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Confess Offenses? What For?

“and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.” (James‬ ‭5:15-16‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

The passage above says to confess our offenses “to one another”—not to God. We already have forgiveness of sins from Him.

Many times, the self-condemnation in our heart hinders us from receiving healing because we don’t believe that God has forgiven us. People feel they deserve to be sick because of sins. “God is punishing me with this sickness because of that sin I committed,” they think.

The apostle James is saying that among the church, you can freely admit your offenses so that this hindrance is removed. When you are restored emotionally by the help of other believers who edify you with the truth of God’s word, unbelief will be purged, and the faith to receive healing will be effective.

In the end, it’s just about removing sin consciousness which is a huge hindrance to faith!

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Adam, the first man, broke God’s command by eating from the tree that he was told not to eat from. Adam was originally appointed as the ruler of the earth, so when he sinned, his entire kingdom (the whole earth and its inhabitants) fell with him.

The devil came in the form of a serpent and tricked Adam’s wife Eve into eat from the tree, and Adam ate after being offered the fruit by Eve.

By heeding the devil’s temptation, the rulership of the earth was handed to him (Satan), and death came into the world because of Adam’s sin.

Ever since then, every man and woman was born with sin that is inherited from Adam, passed down via the genes. Man was in a desperate condition, cut off from God because of sin.

God loves mankind and doesn’t want man to perish in their sins.

Thankfully, the Son of God willingly chose to lay aside His divine glory and submitted to God the Father’s will.

He was born of a virgin, as a Man and named “Jesus”.

He grew up in obscurity, and at the age of thirty, began a public ministry of miracle healing, casting out demons, opening the eyes of the blind and making the deaf hear. He went about doing good in the power of the Holy Spirit, proving that He was God’s anointed one (the Christ).

After three and a half years later, Jesus was falsely accused of blasphemy and whipped until He was bleeding profusely from His body. He was subsequently sentenced to death by crucifixion, and had to carry a heavy cross to a place called Golgotha on Mount Moriah, and He was crucified there.

God the Father placed all the sins of the world throughout time upon Jesus, and unleashed the fire of God’s wrath as a punishment for all those sins He carried. Jesus was punished as if He were the worst sinner in existence.

For three hours starting from noon, darkness came upon the whole land, reflecting what was going on in the spiritual realm. Jesus hung there, being drained of His precious lifeblood for our sakes, and He endured every trace of punishment for our sins.

When every sin had been punished, Jesus cried out, “It is finished!” He gave up His spirit after completing His mission of being the perfect atoning sacrifice for our sins, and entrusted Himself into the Father’s hands.

Jesus’ body was buried in the tomb of a rich man, and the tomb was then heavily guarded by Roman soldiers and even sealed by the huge stone. This was to ensure that no one would steal Jesus’ body and claim that He had resurrected.

On the third day after His death, Jesus rose from the dead early at the break of dawn, and walked out of the tomb, phasing through the huge stone. He proved that He was a perfect, unblemished sacrifice, and death had no claim over Him (death can only fasten on a sinner because the wages of sin is death).

He appeared to His disciples and many others—multiple hundreds of people, before ascending to Heaven forty days later, and He sat down at the right hand of the Father, far above all principalities and powers.

Jesus was bestowed with the name that is above every name because He who is the King of all creation humbled Himself so low, even to the death of the cross, restoring what He did not lose.

This same Jesus who lives by an everlasting life and who will never die again, invites you to freely receive the gift of salvation from Him if you haven’t done so.

As the only begotten Son of God, the blood that Jesus shed for you is an overpayment for your sin debt which you owe God.

Just by believing and confessing Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, all your record of sins will be wiped clean by His precious blood, and you will be adopted as a royal priest in God’s family.

This forgiveness of sins comes through an everlasting agreement God has made through Jesus, called the “New Covenant of Grace”.

When you agree to be under Grace, you will become God’s beloved child, favored, blessed with every blessing, and an heir with an inheritance to receive and enjoy now, and in the eternal ages to come.

If you are ready to receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior and enjoy true happiness with a quality of life called eternal life, just speak this prayer whenever you are ready:

“Dear Jesus Christ, I receive You as my Lord and Savior. I believe that You carried my sins as you hung on the cross and that you were punished by the Father for them. You were buried, and then you rose again on the third day as a proclamation that all my sins have been perfectly forgiven. I believe that I am now a child of God, forever saved, and greatly blessed because of Your precious blood that has cleansed me. Baptize me with Your Holy Spirit, clothe me with Your power from Heaven, and use my life for Your glory from now on. In Jesus’ precious name I pray, Amen!”

If you prayed that, congrats! You are now born-again into God’s family and you are saved. Can I recommend that you like and follow this page and read my daily posts to help you grow in knowledge of what has happened to you and the rich inheritance you have in Christ?

The following article is a good starting point for new believers like you. Read it: https://www.miltongoh.net/miltons-blog/gospel-truths-for-new-christians-a-beginners-guide-for-believers

If you are already a believer, sharing this post could be a way for you to share the Gospel of Grace with a friend or loved one of yours this Christmas. The gift of knowing Jesus as Lord is the best present you can give someone. Who is the Holy Spirit leading you to share this post with? Tag them in the comments, and send this post to them by private message. Let’s share God’s love and grace revealed in the person of Jesus Christ.

The Key to Seeing More Miracles

“They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer. Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.” (Acts‬ ‭2:42-43‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

What was the secret of the apostles that allowed their ministry to see so many miracles?

This secret is linked to why some local churches today see almost no miracles at all, whereas others see miracles on a regular basis. I’m blessed to attend a local church where miracle healings happens quite frequently.

The secret of the apostles is what they taught about:

“With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.” (Acts‬ ‭4:33‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Having freshly witnessed Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, naturally their preaching was all about that and how through the cross we can receive forgiveness of sins by faith in Jesus.

In other words, the apostles proclaimed Jesus’ finished work at the cross. This is message is the Gospel and hearing it causes faith to come.

Study Peter’s sermon in Acts 3. That’s the kind of sermon the apostles preached. Here’s part of it:

“When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses. By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.” (Acts‬ ‭3:12-16‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Can you see that it’s a message filled with Jesus and His finished work at the cross? It proclaims salvation by faith in Jesus alone, apart from the works of the Law.

Miracles happen through the hearing of faith, not through the works of the Law.

Churches that teach a mixture of Law and Grace rob their congregations of faith. As long as you have to obey the Law before you get blessed, no one can have that full assurance of faith needed to receive miracles.

If you want to see more miracles in your life? Read and hear about Jesus!
See Him in His goodness, grace, mercy and love. As you do so, you’ll be transformed from one level of glory to the next.
Miracles will erupt in your life as you release your faith by speaking and believing that you have it.

In my new book “Messiah’s Miracles—The Power of Having Faith in Jesus Christ”, I expound on every one of Jesus’ 37 recorded miracles in the four gospels.

I believe that as you see Jesus working miracles in the four gospels, unveiling God’s heart of love, goodness and mercy towards man, you will also receive faith to see miracles in every area of your life!

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