The Value of Confession
One day it dawned on me. I had become the very thing I hate. A hypocrite. A pretender. Two-faced. I’d written sermons about people like me. Christians who care more about their appearance than integrity.
I knew what I needed to do. I’d written sermons about that, too. 1 John 1:8-9 says, “If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right.” I needed to confess.
What is confession? Well, confession is not complaining. If I just recite my problems and rehash my woes, I’m whining. Confession is a radical reliance upon grace. Maybe you need to do what I’ve done in the last few days. You just need to confess. God will hear your confession. And in your confession you will find a wonder of God’s grace. You see grace creates an honest confession. And then great grace, receives it.
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五祭
/in 每日親近神, 每日親近神-2026 /by meiling利未記6章9-13節 你要吩咐亞倫和他的子孫說，燔祭的條例乃是這樣：燔祭要放在壇的柴上，從晚上到天亮，壇上的火要常常燒著。祭司要穿上細麻布衣服，又要把細麻布褲子穿在身上，把壇上所燒的燔祭灰收起來，倒在壇的旁邊。隨後要脫去這衣服，穿上別的衣服，把灰拿到營外潔淨之處。 壇上的火要在其上常常燒著，不可熄滅，祭司要每日早晨在上面燒柴，並要把燔祭擺在壇上，在其上燒平安祭牲的脂油。在壇上必有常常燒著的火，不可熄滅。
當神住在人的中間，卻因為人的罪，成為了人與神之間的隔閡，有如萬丈高牆，難以攀越。因此神設立了五祭，使以色列可以藉著這五祭來親近祂。一般在人所創立的宗教裡，都盡量給人不食煙火的感覺，好讓人幻想在天界是何等地清靜無瑕。但是耶和華神卻有不一樣的想法，因為祂知道真正的天堂是怎樣的，祂更知道誰才能去那裡。所以在耶和華的殿裡，祭是最原始的敬拜。
神設立了五祭，雖然我們不是猶太人，不必獻祭；即使是猶太人，現在也沒了獻祭的地方。但是理解這五祭，可以幫助我們要怎樣敬拜神，親近神。現在我們要用複習的方法來看這五祭，答案都在《聖經》〈利未記〉1-7章裡。這些有的是多選題，有超過一個的答案。