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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