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Do we have to reveal our sin to other believers or I should say Christians? I'm not talking about hiding who I am, I am talking about my past sins after you repent of them. I have this rule that from now on I won't reveal to anybody who I was and what my sins were. No offense to the body of Christ but there are too many condemning Christians. I'm not saying this is true of every single Christian, but it is true in a lot of Christians.
I know the Bible says to confess your sins one to another; but do you have to get into details. I used to reveal my sin in detail, but I realize that that's probably not a good idea. And so, I don't think I want to reveal to other believers the struggles that I have. I don't want to tell them that I struggle with this sin or that sin.
Why can't I just say that I have this one stronghold in my life that I can't seem to overcome instead of revealing what that stronghold is?
For example, do I have to tell somebody if I struggle with covetousness that this is an area that I struggle with? Why can't I just say that I struggle with a particular sin that I prefer not to reveal?
I just don't want people to know who I was and what my struggles still are. I want my relationship with God to be just between us.
I am not expressing myself very well so I apologize if I am not making any kind of sense.
But is there something wrong with keeping my struggles to myself? Do I actually have to tell other Christians exactly what I struggle with in order for me to be healed or forgiven? Like I said, Christians can be very condemning. I am not at all going around saying Christians are judgmental because we are all judgmental. But it is how they judge that can be very hurtful. And I don't know if I can trust people in the church.
I know the Bible says to confess your sins one to another; but do you have to get into details. I used to reveal my sin in detail, but I realize that that's probably not a good idea. And so, I don't think I want to reveal to other believers the struggles that I have. I don't want to tell them that I struggle with this sin or that sin.
Why can't I just say that I have this one stronghold in my life that I can't seem to overcome instead of revealing what that stronghold is?
For example, do I have to tell somebody if I struggle with covetousness that this is an area that I struggle with? Why can't I just say that I struggle with a particular sin that I prefer not to reveal?
I just don't want people to know who I was and what my struggles still are. I want my relationship with God to be just between us.
I am not expressing myself very well so I apologize if I am not making any kind of sense.
But is there something wrong with keeping my struggles to myself? Do I actually have to tell other Christians exactly what I struggle with in order for me to be healed or forgiven? Like I said, Christians can be very condemning. I am not at all going around saying Christians are judgmental because we are all judgmental. But it is how they judge that can be very hurtful. And I don't know if I can trust people in the church.