1 John 1:9 Greek Translation: “If we confess the facts and truth with public praises of our forgiven sins, he is faithful worthy of our trust to be believed to forgive us dismissing our sin sending them away, and to cleanse us purifying us from the guilt and power of sin and from all unrighteousness with right justice according to the law.” Comment: Did you get all that? What do we walk away with according to this scripture? If the truth be known every time we profess Jesus to someone we are at the same time confessing our sin! Well I thought a one time confession to God was enough! Yes but when we confess we profess his name! When we profess the Gospel to other people we are also confessing our sin and redemption from it! How many times has Billy Graham confessed his sins? Every time he preached the Gospel! The more he did it the more confirmation he got of the truth! The truth of his redemption! The confirmation! What did Jesus tell the lunatic after he cast 2000 demons out of him? Remember he wanted to join Jesus ministry! Go back to your village and proclaim my name! What did he tell the woman who had five husbands and was living with another man? Go back to your village and profess my name! The disappointment with the nine lepers who did not return to him was their lack of a desire to proclaim his name after those miracles! They took the credit upon themselves! Jesus commanded us to go out into the whole world and profess the Gospel! The whole purpose of false religions is to establish a system of self works justifying themselves and no need of confession of any sin! I like the Greek word for forgive! Another meaning is to give up and leave sin alone as a ghost! Since it is near Halloween we can talk about ghosts! Any ghosts in your past? Any skeletons? Your unconfessed guilt from sin will bring them back to you! If you have confessed your sin you can remind those ghosts that their future is in hell and my future is in heaven because of the Cross! Your evidence of confession will be your profession of the Gospel! I have a problem with secret service Christians? When people ask me my profession I tell them my profession is my confession! That Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior! Is he your Savior? Your evidence will be your confession of sin and the profession of his name to the world regardless of the cost! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
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Cheap Grace?
Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves! Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession…cheap grace is without discipleship, grace without the Cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate! Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich was assassinated by Adolf Hitler eleven days before the end of WWII.
Repentance!
The confession of evil works is the beginning of good works! Saint Augustine
Christian American Foundations
Who Was the Most Christian American President? If all you ever knew about this was what you were taught in a public(government) school in the United States you would not have a clue! You might think Lincoln or Washington but the most out spoken president about his Faith in God was Theodore Roosevelt! He was running for president in 1912 which is exactly 100 years from this year. He walked softly and carried a big stick! He was a rough rider horse calvary kind of guy. His favorite Bible verse was Micah 6:8. What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. Roosevelt was of the Dutch Reformed Church. He participated in missions work with his father, a noted philanthropist. He taught Sunday School classes during his four years at Harvard. He wrote for Christian publications. He called his bare-the-soul speech announcing his principles when running in 1912, “A Confession of Faith.” Later he closed perhaps the most important speech of his life, the clarion-call acceptance of the Progressive Party nomination that year, with the words, “We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord!” He titled one of his books, Foes of Our Own Household(after Matthew 10:36) and another, Fear God and Take Your Own Part. He once wrote an article for The Ladies Home Journal, Nine Reasons Why Men Should Go to Church.” After Theodoore left the White House, he was offered University Presidencies but refused all and chose to become a Contributing Editor of The Outlook, a relatively small Christian weekly magazine. He lectured at many Christian Theology School across America. Source: Mondayministry.com/blog2012/02/19/who-was-the-most-christian-president