Thinking about the role of "application" in churches today, I am increasingly convinced that the question is not so much "how does this Word of God apply to me", but rather "how can I apply and conform myself to the Word of God which has been revealed and preached".
The former esteems the self and sees the Word of God as an addition to self, while the latter esteems God's Word and seeks to adjust himself to that Revelation.
Grace of Contrition and Confession – The Joy of Repentance
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Right after God saved me in 1986 I was taught to confess and repent of my
sins as a way of walking before the Lord. What this does is keeps us in
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