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May 24, 2026 - For the Church at the St. John Church of Christ
Spiritual Discipline: Confession and Self-Examination
Confession may be good for the soul, but it can be very hard to do. WE are invested in looking like good moral people. After all, appearing good is one way of dealing with the notion that something is wrong with us. We haven’t murdered anyone or robbed a bank. Furthermore, when we do wrong we try to fix it and make it better. We can put a great deal of energy into maintaining the image that we are good moral people, but this very appearance of goodness can be a way we defend ourselves against our sin. For when we can’t see our sin we have nothing to confess.
The truth is we all sin. Sin is anything that breaks relationships. Jesus is totally realistic about broken relationships. He experienced them. He was put to death by them. Yet Jesus taught that the damage done through sin was not the last word on life. Sin could be confessed. Sin could be forgiven; sinful people could be set free. Confession and self-examination are a desire to surrender my weaknesses and faults to the forgiving love of Christ and intentionally desire and embrace practices that lead to transformation. When I practice self-examination I allow the Holy Spirit to open my heart to see what is actually true about me.
Psalm 139:23-24 says, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Every time we confess how we have missed the mark of God’s love and truth, we open ourselves up to the mending work of the cross. Jesus’ wounds hold true life-changing power. Through confession and forgiveness, we live into the truth of being God’s new creation! The old is gone. The new has come.
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We meet together regularly on Sunday mornings. We would love to have you join us!
We have bible classes for all ages at 10:00 a.m. Following classes, we meet together as a church family at 11:00 a.m. for worship services.
On the first Sunday of the month we enjoy a potluck meal together following worship service.
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