Tag: What the Bible says about confessing our sins to one another

Proverbs 28:13 (NKJV) 13 He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

We all sin.

It’s good that we let God teach us and transform us so we sin less and less over time.

But the fact is that we all still do stupid stuff sometimes.

And when we do, what does God tell us to do about it? He tells us to confess it and forsake it.

He wants us to go to Him, confess what we have done and then turn from it (repent), not falling into it over and over again.

And what does He say He will do? He will show us mercy.

You see, if we are truly repentant, we will want to stop doing that thing that keeps us distant from God.

We will want to do the right (righteous) thing, proving our love for God.

The worst thing we can do is to try to cover our sins.

Trying to cover them only makes things worse for us. The weight of those covered sins just keeps growing and growing, getting heavier over time until it can become unbearable.

We can liken it to carrying a backpack on our backs. Each covered (unconfessed) sin is like a rock that gets placed into the backpack. Each time we sin and fail to confess it and repent, another rock gets tossed into the pack.

You can see how, over time, that backpack can get pretty heavy!

It’s time to empty our backpacks. Go to God directly and confess them. And then repent (turn away from them), so we can receive His mercy!

1 John 1:9 (NKJV) 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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