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The Positive Side of Confession

Very few Christians have actually realized and recognized the place that confession holds in the scheme of things. And it is to be regretted that whenever we use the word “confession,” folks invariably think of confessing sins, weaknesses, and failures. That is the negative side of confession, but there is a positive side. And the Bible has more to say about the positive side of confession than it does about the negative side. “to confess” means to acknowledge or to own up to or to acknowledge faith in. It also means to make confession of one’s faults. But remember, one definition is to make confession of one’s faith or to acknowledge faith in God’s Word. If we just live on one side of this confession subject—the negative side—and constantly confess our faults and failures, and that’s all we ever confess, then we are going to grow to be lopsided in our Christian life. This will build weakness and sin and failure-consciousness into our spirits. Christianity is called “The Great Confession.” Confessing is actually three things:
1. Confession is stating something we believe.
2. Confession is declaring something we know to be true.
3. Confession is proclaiming a truth we’ve accepted wholeheartedly. Confession is a proclamation of what you know to be true. Your confession states what you believe. Your confession declares something you know. And your confession proclaims a truth you have accepted wholeheartedly.

Blessings
Bud & Lena Nunley
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