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↝ CONFESSIONS — YOUR SINS OF NOT LISTENING OR HEEDING TO MINISTERS OF GOD ↜

[Daniel 9:6 TLV] — We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
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[Daniel 9:6 NLV] — "We have not listened to Your servants who spoke for You, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land."
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[Daniel 9:6 NIV] — We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your Name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.

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In this Bible verse in red, Daniel continued his confession of the sins of “We” — Only that this time it's a confession or regretting for not listening to the Ministers or Messengers of God and of not keeping their messages. Just as there must be testimonies for having listened, believed and heeded to the messages and instructions of the ministers and Messengers of God — on the flipside, there must also be regrets, gnashing of teeth and confessions for not believing, not listening, not heeding to the warnings or instructions of the Messengers or ministers of God. So, as it is in the Bible verse in red, so shall it be in the sore Lamentations, confessions or regrets, of sinners who did not heed to the prophets and to the teachers who spoke or taught on God's behalf.

[‭Proverbs 5:11-13 NLV] — "You would cry inside yourself when your end comes, when your flesh and body are wasted away. You would say, "How I have hated teaching! My heart hated strong words! I have not listened to the voice of my teachers. I have not turned my ear to those who would teach me."

Those were like the regret, lamentation or confession, in the Bible verse in red — We have not listened to Your servants the prophets and the teachers, who spoke to our kings, to our fathers, to our elites and to our leaders — (perhaps because we regarded the words of those kings, fathers, leaders, bosses, etc, above the words of God's servants the prophets and the teachers who come in the name the Lord). Therefore, Sodom and Gomorrah has more chances than us in the day of Judgment, because we did not listen to the servants of God.

[Matthew 10:14-15 NET] — "And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town. I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!”

Previously or in the preceding verse to this one in red, I spoke about revealing knowledge of your sins through confession of your sins: — But in this Bible verse in red I speak of revealing your negligence but not your ignorance of your sins. This is because, you must reveal you were told or warned, but you did not listen or regard the ministers.

This is because the conviction of your confession must validate the Messengers of God who you previously invalidate or despised by not listening to them. Thus, Holy Spirit will convict men of sin because they did not listen or believe in he who comes in the name of the Lord.

[John 16:8-9 LG] — "And when He comes, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me;”

Again, previously or in the preceding verse to this one in red, I separated in between Adam’ isolative confession of the sins of “we” and Daniel's cumulative confession of the sins of “we.” But here I must mention why Adam’s confession took that path, and Daniel's took this path. Adam’s confession of the sin included confession or revelation of whom Adam listened to and sinned, while Daniel's confession of the “sin” included the confession or revelation of whom Daniel and his fellow sinners had not listened to and sinned.

■1■ Whom did Adam listened to, and sinned, according to his confession? — Adam listened to a Woman of God, the Woman God gave to be with him. And the woman in turn listened to the Serpent as listening to a counselor, whom God gave wisdom more than all the beast of the field inside the Garden of God in Eden.

■2■ Whom did Daniel and his fellow sinners listened to, and sinned, according to his confession in this Bible verse in red? — Daniel did not confess whom they listened to, but rather confessed whom they did not listen to or whom they failed to believe. These were the prophets of God, servants and messengers of God sent by God or speaking in the Name (authority of the Lord) to them.

So, Adam was trying to justify himself with excuse that he had listened to a woman of God who God Himself gifted and ordained as helper to be with him — But the Lord God wisely punished Adam for listening to the woman as Adam’s wife, not for listening to the woman as minister or woman of God. Know the difference, and know how that defeated Adam’s excuse to justify or absolve himself.

It's like me saying to God, “The pastor/prophet You called or anointed told me to do it, and I listened and did that which You earlier told me not to do” — But yet, God will punish me — not for listening to His servant the prophet or pastor, but for listening to a deceiver, a liar or a false prophet or pastor, and for disobeying God’s commanded Word.

Now, that does not necessarily mean God denies or refuses to recognize that man as His pastor or prophet, neither does it mean I should not have listened to God’s prophet or pastor — Rather it means because I listened to the prophet or pastor and by listening to him I disobeyed God’s commandment or law, the Judgment or Punishment of God will not count or recognize that pastor or prophet I listened to as my substitute. The pastor or prophet does not take away my sin just because I listened or followed him into the sin. Recall the story of the young man of God from Judah and the old prophet that lied to him.

So, a confession of listening to servants of God, prophets or pastors, and that led you into sin or evil against the Law or Commandment of God, does not remove or shift the responsibility away from you to the servants of God you have listened or obeyed. There's only one Person you can listen to, even if listening to Him leads you into evil, and yet by listening to Him the sins or responsibility of the evil is taken away from you — That Person is the Lord God or the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Lord, I listened to You and did this evil — That is obedience and that is righteousness. Therefore, the Father's Commandment to all New Testament People and all men past and future is this — Listen to My Son, My Beloved Begotten Son, in Whom I Am well pleased (Matthew 17:5). And Mary, the mother of Jesus, instruction to all men is this - Whatever He (Jesus Christ) tells you to do, do it (John 2:5).

But, Lord I listened to Your Servants, Your Prophets, Your Pastors, etc, but I did not listen or obey Your Word or Commandment to me — That is not acceptable or forgivable in Judgment.

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Most true servants of God are not ministers.......by their fruits u will know them.....self serving business men full town.

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Most true servants of God are not ministers.......by their fruits u will know them.....self serving business men full town.

If they are true servants of God then they are ministers. Servants means Ministers.