December 2, 2024: Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16
Confess your faults to one another…
The idea of confessing out faults to one another takes to a different level of followers walk with Christ. Confessing our faults means to be willing to build relationships with our fellow followers of Christ. This is one reason why Paul told not to forsake fellowship with our community. This is also a way to build out characters and deeping our walk with Christ.
Pray one for another…
Prayer is how we care for each other, build each other up, and how we learn the needs of those around us, but the main goal is healing.
That ye may be healed…
Prayer in the assemply is for healing of our souls, the healing of our broken lives that are now being healed through the prayers of the saints for our brethren. This is also the way we help each other defend against the whiles of the Satan.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Righteousness is to be in right standing before our Heavenly Father. How can we stand before our Holy Father? Only through Jesus Christ, the only begotten son of the one true God and Father, Jesus Father and God. When we repent of our sins, enter the waters of repentence, we are risen with Christ as new creations full of the holy spirit of God.
In closing…
We all need to grow, to repent, to learn to be life Christ through suffering as Christ learned obedience through suffering. When we confess our faults to one another, we open up the door of regeneration in our lives and of others by our example. When we pray for each other, our goal is to bring healing to our fellow sojourners.
In Christ’s name,
Amen.