Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much (James 5: 16)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said, "A man who confesses his sins in the presence of a brother knows that he is no longer alone with himself; he experiences the presence of God in the reality of the other person. As long as I am by myself in the confession of my sins everything remains in the dark; but in the presence of a brother the sin has to be brought into the light."
There is deliverance from the power sin has over us, to keep us locked in a repetitive cycle of sin. In the open confession made into the ears of someone we can trust, who will keep those sins covered (secretly) in love, charity shall cover the multitude of sins, 1 Peter 4: 8. Only by open confession to someone who will keep this information in confidence, can we experience the release of guilt and the deliverance of the bondage from the power of sin, through the grace of God, we are released from the powerful bondage to the repetitive cycle of the sin confessed.
Then we can openly testify, without shame or guilt, and can praise God for the freedom we have from the power sin had, to hold us in servitude, and bondage. Now is come SALVATION, AND STRENGTH, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of HIS Christ... Rev. 12: 10a. and ...they shall defeat the enemy of their souls, by the Blood of the Lamb, and by THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY... verses 12a.
GRACE: The divine influence in the heart, and its reflection in the life, 5485, charis, khar'-ece. Strong's Concordance.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace ( Romans 6: 14)
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever. Amen. (Jude 24, 25)
