Confessing Port Addiction Part 2
When we’re free, all of the past sins become a testimony to what God has done in our lives. The temptation to just admit to others certain parts and hide others is real. James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Hiding bits just gives the devil opportunities to get back in at a future date. It’s like taking a bath without cleaning the entire body. As long as it’s partly dirty it’s not completely clean. Confession can be made without going into detail which might cause the listener distress. We are owning up to our past, not reliving it. We seek to confess our sin, we’re not attempting to prove how awful it was. The listener can figure that out on their own. Once the past is out in the open it’s freeing. There’s no more looking over your shoulder or waiting for the other shoe to drop. I know. I’ve tried it both ways. If we are to come clean the break from sin must be complete just as the new or renewed commitment to God must be complete. I repeat, if we only come clean partially we are not truly clean.
God forgives completely; people don’t always do so. We need to seek forgiveness from those we’ve hurt unless it would cause greater or additional harm to do so. We can’t always approach everyone we have hurt to ask forgiveness or make restitution. God knows our heart and our willingness. In some cases it may be possible later in life. Depending on any laws we may have violated there may be some legal areas to be resolved as well. Even in those cases God can and will see you through whatever penalty the law requires to be satisfied.
As we share our testimony with others of God setting us free from sexual sin God is glorified. Maintaining faith in God to bring us through any hardships is an exercise of faith. We can trust that in the long run it will all work out for our best and His glory. Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
When we’re free, all of the past sins become a testimony to what God has done in our lives. The temptation to just admit to others certain parts and hide others is real. James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Hiding bits just gives the devil opportunities to get back in at a future date. It’s like taking a bath without cleaning the entire body. As long as it’s partly dirty it’s not completely clean. Confession can be made without going into detail which might cause the listener distress. We are owning up to our past, not reliving it. We seek to confess our sin, we’re not attempting to prove how awful it was. The listener can figure that out on their own. Once the past is out in the open it’s freeing. There’s no more looking over your shoulder or waiting for the other shoe to drop. I know. I’ve tried it both ways. If we are to come clean the break from sin must be complete just as the new or renewed commitment to God must be complete. I repeat, if we only come clean partially we are not truly clean.
God forgives completely; people don’t always do so. We need to seek forgiveness from those we’ve hurt unless it would cause greater or additional harm to do so. We can’t always approach everyone we have hurt to ask forgiveness or make restitution. God knows our heart and our willingness. In some cases it may be possible later in life. Depending on any laws we may have violated there may be some legal areas to be resolved as well. Even in those cases God can and will see you through whatever penalty the law requires to be satisfied.
As we share our testimony with others of God setting us free from sexual sin God is glorified. Maintaining faith in God to bring us through any hardships is an exercise of faith. We can trust that in the long run it will all work out for our best and His glory. Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Confessing Port Addiction Part 2
When we’re free, all of the past sins become a testimony to what God has done in our lives. The temptation to just admit to others certain parts and hide others is real. James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Hiding bits just gives the devil opportunities to get back in at a future date. It’s like taking a bath without cleaning the entire body. As long as it’s partly dirty it’s not completely clean. Confession can be made without going into detail which might cause the listener distress. We are owning up to our past, not reliving it. We seek to confess our sin, we’re not attempting to prove how awful it was. The listener can figure that out on their own. Once the past is out in the open it’s freeing. There’s no more looking over your shoulder or waiting for the other shoe to drop. I know. I’ve tried it both ways. If we are to come clean the break from sin must be complete just as the new or renewed commitment to God must be complete. I repeat, if we only come clean partially we are not truly clean.
God forgives completely; people don’t always do so. We need to seek forgiveness from those we’ve hurt unless it would cause greater or additional harm to do so. We can’t always approach everyone we have hurt to ask forgiveness or make restitution. God knows our heart and our willingness. In some cases it may be possible later in life. Depending on any laws we may have violated there may be some legal areas to be resolved as well. Even in those cases God can and will see you through whatever penalty the law requires to be satisfied.
As we share our testimony with others of God setting us free from sexual sin God is glorified. Maintaining faith in God to bring us through any hardships is an exercise of faith. We can trust that in the long run it will all work out for our best and His glory. Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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