Confess your sins to God

In Scripture, the word confession is made up of two Greek words: homo, meaning 'the same', and logeo, meaning 'to speak'. Therefore, confessing our sins to God means saying the same thing about it as he does. It means calling a spade a spade - not a gardening tool! Nowhere does the Bible refer to our sins as mistakes, bad judgements or slips. However, it clearly says God forgives our sin: 'I am the one who erases all your sins, for my sake; I will not remember your sins' (Isaiah 43:25 NCV).

Let's be clear: (1) Confessing isn't about apologising. Saying sorry is appropriate and necessary at times. Confessing is agreeing with God about the nature, extent and offensiveness of our sins; (2) Confessing isn't about feelings. We may plunge into remorse, guilt and sadness over our sins. When these feelings lead to confession, they're useful. But even when we don't feel these emotions, our confession is just as genuine and effective; (3) Confessing isn't complaining. Making a list of our sins and telling God how terrible we are is more like complaining than confessing. Coming clean with God and agreeing with his evaluation of our sins is what he wants us to do. Then, like David, we can say, 'I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt...And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone' (Psalm 32:5 NLT).



So what now? Confess your sins to God - then be confident that you've been forgiven! He longs for you to live forgiven and free.





— SCRIPTURE —

'I confessed all my sins...And you forgave me!' Psalm 32:5 NLT
— SOULFOOD —

Matt 28:16-20, 2 Cor 13:14, John 1:18, John 15:18-26