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Confession of Sin
God requires - Le 5:5; Ho 5:15
God regards - Job 33:27,28; Da 9:20-23
Exhortation to - Jos 7:19; Jer 3:13; Jas 5:16
Promises to - Le 26:40-42; Pr 28:13
SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED WITH
- Submission to punishment- Le 26:41; Ne 9:33; Ezr 9:13
- Prayer for forgiveness- 2Sa 24:10; Ps 25:11; 51:1; Jer 14:7-9,20
- Self-abasement- Isa 64:5,6; Jer 3:25
- Godly sorrow- Ps 38:18; La 1:20
- Forsaking sin- Pr 28:13
- Restitution- Nu 5:6,7
Should be full and unreserved - Ps 32:5; 51:3; 106:6
Followed by pardon - Ps 32:5; 1Jo 1:9
Exemplified
- Aaron- Nu 12:11
- Israelites- Nu 21:6,7; 1Sa 7:6; 12:19
- Saul- 1Sa 15:24
- David- 2Sa 24:10
- Ezra- Ezr 9:6
- Nehemiah- Ne 1:6,7
- Levites- Ne 9:4,33,34
- Job- Job 7:20
- Daniel- Da 9:4
- Peter- Lu 5:8
- Thief- Lu 23:41 Next Topic (Conscience)