"8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us."I never knew our liturgical confession actually came almost directly from 1 John. One of those "things" that we hear and say every Sunday and yet many times, don't even think about the meaning. Isn't that a sin in and of itself? Does it count as confessing your sins when you are trying to also get your 3 year old to sit down and be quiet at the same time?
Yet, I know that when I have something heavy on my heart, different parts of the service reverberate through my soul. Confession, the Lord's Prayer, a hymn or a part of the sermon. Ah worship! We should just write this on the outside of our church:
"We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with God and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We worship here to make our joy complete."
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