Confessing to Christ

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Hidden and ignored sources of toxins can have severe consequences. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, telecom companies have left behind more than two thousand lead-covered cables across the US. The toxic lead runs underwater, “in the soil, and on poles overhead.” As the lead deteriorates, it ends up in places where people “live, work, and play.” Many telecom companies, some who have known for years about the dangers of toxic exposure, are taking the potential risk of lead leaching into the environment very seriously.

The toxin of unconfessed and unaddressed sin can also pose serious consequences in our lives. When a person sins, there’s a natural tendency to try to cover up or conceal it from God and others. But it’s foolish to indulge in things that go against Him and His “instruction” (Proverbs 28:9)—attempting to ignore, hide, or excuse them. As the writer reveals, “Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy” (v. 13).

When we confess our sins to God, Scripture reveals that He will purify us from them in His abundant grace: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive . . . and purify us” (1 John 1:9). So let’s ask God to help us honestly confess our sins before the toxins leach into our hearts and into the lives of others.

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0:00.0	Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them
0:07.0	finds mercy.
0:09.0	Proverbs 28, verse 13.
0:12.4	Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.
0:16.1	Our reading, confessing to Christ, was written by Marvin Williams and read by Stephen Tabor.
0:23.5	Proverbs chapter 28, verses 9 through 13.
0:27.7	If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
0:34.2	Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into their own trap but the blameless will
0:40.6	receive a good inheritance the rich are wise in their own eyes one who is poor and discerning sees how
0:48.3	deluded they are when the righteous triumph there is great el, but when the wicked rise to power, people
0:55.5	go into hiding. Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and
1:02.7	renounces them finds mercy.
1:09.1	Confessing to Christ, written by Marvin Williams.
1:13.4	Hidden and ignored sources of toxins can have severe consequences.
1:18.8	According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, telecom companies have left behind
1:23.5	more than 2,000 lead-covered cables across the United States. The toxic lead runs underwater in the soil and on poles overhead.
1:32.3	As the lead deteriorates, it ends up in places where people live, work, and play.
1:39.3	Many telecom companies, some of which have known for years about the dangers of toxic exposure,
1:45.4	are taking the potential risk of lead leaching into the environment very seriously.
1:50.7	The toxin of unconfessed and unaddressed sin can also pose serious consequences in our lives.
1:57.8	When a person sins, there's a natural tendency to try to cover up or conceal it from
2:02.6	God and others. But it's foolish to indulge in things that go against him and his instruction,
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