My Flaws. His Clause.
Confession and Restoration
November 9, 2014
Numbers 5:5-10
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the Israelites,
When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit by breaking faith with the
Lord, and that person is guilty, Then he shall confess the sin which he has
committed, and he shall make restitution for his wrong in full, and add a fifth
to it, and give it to him whom he has wronged. But if the man [wronged] has no kinsman to whom the restitution
may be made, let it be given to the Lord for the priest, besides the ram of
atonement with which atonement shall be made for the offender. And every
offering of all the holy things of the Israelites which they bring to the
priest shall be his. And every man's hallowed things shall be the priest's;
whatever any man gives the priest shall be his.
(Numbers 5:5-10)
1. Everyone has
done something wrong, regardless of how nice and wonderful we may appear to
be. (Romans 3: 23 For all have sinned and
come short of the glory of God)
2. Confess,
righting the wrong. (Admitting faults one to another.)
(James 5:16) Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false
steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and
heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man
makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its
working].
(Proverbs 28:13) He who covers his transgressions will not
prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes his sins will obtain mercy. [Ps. 32:3, 5; I John 1:8-10.]
3. Restore life
forevermore. (Recompense=turn away, retreat and return to what is best,
right, and good.) Not recovering mode. With Jesus, you are recovered.
Read Romans3: 23-26.
Since all have sinned and are falling short of the
honor and glory which God bestows and receives. [All] are
justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and
gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the
redemption which is [provided]
in Christ Jesus, Whom God put forward [before
the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation,
to be received] through faith. This was to show God's righteousness,
because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins
without punishment. It was to demonstrate and prove at the present time (in the
now season) that He Himself is righteous and that He justifies and accepts as
righteous him who has [true] faith in
Jesus.
(Romans 3:23-26)
