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# Confession and Absolution **Forgiveness** * What is Confession? Acknowledge sin; know you need forgiveness. * Why Confess? (Does every sin need to be confessed?) Confess every sin known to you. **Making Confession in Old Testament Times** * Yom Kippur Day of Atonement (take care of sin...

# Confession and Absolution **Forgiveness** * What is Confession? Acknowledge sin; know you need forgiveness. * Why Confess? (Does every sin need to be confessed?) Confess every sin known to you. **Making Confession in Old Testament Times** * Yom Kippur Day of Atonement (take care of sin day) * Through sacrifices and a priest **Making Confession Through Jesus** * Curtain torn * Don't need priest rituals anymore **Private Prayer** * Between us and God **Public Confession** * In a worship service (from Lutheran worship service) * "O Almighty God, merciful Father, I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess to you all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended you and justly deserved your punishment now and forever. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them and I pray you of your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of your beloved son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor sinful being." **Advantages and Drawbacks of Public/Private Confession** | Advantages | Drawbacks | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Covers all the bases like the Lord's prayer. | So familiar it loses meaning. | | | |