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	Nave's—Confession

Confession of Sin

God requires—Le 5:5; Ho 5:15

God regards—Job 33:27,28; Da 9:20-23

Exhortation to—Jos 7:19; Jer 3:13; Jas 5:16

Promises to—Le 26:40-42; Pr 28:13

SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED WITH

• Submission to punishment
• —Le 26:41; Ne 9:33; Ezr 9:13
• Prayer for forgiveness
• —2Sa 24:10; Ps 25:11; 51:1; Jer 14:7-9,20
• Self-abasement
• —Isa 64:5,6; Jer 3:25
• Godly sorrow
• —Ps 38:18; La 1:20
• Forsaking sin
• —Pr 28:13
• Restitution
• —Nu 5:6,7

Should be full and unreserved—Ps 32:5; 51:3; 106:6

Followed by pardon—Ps 32:5; 1Jo 1:9

Illustrated—Lu 15:21; 18:13

Exemplified

• Aaron
• —Nu 12:11
• Israelites
• —Nu 21:6,7; 1Sa 7:6; 12:19
• Saul
• —1Sa 15:24
• David
• —2Sa 24:10
• Ezra
• —Ezr 9:6
• Nehemiah
• —Ne 1:6,7
• Levites
• —Ne 9:4,33,34
• Job
• —Job 7:20
• Daniel
• —Da 9:4
• Peter
• —Lu 5:8
• Thief
• —Lu 23:41