Father Lazarus

Well, we see this played out even in the early church, in the book of Acts, in the story of Ananias and Sapphira.

They did a sin against God.

They lied to the Holy Spirit.

But St.

Peter was trying to get them to confess.

He asked the wife, did you sell it for this much?

This is between her and God.

No, he was trying to get her to confess.

Had she confessed, she wouldn't have died instantly, right?

So we see confession.

It says that people came to be baptized by John the Baptist confessing their sins in John chapter 4.

It says in James, you confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed, right?

So confession is a beautiful thing.

We were talking about, you know, I'm not trying to bring up some, I'm not going to put names out there, but like some of these giants in like the evangelical world that at the end of their life, we saw a fall from grace or some people that are really well known, a fall from grace.

Had they been confessing regularly, could that have been alleviated?

Maybe.

I think when we have confession, we're humbling ourselves.

We are talking about the thoughts that we have.

So it's not just when I sin, it's my intentions.

We have this prayer, we say, purify our thoughts, purify our intentions, heal our sicknesses, forgive us our sins.