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NASB | James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses], and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) can accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God--it is dynamic and can have tremendous power]. |
Subject: Ridding myself of guilt and fear |
Bible Note: I am assuming that you have not been baptized, hence the reason for your guilt? The only true way to rid ourselves of our guilt is to be penitent (turn from the life of sin) confess that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) and son of God and know that He died for our sins and rose on the 3rd day and was taken up to heaven and is now reigning at the right hand of God. We must also be buried with Christ in baptism for the forgiveness of our sins and receive the gift of the holy spirit which will also help us in avoiding future temptations. In additon, when we sincerely accept Christ as our Saviour and Lord and act accordingly by being buried with Him in baptism, God says he will remember our sins no more. However, we must also remember that this does not mean that we can then continue in the same lifestyle that we lived previously as it requires dying to "self" and living for Christ. As much as we have died to self, we must now "put on Christ". As Paul stated, it is no longer "I" who lives, but "Christ" liveth in me. |