Confession

Fellowship with God, being closer to God, and knowing the nature of God is what we as Christians strive for. Sin is the one thing that keeps us from that. One of the only ways to deal with sin is to confess our sins to each other, sympathize with one another, and work out our salvation together with God’s help. But isn’t it ironic, that confessing our sins depends on us? In essence, the one thing that keeps us from fellowshipping with God is ourselves. However, this is one of the hardest things for us humans to do-to admit that we have something wrong. To admit, ultimately, that we are wrong. We like authority and control, and admitting that we sin and continue to struggle with sin, is admitting that we are not in control; that we cannot fix it ourselves. So, in the most basic form, sin is self-deception. We deceive ourselves into thinking that we can fix it or control it, when in reality the way in which God created us was for confession through others. If God created us for community and confession, why is this so difficult?