I would like to talk to you today about
unconfessed sin in the life and heart
of the believer. St. Paul confessed
himself to be chief of sinners. His sins
may not be all that obvious to us,
but God saw them. Before Paul met
the Lord, he loved God, but he was
deceived by his own interest and
self-righteousness.
I remember several years ago, about
midnight, a lady, who had been a
church member for many years,
called me to her home. “My husband is
deeply troubled,” she said. He confessed,
that night, that he had never
really confessed his sins or had known
peace with God. We prayed and
he received the peace he sought. The
next night, I received another
phone call, this time from the husband
who asked me to come and pray
with his wife. Each had hidden from
the other an empty heart for too
many years.
We recognize the need of the prodigal,
wayward son, but we cannot see
the miserable condition of the son who
stayed within the father’s house.
That son was filled with envy, pride,
and jealousy that needed to be
confessed. Are you hiding in your
Father’s house in this condition?
There is nothing on earth that will
oppress the spirit or distress the soul
more. If so, confess that sin and believe
that the father has forgiven you.
Father, see if there be any wicked way
within me and give me the
evidence of peace within. Amen.
No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father. John 15:13-15 CSB
