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The Believer Confessing His Sins

Notice that the third kind of confession that is spoken of in the New Testament is of the believer confessing his sin when he has broken fellowship.
PSALM 137:1-4
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
We see that Israel had sinned. They were carried away into captivity in Babylon.
(Ps. 137:4). This is a picture of broken fellowship. We as Christians lose our testimony the moment we sin. Sin always puts the light out. Faith has no song when fellowship is broken!
1 JOHN 1:3-10
The word “fellowship” is mentioned four times in these verses.They are not written to sinners. Don’t ever use these verses in praying with a sinner; they don’t belong to him.
God is saying that if I’m out of fellowship and I declare that I am spiritually all right, I’m not telling the truth because I’m not all right with God. If I say I have not committed sin, and yet my fellowship with God is broken, then my faith is feeble. Amen

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The Confession the Sinner Makes

In Romans 10:9, it tells us how to get saved. It says, “. . . if thou shalt CONFESS WITH THY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Notice it says, “That if thou shalt CONFESS . . .” (Rom. 10:9). This is the real confession the sinner makes. He has served Satan. He is guilty of only one sin in the sight of God and that is the sin of rejecting Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Therefore, God demands that the sinner confess the Lordship of Jesus Christ. This is real repentance. This is real faith.
Once a person is born again, God will deal with him about the things he needs to change and will give him the power to change them.
That confession is not only for his own sake, but it is for the sake of those unsaved people in the world around us, and it is for the benefit of Satan, declaring that you are no longer under his dominion (Eph. 1:19-21). Amen

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The Believer’s Confession of His Sins

The third confession in the New Testament is the believer’s confession of his sins when he is out of fellowship with God.
That broken fellowship many times may cause sickness, because in James the Bible said, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, THAT YE MAY BE HEALED . . .”
(James 5:16).
If you are broken in relationship, God has promised to forgive us.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 Amen

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The Confession of the Sinner Under the New Covenant

Second, there is the confession of the sinner under the New Covenant. Jesus made a very important statement in the New Testament in John 16:7-11 concerning the sinner under the New Covenant. JOHN 16:7-11 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, HE WILL REPROVE THE WORLD OF SIN, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Jesus tells us that the sinner will be convicted by the Holy Spirit of but one sin, and that is the sin of rejecting Jesus: “ Actually, the sinner couldn’t confess all the sins he’s ever committed. He couldn’t even think of everything he’s ever done that was wrong. No, the main confession the sinner must make is the Lordship of Jesus. ROMANS 10:9 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Amen

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Four Kinds of Confession

You will find four kinds of confessions spoken of in the New Testament.
The Jews’ Confession of Sin
First, John the Baptist and Jesus’ teaching to the Jews which was the confession of their sins.
MARK 1:4,5 4
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, CONFESSING THEIR SINS.
The Confession of the Sinner
Second, there is the confession of the sinner under the New Covenant.
JOHN 16:7-11 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, HE WILL REPROVE THE WORLD OF SIN, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
This is 2 of 4 I'll bring the last 2 Friday. Amen

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