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Hello and welcome to the
Middletown Baptist Church Podcast,

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where we are proclaiming the
truth to the world.

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In this podcast series, we're
going to be looking into biblical

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words that have great
significance to our faith.

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The name of this series is
called the Word of the Week, where

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once a week we will dive
deeper into these words that we are

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familiar with in scripture.

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So come along with me, let's
study the Word of the week.

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Pastor Josh here with another
word of the week.

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The word of the Week this week
is confess.

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Depending on one's background
or church history, that word confessed

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or confession might mean
different things.

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What we're talking about here
in this case is what Scripture says

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is confessing our sins to God.

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And really we know that
ultimately that is who we are to

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confess our sins to.

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And we're going to look at
what that word confession means or

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confess means and when we are
to do it.

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And is it a one time thing or
is it something that we do over and

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over again in our lives?

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And I've heard many people
say, you know what?

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I've asked for forgiveness
once in my life, I've confessed my

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sins one time and that's it.

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And in regards to salvation,
that is true.

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We know that in the book of
Ephesians and many other places,

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the Bible tells us that we
find forgiveness from God in the

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moment that we come to him in faith.

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And so we're repentant of our
sins, we're coming to him and confessing

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our sins.

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We're asking him for
forgiveness, and he extends that

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forgiveness to us.

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And that's what's called
positional forgiveness, or you could

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even call it judicial forgiveness.

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So in the eyes of God, when He
forgives us, he now no longer sees

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our sin in our guilt, but he
sees Jesus paying the price for our

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sins.

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He sees Jesus's sacrifice on
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Therefore he's able to extend
his forgiveness and grace, and we

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are now able to experience
that forgiveness and eternal life

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in Him.

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So, so that is what we would
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But there's other passages of
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that we're going to focus on
for most of our time here in this

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study is 1st John 1:9.

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If we confess our sins, he is
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sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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So, so one might say, well,
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salvation.

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And though those statements
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are true, in regards to
salvation, we have to understand

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context.

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And in context we Know that
First John is written to believers.

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And so if you read a few
verses ahead in First John, chapter

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one, we'll start in verse
five, says this, then, is the message

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which we have heard of him,
and declare unto you that God is

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light, and in him is no
darkness at all.

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If we say that we have
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we lie and do not the truth.

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But if we walk in the light as
he is in the light, we have fellowship

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one with another.

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And the blood of Jesus Christ,
his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

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So we've already talked about that.

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That's speaking of positional forgiveness.

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It's the blood of Jesus Christ
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us of sin.

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But then we say in verse
eight, this is kind of the life that

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we live after salvation.

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So it says if we say that we
have no sin, we deceive ourselves.

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And so there's someone who
says, well, you know what?

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I'm a Christian now, and I
don't sin says here that we deceive

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ourselves, we're lying to
ourselves, and the truth is not in

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us.

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And then we see again the
major verse that we're studying.

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If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us our

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sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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If we say that we have not
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word is not in us.

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And so the type of forgiveness
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comes to First John, chapter
one, is what some folks call relational

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forgiveness or what we would
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So.

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So the relationship that I
like to explain in this is a father

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and a son, right?

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I have a.

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I have children.

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And so when my child sins
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he or she might come to a
place where they reject the.

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The fellowship that they have
with me as a father.

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It doesn't mean that they lose
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They are still my child, but
there are things that they can do

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in disobedience and in sin
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between our relationship.

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And so if a son does something
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And the son then at that point
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his Father, that.

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That fellowship is what we
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But though the fellowship is
broken, the relationship stays the

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same, but the relationship
certainly suffers in that case.

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And so as a Christian, yes, we
are saved positionally at the moment

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of salvation.

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And God, then His forgiveness
is extended to us, and he removes

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our sin as far as the east is
from the west when it comes to our

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guilt or our condemnation.

