Folk will find out you’re really a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Folk will know about your hidden addictions. And, if I shall tell the truth, most of us wouldn’t go because this would mean folk will find out about your secret fetishes. Some of us are still hung up on whether the pastor is a male or female and not if they can get a prayer through. Chile, if we had to go to the church for forgiveness, most of us would not go. This should make you, as a believer, thankful for the ability to ask for forgiveness of your sins in private. Our lives would be the jacked up mess, it should be, if it wasn’t for the ability to confess our own transgressions and then be forgiven.

Our outer appearance will be the inward mess of addictions, abuse, bitterness and anger we tend to hide. We’d be the scars, our makeup and clothes try to cover. Baby, most of us would be the raggedy mess we attempt to hide on a daily basis. Just think for a minute on how your life would be if the only option you had for forgiveness was confessing to a priest, who would then have to go to God on your behalf. Due to all Jesus had to endure, we can now ask for forgiveness and receive it. It is because of His sacrifice, we can now go to God ourselves. It was His death, on the cross, that tore the temple into two forever removing the divide between man and God. As I thought about that, this morning, I became exceedingly glad for the sacrifice of Jesus. This priest would then offer a sacrifice to God on your behalf. In biblical days, in order to approach God, you had to do it by way of a priest.

Forgive me father i stay sinning