Confession?

Question

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.

the bible never said confess your sins.....Why do you disobey?

Answer 1

confessing your sin will cause another to sin.....confessing faults will encourage others to pray for you.



Never tell your sin to anyone but God.

Man will use it against you.


how many politicians are pawns of the "Church" now that they know their sins.

Answer 2

psalms 32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine inquity have I not hid. I said, I confess my transgressions(sins) unto the lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and foresaketh(let them go, and sin no more) them shall have mercy. it says in matthew 24 that as it was in the days of noa(noah) old testiment it shall be until the coming of the son of man(Jesus, second coming) this means that the old testiment is as binding today as the newtestiment, except the mosiac laws which were done away with at the cross.confessing to a priest, John 14:6 i am the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the father but by me (Jesus speaking). Matthew 23:9 call no man on earth father.
1John 2:1-2

Answer 3

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed: James reminds us that mutual confession and prayer brings healing, both physically and spiritually. These free us from the heavy burdens (physically and spiritually) of unresolved sin, and removes hindrances to the work of the Holy Spirit.

i. To one another: Confession to another in the body of Christ is essential, because sin will demand to have us to itself, isolated from all others. Confession breaks the power of secret sin. Yet, confession need not be made to a “priest” or any imagined mediator; we simply confess to one another as appropriate. Confession is good, but must be made with discretion. An unwise confession of sin can be the cause of more sin.

ii. Sin should especially be confessed where physical healing is necessary. It is possible - though by no means always the case - that a person’s sickness is the direct result of some sin that has not been dealt with, as Paul describes in 1 Corinthians 11:30.

iii. Hiebert on confess: “The root form means literally to say the same thing; hence, it means that in confession sin we agree to identify it by its true name and admit that it is sin.”

iv. The one who hears the confession should have the proper response: loving, intercessory prayer, and not human wisdom, gossiping, or “sharing” the need with others.

d. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much: In writing about the need for prayer for the suffering, for the sick, and for the sinning, James points to the effective nature of prayer - when it is fervent and offered by a righteous man.

i. Much of our prayer is not effective simply because it is not fervent. It is offered with a lukewarm attitude that virtually asks God to care about something that we care little about. Effective prayer must be fervent, not because we must emotionally persuade a reluctant God, but because we must gain God’s heart by being fervent for the things He is fervent for.

ii. Additionally, effective prayer is offered by a righteous man. This is someone one who recognizes the grounds of his righteousness reside in Jesus, and whose personal walk is generally consistent with the righteousness that he has in Jesus.

Answer 4

I am perplexed by the question. The verse you use says to confess your faults (meaning sins) to one another. Then you go on to say that the bible doesn't say to confess when the verse you quoted clearly says so. And then you go on to say that confession is disobedience (sin?). Your statement is an illogical infinite loop. Confess sin-> I just sinned cause i Confessed-> confess the sin of confessing-> confess the sin of confessing-> and so on.

Answer 5

Hear God's Word.........
Believe God's Word
Admit that sin
Repent of those sins
Be Baptized
Live a faithful life


This is what is required of us to be a Christian

Answer 6

A sin is a fault----DUH!
What it doesn't day is confess to a priest.

Answer 7

So a fault is not a sin?

Answer 8

a 'fault' is a 'sin'.

so even when you do read the bible, you can't understand it?

Answer 9

heh ehe heheh.... why when you point out an absurdity in the bible are you accused of twisting scripture?

Answer 10

Because religion has deemed itself, God's mouthpiece and they can't agree on God.