Today's Favorite Verse: Matthew 3:17
"And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins."
I think the word confession stood out to me because President M. Russell Ballard spoke of it twice today in his Facebook post.
"Perfection is a lifelong journey, not a single event. However, you might find it difficult maintaining motivation to progress when you repeat the same mistakes over and over again. How can you turn this overwhelming guilt into change?
The Savior offered this clear and simple answer:
“Behold he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more. By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins - behold, he will confess and forsake them.”
Great joy results when we experience true repentance by confessing and forsaking. That will bring the peace we seek.
The Savior is more interested in our personal growth than our mistakes. Repentance helps us become true and faithful sons and daughters of God. We are only eventually made perfect only through Jesus Christ and His perfect atonement.
(Elder M. Russell Ballard, Facebook post 17 Sep 2023)
A mighty change cannot happen unless we confess and repent of our sins and become new in Christ.
"Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles similarly taught about the essential role of confession in repentance:
“True repentance also includes confession: ‘Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers.’ (Ezra 10:11.) One with a broken heart will not hold back. As confession lets the sickening sin empty out, then the Spirit which withdrew returns to renew. …“All sins are to be confessed to the Lord, some to a Church official, some to others, and some to all of these. A few may require public confession. Confessing aids forsaking” (“Repentance,” Ensign, Nov. 1991, 31).
(New Testament Student Manual, "Chapter 2: Matthew 1-4")
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