Confession

Question 1

Luke 17:3-4

Answer 1

Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him; and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times and says, “I repent,” you must forgive him.

Question 2

John 20:21-23

Answer 2

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

Question 3

Matthew 9:6-8

Answer 3

“But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic – “Rise, take up your bed and go home.” And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Question 4

Matthew 18:18

Answer 4

Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Question 5

2 Corinthians 2:10

Answer 5

Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ

Question 6

2 Corinthians 5:18

Answer 6

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation

Question 7

James 5:15-16

Answer 7

and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed…