Confessing is the Key to Spiritual and Emotional Maturity

I feel sorry for people who have to live with those who think a believer can lose their salvation after Christ transformed them into a new creation.

It is not possible to ever admit we have a flaw or need to tell a loved one we are sorry for something we said or did when we think we never sin.

I have seen many people walking in pride at how good they think they are because they keep all the rules, rarely, if ever, apologizing to anyone.

When there is a spirit of pride that defends sinful attitudes to avoid having to confess to others their need for Spiritual growth, there will never be such growth.

James 5:15-16 "…15 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail."

Confessing our sins, even the smallest ones, has two purposes: the first is to reconcile a broken relationship, and the second is to cause emotional and spiritual maturity in ourselves.

No one will be reconciled to God without confession of a sinful nature with the desire to be cleansed of it. The Christian life is one of a continuation after salvation to grow in holiness.

Without confession, holiness is abated. Holiness can only grow when there is a desire to know our flaws to admit them; only then can there be consistent development of character.

1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Proverbs 28:13 "Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy."

We are not likely to confess sins and forsake them if we do not believe we sin after salvation. Those who do not confess are either not saved or they are saved and remain spiritual and emotional infants until they learn to admit their flaws.

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"

James 4:17 "So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin."

James 4:7-10 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you."