Confession
We must confess sins!
We must ask for forgiveness of our sins.
If we don't, we will weaken, we will fail.
We should confess sins to one another.
Our prayers will go unanswered if we don't ask for forgiveness and confess our sins; it is written in the Word.
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Dictionary - Confession
an act of confessing;
especially ; a disclosure of one's sins in the sacrament of
reconciliation.
a session for the confessing of sins.
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James 5;15-16
15 and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will
raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.
16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
Peter 3;12
“For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
and His ears attend to their prayer,
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Proverbs 28;13
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But he who confesses and forsakes
them will find
compassion.
Matthew 10;32
“Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in
heaven.
Luke 12;8
"And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will
confess him also before the angels
of God."
James 5;16
16 Therefore, confess your sins
to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The
effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
Leviticus 5;5
So it shall be when he becomes guilty in one of
these, that he shall confess that in
which he has sinned.
Numbers 5;7
then he shall confess his sins which he has committed, and he
shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it one-fifth of it, and
give it to him whom he has
wronged.
1 Kings 8;35
“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain,
because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and
confess Your name and turn from their
sin when You afflict them.
Ezra 10;11
Now therefore, make confession to the Lord God of your fathers and do
His will; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the
foreign wives.”
Nehemiah 9;3
The descendants of Israel separated themselves from
all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Nehemiah 9;3
While they stood in their place, they read from the
book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day; and for
another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their
God.
Psalm 32;5
I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did
not hide; I said, “I will confess my
transgressions to the Lord”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. .
Psalm 38;18
For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.
Proverbs 28;13
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But he who confesses and forsakes
them will find
compassion.
Isaiah 26;13
O Lord our God, other masters besides You have ruled
us; But through You alone we
confess Your name.
Isaiah 59;9
O Lord our God, other masters besides You have ruled
us; But through You alone we
confess Your name.
Daniel 9;4
I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the great and
awesome God, who keeps His covenant and loving kindness for those who love Him
and keep His commandments.
Daniel 9;20
[ Gabriel Brings an
Answer ] Now while I was speaking and praying, and
confessing my sin and the sin of my
people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God in behalf
of the holy mountain of my God.
Matthew 10;32
“Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in
heaven.
Mark 8;27
[ Peter’s Confession of Christ ]
Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi;
and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say
that I am?”
Luke 12;8
And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will
confess him also before the angels
of God.
John 1;9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 4;15
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in
God.
timothy skon, Chaplain
serving others, guided by Jesus
9/8/16
timothy skon, Chaplain
serving others, guided by Jesus
9/8/16