Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 38:18
18 For I will declare [nagad] mine
iniquity [`avon]; I
will be sorry [da'ag] for my
sin [chatta'ah]. KJV-Interlinear
18 I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my
sin. ESV
The word for
sorry, da-ag, does not refer to feeling bad about one sins, but carries the
connotation of acknowledgment and accepting responsibility for what you have
done.
Confession of
sins, is taught in the fourth and fifth sacrifices, which are spelled out in
Leviticus chapters four and five respectively, and further described in 1 John
1:9.
When a person has
sinned, if they are a believer in Christ, then they place themselves outside of
a functioning relationship with God. They are still saved, but their
relationship is off-line, so to speak.
One of the
fundamental principles of Christianity, is that a functional relationship with
God, only occurs while a person is in fellowship.
Confession
restores your fellowship, so that your relationship functions as it should.
An unbeliever, has
no relationship with God, and therefore, confession has no effect.
Once a person is
saved, by believing in Christ, then the issue becomes whether or not they will
live their life while residing in fellowship, or out of fellowship.
Sin and
confession, are the key elements that determine whether you are in fellowship
or out of fellowship.
That is, when you
commit a sin, you are immediately out of fellowship. When you confess your
sins, then you are immediately restored back into fellowship.
Because most people
do not follow the confession principle on a daily basis, they will live the
bulk of their life out of fellowship, and therefore do not have a functional
spiritual life.
All spiritual
activity, functions only when you are in fellowship.
And as stated
within this verse, confession is mandatory, and your attitude that accompanies
confession, is your acknowledgment and acceptance of the things that you have
thought, or said, or done.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever. To ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily
study means you will be incomplete, unfulfilled and you will lose out, big
time.
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