{"id":37608,"date":"2022-09-13T13:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-it-necessary-to-confess-sins\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:45:41","slug":"is-it-necessary-to-confess-sins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-it-necessary-to-confess-sins\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it necessary to confess sins?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I John 1:9, &quot;If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.&quot; Here we are instructed to tell (confess to) God our sins. We initially need to repent from a sin, then confess it to God and ask for forgiveness through Jesus Christ.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I John 2:1, 2, &quot;&hellip;if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and He is the propitiation for our sins&hellip;&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Some suggest we simply need to ask in a general way for forgiveness. I disagree. The purpose of repentance and confession is to help us recognize where we have erred and then change our ways. If one simply says, &quot;Forgive me for anything I may have done to hurt you,&quot; there is no recognition of how he has specifically sinned. Consequently, he doesn&#039;t know how he must correct his actions, words, or thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, we are not to exact confession from those who sin against us. It is in God&#039;s province to work in another person&#039;s heart. Do not judge your brother, &quot;Who are you to judge the servant of another?&quot; Rom. 14:4. No, the holy scriptures consistently direct us to forgive each other (Matthew 6:12, Mark 11:26) and love each other. I Peter 1:22, &quot;Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I John 1:9, &quot;If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.&quot; Here we are instructed to tell (confess to) God our sins. We initially need to repent from a sin, then confess it to God and ask for forgiveness through Jesus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-it-necessary-to-confess-sins\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is it necessary to confess sins?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}