The Joshua said to Achan, "My son, I implore you, give glory to the Lord, the God if Israel, and give praise to Him; and tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me."This last Sunday, the lesson in the E&E class I'm in was regarding worship. We talked about the different types of worship, but I don't recall this being on the list. From how I'm reading this, Joshua is saying that confession is a form of praise. How does this work?
I can only speculate here, and this is not my area of expertise. But my guess would be that we don't confess to someone who we don't trust, or that has no bearing on the situation. When we confess to the one we have wronged, it is because we know we have done wrong. That knowledge comes from God Himself, because He created the law we broke. Also, we are asking forgiveness, which He has the power to grant (not that He did in this case). We are acknowledging God's sovereignty over us, which is a form of praise.
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