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Because the Bible says In
Romans, chapter 8, verse 1, we have

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no more condemnation if we are
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But what First John, chapter
one, verse nine is talking about,

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I believe, is that familial or
relational restoration that we all

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seek when it comes to our sin.

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And it doesn't mean that God
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It means that in our sin and
in our unrepentant spirits, we have

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turned our back against Him.

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And so he's waiting there for
us, but yet we are pushing him away

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because of our disobedience.

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And so we go back and look at
what that word confess means, if

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we confess our sins.

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And so what does that mean?

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Does that mean just, hey, I
did this, but I'm not really sorry

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for it?

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Well, no, there's.

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There's repentance.

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Repentance means turning away
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There's repentance in our confession.

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But literally the word
confession means to say the same

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about something.

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If you, if you look at the
Greek word that we get, the English

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word confess, it's actually
two words put together, homo or homo,

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which is one or.

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Or single, the same, so to speak.

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And then logea, or.

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I'm not pronouncing it
correctly, I'm not.

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I'm not a great pronunciate
person who pronounces Greek.

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I'm sorry about that.

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But it's homo logea, which
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to say the same thing as God.

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So as God sees our sin, so we
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So God sees lying as a sin.

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And so we should see lying as
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something.

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And so we're acknowledging our
sin, we're acknowledging what it

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means to God.

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We're acknowledging that this
sin is an offense to God.

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And we are agreeing with Him.

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That is something that we
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And so in that confession, and
we go back to that verse, verse 9

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of 1 John 1, if we confess our sins.

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So there's that if there, if
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described, when it comes to
that relational forgiveness, if we

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do that, he that's talking
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And so there's.

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There's those two things there.

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He's faithful and just.

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And so he's faithful to do this.

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And he's just, in doing so,
he's okay in doing this.

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This is the right thing for
him to do because he has the opportunity

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to do so because the payment
of sin is, is, is his.

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It's not our payment.

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We did not pay for our sins.

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We could not pay for our sins,
but he was able to do that, so he

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is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and cleanse us

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from all unrighteousness.

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And so this, this confession
is not a confession to a priest.

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You, you, you know, as a
pastor, I don't need someone to come

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in and confess to me
everything and then me explain to

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them how they need to get
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Certainly there can be that,
but ultimately it's, there's only

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one mediator between God and man.

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And the, and, and the Bible
tells us that's Jesus.

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And so he is the way, the
truth and the life.

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And so this confession of, of
sin will allow us to restore our

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fellowship with our Lord.

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And so if, if we fail to do
this, if we reject the importance

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of confessing our sins, what
will happen is that ultimately we

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will, we will possibly in, in
the case of a Christian face, discipline

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of the Lord or lose what we
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We cannot lose our salvation,
but what we can do is that we can

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certainly in points of our
life, in the rejection of the Holy

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Spirit's conviction is to lose
the joy of our salvation, lose the

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effectiveness of our witness,
our gospel message that God has entrusted

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to us.

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And so we don't lose our
salvation, but we do lose our fellowship

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with God that is, is hindered
when we live and rest and dwell in

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our sin.

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And so proper fellowship with
God is impossible unless we confess

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our sins to Him.

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And the Bible speaks of God
desiring this restoration.

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So we, so we need to confess
our sins to the Lord as soon as the

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Holy Spirit brings those sins
up to us.

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And in that what we call
conviction of the Holy Spirit.

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And that way we can maintain
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So we, we go back to the idea
that, no, you don't lose your salvation.

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Um, we, we believe that Romans
chapter 8 speaks of the security

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of our salvation.

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And I would encourage you to
go through Romans chapter 8 sometime.

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That would be an awesome study.

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Speaking of that, that nothing
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God.

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That, that no one can pluck us
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But we do know that even so,
as we have what's called eternal

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security, we, we do have the
opportunity to break fellowship with

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God when it comes to that
personal walk with him on the daily

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basis.

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And so we should strive to
know him more.

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We should, we should strive to
see the same Things as he sees in

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our life.

