[Quix]

Certainly confession for sins, of sins to God in behalf of their being covered by Christ's Blood for forgiveness of sins is supremely critical.

As is FORGIVING ALL OTHERS.

Nevertheless, that's not what this Scripture is saying--James 5:16:

New International Version (©1984) Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. New Living Translation (©2007) Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. English Standard Version (©2001) Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. New American Standard Bible (©1995) Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. International Standard Version (©2008) Therefore, make it your habit to confess your sins to one another and to pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995) So admit your sins to each other, and pray for each other so that you will be healed. Prayers offered by those who have God's approval are effective. King James Bible Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. American King James Version 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. American Standard Version Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working. Bible in Basic English So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working. Darby Bible Translation Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The fervent supplication of the righteous man has much power. English Revised Version Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working. Webster's Bible Translation Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much. Weymouth New Testament Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. The heartfelt supplication of a righteous man exerts a mighty influence. World English Bible Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective. Young's Literal Translation Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

We can dance all around the facts but that Scripture is reasonably clear. And by and large, Proddys don't OBEY GOD'S WORD on that score. RC's too often play absurd, grossly distorted pseudo-fancy power-mongering games with it but Proddys ignore it wholesale.

And, I've noticed in the few congregations where that was practiced significantly at all--that would be one and a 1/4th given that the 2nd one didn't practice it greatly but some--there were some surprising healings as a function of obeying that Scripture.

GOD'S WORD DOES NOT RETURN VOID. THERE IS GREAT BENEFIT IN OBEYING IT.

REGARDLESS OF

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[Mad Dawg]

Every once in a while, my brother in the Lord, you totally rock!

This may be the least important aspect of confession, but it’s meaningful to me:

We SAY the Lord has paid all the price of our sin. We claim to put all our trust in Him and to despise the deceits of the world.

But then we balk at confessing our sins to one or more human beings?

For me to tell a priest about that embarrassing incident in the hotel in Khartoum, the one with the hooker, the goat, and the iguana ... That’s a pretty comfortable way of proving to myself that I believe Christ’s forgiveness totally trumps the disapproval of man. For me, stepping into the confessional is a witness to my trust in Jesus.