Fractured: Confess - 1 John 1:5-2:2

As broken, fractured people, accountability is something we often try to shirk. We don't want to be held accountable for our sin and for our actions. We want to simply move on, remember that we have forgiveness in Jesus, and go on to the next thing. We need to confess our sin, but often we do not do it, because we don't like to admit our faults, face our mistakes, and bear the consequences. When we confess our sins, we do not make ourselves liars, but we see the truth for what it is: we are broken people who make mistakes, and God forgives us because of Jesus. We can't receive the forgiveness that Jesus has won for us, unless we confess that we have sinned, and that we need forgiveness. Yet when we do that, we see God's faithfulness, justice, and love for us in Jesus' words of forgiveness.