Naming your sins before God

Rebound is the recovery from carnality, one of the ten problem-solving devices provided by God to every believer. It is the only problem solving device that functions outside spirituality. All the problem solving devices are provided by the auspices of the grace of God and none is operational by human power or human resources. Rebound is the non-meritorious naming, acknowledgment of personal sins apart from emotional connotation.

Rebound is not feeling sorry, sorrow, or guilty for sins, but the decision of the soul to follow divine instruction to name or accept the fact that sin is present. Rebound is the trend reversing decision and the only solution provided by God for the carnal believers to recover from their sins.

Rebound is a personal decision because the believer uses his volition to sin and enter the state of carnality; on the other hand, the believer must likewise use his volition to recover from sin. Volition is the decision of the soul, not the decision of the human brain. Rebound does not need any emotional expression since emotion is never a criterion for the spiritual life, and it has no value in God’s forgiveness.

The forgiveness of God is by grace alone. Emotion is part of rebound but cannot be the basis of forgiveness, because God is not emotional, and His solutions are not emotional. The term “faithful” of 1 John 1:9, gives emphasis to the consistency of God to forgive, meaning His grace never fails in any aspect related to forgiving men. The term “righteous” describes the source of forgiveness, which is the integrity of God. The integrity of God cannot be compromised; He cannot accept human good or even divine good as the basis of forgiveness.

The faith of believers is not a requirement for forgiveness from God, but only the function of the spiritual priesthood in following divine instructions. The spiritual priesthood is God’s given privilege to every Church Age believer to represent himself before God.

God does all the work in rebound. Rebound works because God imputed to the Lord Jesus Christ every sin that all human beings have committed and those they will commit. The forgiveness of rebound is based on the substitutionary death (the spiritual death) of Christ on a cross.  Man cannot add or contribute anything to the forgiveness of God. No human work can replace or equal the perfect work of Christ.

The universal priesthood of the believer is irrevocable and is not affected by the carnality or personal sins of the believer. So when the royal priest is out of fellowship, he still represents himself before God, obeying the instruction regardless of his spiritual status. Faith toward God is ineffective apart from the filling of the Holy Spirit. Faith minus spirituality is nothing but futility and in reality another useless religious activity.

In the sight of God, the royal priesthood of the believer is permanent and will remain such regardless of the believer’s spiritual status. The priest can shift from being bad to good but he is still a priest. As the believer uses his negative volition to enter carnality, likewise he uses his positive volition to follow divine instruction to recover from sin.

God has always dealt with us in grace; He saves us in grace, He disciplines us in grace, He forgives us in grace, He blesses us in grace. Rebound symbolizes the matchless grace of God, it accesses the power of God, it is the key that unlocks the door to spiritual freedom and spiritual prosperity.

SOME SYNONYMS FOR REBOUND:

Confession of sins to God (1 John 1:9), To confess is to name your sin to God in the privacy of your royal priesthood,

Judging yourself (1 Corinthians 11:31), To judge yourself is to acknowledge that your personal sins were crucified on the cross where the penalty was paid in full by Christ,

Yielding to God (Romans 6:13, 12:1), To yield is to surrender your arrogance and self righteousness with admission that you have sinned,

Laying aside every weight (Hebrews 12:1), To lay aside every weight is to cut-off you from the state of carnality by free-will decision to re-enter spirituality,

To be in subjection to the Father (Hebrews 12:9), "To be in subjection to the Father' is a decision of the soul to return and submit one self’s under the authority of the Lord,

Lift up the hands that hang down (Hebrews 12:12), To lift up the hands that down is the removal of the shackle that hinders you from doing the will and purpose of God,

Make straight paths (Matthews 3:3, Hebrews 12:13), To make your path straight is a decision of the soul to choose the divine viewpoint and reject the human viewpoint,

Arise from the death (Ephesians 5:14), is to stand up again from temporal or operational death,

Put off the old man (Ephesians 4:22), is to restrain the old sinful nature from taking control of your soul,

Acknowledge your iniquity (Jeremiah 3:13), is to admit your personal sins before the Lord, (see also Psalm 32:5, 38:18, 51:3-4, Proverbs 28:13).

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