The New Life

The Confession of Sin.
Thee with sin, every sin, and in confession to lay it
down before Thee and give it up to Thee. Amen.
1. What is the distinction betwixt the covering of sin by God
and by man ? How does man do it ? How does God do it?
2. What are the great hindrances in the way of the confession,
of sin?
Ignorance about sin.
Fear to come with sin to the holy God.
The endeavor to come to God with something good.
Unbelief in the power of the blood and in the riches
of grace.
3. Must I immediately confess an oath or a lie or a wrong
word, or wait until my feeling has first cooled and become
rightly disposed ? O pray confess it immediately ; come in full
sinfulness to God, without first desiring to make it less !
4. Is it also necessary or good to confess before man ? It is
indispensable, if our sfn has been against man. And, besides,
it is often good ; it is often easier to acknowledge before God
than before man that I have done something. (Jas. v. 16.)
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