Lesson: ROMANS 6:13 (NIV based)

THEME - Confessing Sins - The Final Part Of Counting Ourselves Dead To Sin - Declaring War On Our Own Personal Sin

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v.13 offer yourself to God... as instruments of righteousness

    Q: How do we offer ourselves to God in an acceptable way to Him - as instruments of righteousness?   Rom. 12:1 "holy and pleasing"?  How do we become holy and pleasing when we have just sinned and are inherently sinful?  A: confess our sins for present cleansing  1 Jn. 1:5-10 - fellowship

    confess = (Grk #3670) to assent, consent, admit; i.e. to agree with or
              consent to the desire of another
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    Q: How did a person get rid of his sins during O.T. times?  A: by offering a sacrifice     see Lev. 1:1-9 - at the entrance, expose innards to God and washing, pleasing to God
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    Q: When animal sacrifices were made in the O.T., what was the state or condition of the animal to be?  A: unblemished, clean, without defect, washed, the best

    Q: From this analogy, what should our state be?  A: internally or spiritually clean
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    Q: How do we go about confessing sins?  Does confession mean we can lump them all together?  A: no - list individually

    Q: What do we do about unknown or forgotten sins?  How do we confess them to be cleansed if we do not know what they are?  A: Ps. 139:23-24 ask the Lord to tell you what sins you need to confess
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    Q: When is the best time to confess sins?
       1. immediately after it has been committed
       2. before prayer or service to God
       3. at least once per day - best at the end of the day when still fresh in your mind

BIG IDEA: Develop a new voluntary habit - receiving cleansing from sins by confessing sins daily - ask the Lord what needs to be confessed.

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Works Cited:
Bible. “The Holy Bible: New International Version.” The Bible Library CD-ROM. Oklahoma City, OK: Ellis Enterprises, 1988.

“Strong's Greek Dictionary.” The Bible Library CD-ROM. Oklahoma City, OK: Ellis Enterprises, 1988.
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