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And so that's that idea of confession.

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To say the same about an issue
or to say the same about a sin in

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our life, to recognize the
hindrance that it is to us.

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And so our prayer lives can be
affected, our Gospel witness can

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be affected, our love for
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Our Bible study can be
affected when we are harboring that,

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that sin in our heart.

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And so in faith, we reach out
to God and we say, lord, just as

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you said, you'll never leave
me nor forsake me, it also says that

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you will restore me when I
come back to you in confession.

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So when you hear that word
confession, it's not about coming

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to someone and saying, okay, I
need to pray this many prayers to

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get back into good standing
with God and then for him to save

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me.

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No, you don't lose that salvation.

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But it's the same idea when it
comes to that father, son relationship.

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Even though, you know, there
are children that have said, you

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know, that person is no longer
my father, I.

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I renounce my, my sonship to them.

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It doesn't mean that still
that they're not the child.

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It just means that they're not
recognizing that relationship.

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And so I would say the same
thing when it comes to our salvation

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in Christ.

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You know, no matter what we do
in our sin, God still sees us as

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his child.

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But yet after we've come to
him in faith, but yet we can hinder

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all of those benefits and
blessings of what it means to be

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a child of God.

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And so my goal for myself and
my goal for my family, my goal for

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you is that we can rest in the
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the joy of our salvation.

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I think it's even David who in
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the joy of my salvation.

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And we have a lot of
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because of unrepentant sin in
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to get to a place where there
is no joy in their salvation.

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There's no joy in their walk
with Christ.

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We want that to be the case.

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We want that, that joy to be
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God has imparted to us.

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And so it's a very simple
thing to recognize the conviction

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of the Holy Spirit through
studying the Word of God.

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So I study the Word, I see
that I'm wrong.

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The Holy Spirit is convicting
my heart.

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The gauge to what's right and
wrong is Scripture.

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But the Holy Spirit is what
allows me to be sensitive to what

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is right, what is wrong.

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And then at that point in
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I admit I repent, I confess to
the Lord.

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Repentance just literally
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I confess it to God and then
God restores me in fellowship and

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therefore he equips me to walk
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And I think that that's one of
the beautiful things about scripture

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is that that scripture tells
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That the Word of God is.

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Is there to teach us where we
are wrong.

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Most definitely.

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To show us where we've made
mistakes and what we need to believe.

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All scripture is given by
inspiration of God.

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So it's given to us by God for
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And that is to teach us
doctrine as it says in second Timothy,

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chapter three, verse 16, for
reproof, to tell us that we're wrong,

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to.

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To tell us how to correct
that, for correction and for instruction

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and righteousness.

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So how to fix it?

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And how to walk in that.

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That a man of God may be
perfect or complete, thoroughly furnished

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unto all good works.

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And so if we want to walk that
walk of effectiveness or fruitfulness

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for the cause of the gospel,
we walk in truth to the Word of God,

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we walk in sensitivity to the
conviction of the Spirit, and we

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walk in fellowship with our
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And so that is confession.

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That is what biblical
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And I hope that that's
something that you can learn through

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the Word of God, specifically
there in First John, chapter one,

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verse nine.

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So we will be back next week
with another Word of the Week.

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I hope that these studies are
profitable for you.

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I know that they are helping
me in my own walk as we study each

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of these things that God wants
us to know from His Word.

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So hope that you have a
wonderful week.

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We will be back next week with
another Word of the Week.

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God bless.

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Hey, I really appreciate that
you listen to the Word of the Week

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podcast.

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If you have any questions
about the podcast or about our church,

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Middletown Baptist Church, you
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on Facebook or YouTube or you
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you can contact me directly at
Josh Massaro at middletownbaptistchurch.org

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stay tuned for future Word of
the Week episodes where we dive deeper

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into words that impact our
life according to scripture.

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Thank you so much.

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God bless.

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We'll talk to you soon.