus paid the sin payment with His blood
Rom 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us."
Rom 5:9 "Much more then, being now justified
by his blood, we shall be
saved from wrath through him."
Jesus died in our place, for our sin
1 Cor 15:3 "Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures"
Jesus was able to pay for sin, because He was
without sin
1 John 3:5 "And ye know that he was
manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin."
All sin is forgiven at salvation
* every sin in the past
* every sin in the future
Yet! We continue to do sinful things.
Sin is paid and forgiven, but it cuts fellowship with the Lord.
Until we confess and repent of
sin after salvation, our communion with God is cut off. A
saved person is still saved, even after sin, but must confess and repent as sin crops up to continue in fellowship
with God.
Psa 66:18 "If I regard iniquity (sin) in my
heart, the Lord will not hear me:"
Unconfessed sin closes
God's ear to our prayer .
Sin does not make us unsaved, but drives a
wedge in our fellowship. Confession
(acknowledgement) and Repentance (sorrow for sin’s
consequences and the turning from it) opens God’s ear to our prayer and fellowship.
He loves us
But, will not communicate with us until we
"come clean" about our failures.
1 John 1:9 "If we confess our
sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
We do not confess our sins to be
saved
We
confess sins to be forgiven for acting
sinfully (acting like the lost) after we have been
saved.
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How can you and I make sure we live and
work for the right reasons?
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