No Confession, No Change

We cannot change a behavior when we refuse to admit we need to do so.

Confessing sin is the beginning of change!

1 John 1:8-10 "…8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.…"

Psalm 32:5 "I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah"

Without consequences to motivate us, more than likely there will be no confession and no change.

Stubborn hearts must have serious consequences before their will is broken enough to get to the point of confession.

2 Kings 17:14
"However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God."

Jeremiah 7:24 ""Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward."

Hebrews 10:26 "For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,"

Titus 2:11-15
"11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
15 These things speak and exhort and reprove with all [d]authority. Let no one disregard you."

Galatians 6:6-8 "7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."

Psalm 9:16
"The LORD has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah."

Proverbs 29:6 "By transgression an evil man is ensnared, But the righteous sings and rejoices."

Proverbs 5:22 "His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin."