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here are certain things in the life mostly in the Psalms. “I will praise [yâdâh]
of the Christian that we deem to You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I
Tbe vital. Prayer, reading Scripture, will tell of all Your marvelous works"
and worship are practiced and preached (Psa 9:1). The other primary translation
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and presented as absolute necessities of of the word, which we are considering
the Christian faith. However, one aspect here, deals with the confession of one’s
of the Christian life that often is not as sins, either individually or nationally, as
highly prioritized or emphasized is con- seen several times in the OT. It means an
fession. But what does it mean? How is it acknowledgement or admission of one’s
done? When and why is it necessary? To deeds. It is important to understand that
better understand this vital aspect of the confession of sins is not a new revelation
Christian life, it best serves to start in the to the NT Church but is something that
Old Testament to see the importance of God has desired from even before Mount
confession that was revealed by God long Sinai, since our very creation.
before the first church sat down to break The Lack of Confession
bread or before the Lord Jesus ever set foot
upon this earth. No doubt in the heart of God in Eden,
He desired confession for the first sin com-
What Does It Mean? mitted, but sadly He did not find genuine

When we think of the word confes- confession. He asked an ashamed Adam,
sion, several applications may come to “Who told you that you were naked?” In-
mind. We may have heard of a church or stead of true confession, blame was passed
a denomination having a Confession of on. Adam said, “The woman whom You
Faith. As Christians, we regularly speak gave to be with me, she gave me of the
of the need to confess Jesus Christ to oth- tree, and I ate” (Gen 3:12). God moved on
ers. There is also a confession we tend to Eve, desiring true confession when He
to avoid – the confession of sins. When asked her, “What is this you have done?”
we look back into the OT, we find the (v13). But once again, there was no true
Hebrew word yâdâh used for the confes- confession, but Eve deflected blame and
sion of sins. While this is one translation responded, “The serpent deceived me,
of the word, it is also translated several and I ate” (v13). From the very first sin,
God was seeking an acknowledgment of
times with the meaning of a gesture of the deed, a confession of the transgression.
praise towards God, often with the hands,
therefore “confessing” Him. It is trans- 1 Bible quotations in this article are from the
lated directly “to praise” several times, NKJV.

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