Personal confession is probably the most straight forward and easily understood confession because it is the confession most Christians are taught in Sunday school, and modeled my Hollywood. These are sins that you might think of confessing to a priest before communion, or to your pastor, or maybe friend and ask them for their forgiveness.

Inner Confession

Inner Confession is not so much the actions that you do but the thoughts you have. These are the things that you never act on just think about.  I am reminded of the Sermon on the Mount. Specifically Matthew 5:21-30 where Jesus tells us about the devastating effects of our thought lives.

It is the part of you life that can keep you from worshiping YHWH no matter how great the music or how you raise your hands or even act in the gifts of the spirit. This is why many Christians feel as though they are never going to be good enough to be accepted into the Kingdom. This area is just as detrimental to your walking in the victory of Christ as the actions most could point at as sin.

Outer Confession

Probably by far the most common and thus easily understood type of confession: this is the confession that even non-Christians understand how to do and most people perform quite well.

This is perhaps the most played out confession in Hollywood films. Which face it is the place most non Christians get their view of Christianity. Typically dramatized as stereotyped as Catholic confession in a booth with a priest.

This is your chance to confess your behavior. Your chance to get the weight of your dirty deed whether done in private or public off your chest.

The obstacles personal confessions includes but are not limited to Pride, Fear, and Love. Read each example and think about if you have ever allowed any of these obstacles get in your way of needed confession.

Pride: I am justified in what I did there is no reason to confess it even if the bible says it is a sin. I had rational (wordly) reasons.

Fear: What will people think of me? What will they do to me if they find out what I did? Will they still love me? I must be the only idiot that has ever done this I can’t let anyone find out.

Love: I am so ashamed of what I did and I know that it would only hurt (persons) if they found out. I do not want to cause them pain.