ࡱ> xzw "bjbjVV 0:<<T+   8EYL $%**?j3 U0K"KK$**K : Call to Confession These words from Scripture and the confessions may be used as Calls to Confession. They are appropriately spoken from the baptismal font, perhaps after pouring water into the font. Non-bold parts are intended for leaders; bold parts, for the congregation. Alternately, the leader may speak the entire text (with the exception of selections from the catechisms). Those who love me, I will deliver; I will protect those who know my name. When they call to me, I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble, I will rescue them and honor them. With long life I will satisfy them, and show them my salvation. Psa. 91:14-16 Hear these words from the prophet Isaiah: But now thus says the Lord who created you, Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the water, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flames shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Isa. 43:1-3 For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart. Jer. 29:11-13 Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. You say, We know that Gods judgment on those who do such things is in accordance with truth. Do you imagine, whoever you are, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you despise the riches of Gods kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that Gods kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? Rom. 2:1-4 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. 6:23 The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And before God no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account. Heb. 4:12-13 Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Heb. 4:14-16 Jesus is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. Heb. 7:25 Let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for the one who has promised is faithful. Heb. 10:22-23 Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely. Heb. 12:1 Draw near to God, and God will draw near to you. James 4:8 Do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. The Lord is not slow about this promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. 2 Pet. 3:8-9 God is light; in God there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Christ while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true. But if we walk in the light as Christ himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:5-7 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8-9 Children of God, I am speaking these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:2 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. Beloved, we are Gods children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when Christ is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. And all who have this hope in Christ purify themselves, just as he is pure. 1 John 3:1-3 Children of God, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before God whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and God knows everything. 1 John 3:18-20 The children of God fight against sin; they sob and mourn when they find themselves tempted to do evil; and, if they fall, rise again with earnest and unfeigned repentance. They do these things, not by their own power, but by the power of the Lord Jesus, apart from whom they can do nothing. Scots Confession, 3.13 We believe in God alone. We call upon God, and we do so through Christ. There is one God and there is one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human. Second Helvetic Confession, 5.204; cf. 1 Tim. 2:5 If anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Second Helvetic Confession, 5.024; cf. 1 John 2:1 This is true repentance, sincerely turning to God and all good and earnestly turning away from the devil and all evil. Second Helvetic Confession, 5.094 What is faith in Jesus Christ? Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel. What is repentance unto life? Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby sinners, out of a true sense of their sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, do, with grief and hatred of their sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience. 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