认罪与饶恕

“你们要彼此认罪，互相代求，使你们可以得医治。义人祈祷所发的力量是大有功效的。” - 雅 5:16

　　在基督徒生活中，当我们彼此服事和包容时，我们总会犯罪，这是无可避免的。我们会犯罪，而这些罪会带来后果，跟从耶稣基督的人都要面对这两个事实。我们知道，我们需要基督和祂的灵帮助我们逃离罪，而当我们犯了之后，祂的灵帮助我们认罪和得赦免。雅各劝勉我们，要 “彼此认罪，互相代求” 。这样做我们便得医治了。

　　在教会里，我们难免常常彼此得罪，但教会也是一个消除嫌隙的最好地方。解决的方法是接受、承认，和饶恕（forgive），这样做甚至能带来忘记（forget）。教会就是由这些得蒙饶恕、之后愿意饶恕的人组成的！

　　神可以奇妙地使用得蒙饶恕和饶恕别人的基督徒，来吸引别人和祂并和信徒建立亲密的关系。我们甚至听人说过： “基督徒中间，有饶恕和接纳。”

　　认罪和饶恕也是健全的婚姻和家庭关系的特色。神爱我们并饶恕了我们，祂也吩咐我们同样去爱和饶恕我们身边的人。若得罪了别人，我们必须认罪；此外，另一件很难做得到的事，就是我们也必须饶恕，因为神吩咐我们要彼此相爱。

耶稣啊，祢教导我们每天祈求罪得饶恕，求祢帮助我们，也去饶恕得罪我们的人，求祢加恩典给我们，就是祢为我们罪的缘故牺牲的恩典。奉祢的名求，阿们。

13你们中间有受苦的呢，他就该祷告；有喜乐的呢，他就该歌颂。
14你们中间有病了的呢，他就该请教会的长老来；他们可以奉主的名用油抹他，为他祷告。
15出于信心的祈祷要救那病人，主必叫他起来；他若犯了罪，也必蒙赦免。
16所以你们要彼此认罪，互相代求，使你们可以得医治。义人祈祷所发的力量是大有功效的。
17以利亚与我们是一样性情的人，他恳切祷告，求不要下雨，雨就三年零六个月不下在地上。
18他又祷告，天就降下雨来，地也生出土产。

Confession And Forgiveness

"Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." — James 5:16

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As we serve and bear with one another in our Christian living, sin will happen. It's unavoidable. Sin occurs and has consequences, and followers of Jesus Christ deal with both. We learn that we need Christ and his Spirit to help us avoid sin and to help us confess and forgive it when it happens. James advises us to "confess [our] sins to each other and pray for each other." That process leads to healing.

Though we often sin against one another in the church, we're also in the best of places to deal with it. We do so by acknowledging it, confessing it, and forgiving it, and that can even lead to forgetting it. Churches are made up of forgiven sinners who also become forgivers!

God can use forgiven and forgiving followers of Jesus Christ in amazing ways to attract others into fellowship with him and with each other. People have even been known to say, "There's forgiveness and acceptance with those folks."

Confessing and forgiving are also the hallmarks of a healthy marriage and family. Just as God loves and forgives us, he calls us to love and forgive the people around us. When we have sinned against one another, we must confess. And then, though it can be difficult, we must also forgive, for we are called to love one another.

Prayer

Jesus, you teach us to ask for forgiveness daily. Help us also to forgive any who sin against us. Give us the grace you have shown to us by your sacrifice for our sake. Amen.