The Confession of Sinners Saved
I confess That I am a great sinner, but Jesus is an even greater Saviour. ( Ephesians 2: 8-9 ). I confess That I need a Saviour and that Jesus is the Saviour I need ( 2 Timothy 1:10 ). I confess I am guilty, prone to wander but, by the Gospel, I am justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ( Romans 3:24 ). I confess I had ruined myself by sin, and, apart from grace, I would stand exposed to divine retribution. But I rejoice in the Gospel because by the Gospel I continually learn that Jesus was made ( reckoned ) sin for me, that I might be made ( reckoned ) the righteousness of God in Him ( 2 Corinthians 5:21 ). I confess I am now a child of God. Because of the Gospel, I am made alive, adopted, justified, accepted, and clothed in righteousness. "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" ( Galatians 6:14 ). I confess I have been raised from spiritual death. Spiritually speaking, ...