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Deuteronomy 33:29 "Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord". Job 5:17 -18 "Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 "For He inflicts pain, and gives relief; He wounds, and His hands also heal. Jeremiah 5:25 'Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have withheld good from you. Isaiah 59:1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love. 19 He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will cast all their sins Into the depths of the sea. Exodus 34:7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; The Way to Happiness! • Practice Humility! • The Devastation of Hidden or Secret Sin! Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion. Saul – 1 Samuel 15:20 • The Power of Confession! David – 2 Samuel 12:1-14 1. You Are Forgiven and Cleansed! 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. NASU • You Find Healing! James 5:15 and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. NASU 3. The Word of God Spreads! Acts 19:18 Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. 19 And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing. Confess Your Sin With The View of Repentance! 2 Corinthians 7:9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. 10 For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death. Confess Your Sin With a Believing Heart! Romans 4:1-6 Matthew 5:1-4 II. Practice the Truth! |
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