If we Confess our Sins - He is Faithful to Forgive

SINS - Discipleship, freedom, 

sin, confession 

HIM -- (enters running, carrying TV remote control, stops, turns, crouches, ready to run)
HER -- (follows running) Give me that. (lunges)
HIM -- No way. (fakes, springs by Her, crouches)
HER -- (circling) You can't just steal it right out of my hand.
HIM -- Possession is two-thirds of the law.
COP -- (enters) Alright, you two, cut it out!
HIM -- (turns) What are you doing here?
HER -- Give it to me! I had it first! (lunges)
HIM -- (fakes, springs by Her, hides behind Cop, crouches)
HER -- Will you tell him to give me the remote control?!
COP -- Hey! I said cut it out! You two are acting like kids!
HIM -- I did it in self-defence! She's trying to watch my channel.
HER -- And he wants to watch MY channel. (lunges)
HIM -- (fakes, springs by Her, hides behind Cop, crouches) See what I mean? She's completely out of control.
COP -- Listen, you two, I'm not just here as your neighbour. I'm here as a Deputy Sheriff. The Sheriff called me and told me that the people next door called 911.
HER -- I didn't break any laws. HE'S the one who stole the remote control right out of my hand. (lunges)
HIM -- (fakes, springs by Her, hides behind Cop, crouches) Sheriff, arrest that woman. She's a menace!
COP -- Give me the remote control. (pause) Hand it over. (holds out hand)
HIM -- Oh, Alright!
HER -- (holds out hand) Finally, justice is done.
COP -- (resists) Not so fast. What's this all about?
HIM -- This is all our pastor's fault.
HER -- Yeah, if you arrest our pastor, I'll be glad to testify against him.
COP -- Wait a minute. I know your pastor. He's a fine and gentle human being. What's going on here?
HIM -- Our pastor wanted to show us what true discipleship is.
HER -- Yes, we're SUPPOSED to be modeling discipleship to the rest of the world.
COP -- I've got news for you. You're not doing a very good job.
HIM -- Well, we didn't think he could actually make it happen.
HER -- We had no idea he would go through with it.
HIM -- He asked the congregation how many of us would like to be true disciples of Christ...
HER -- And, of course, we all raised our hands.
HIM -- We had no idea he had the power to do such a thing.
HER -- But he did it. He really did it!
COP -- Did what? What are you two talking about?
HIM -- Our pastor told us that the true disciple has freedom in Christ.
HER -- So, of course, we all nodded. Who doesn't want freedom in Christ?
HIM -- But he said that freedom in Christ means that we are free to do anything that we would not be ashamed to see on television.
HER -- That seemed easy. I mean, compared to what appears on prime time television, what I do can't be so bad. Right?
HIM -- So, without thinking, we all agreed.
HER -- We had no idea he could make it happen.
COP -- Make what happen? You still haven't told me.
HIM -- Somehow the pastor has arranged to display all of our sinful actions and thoughts on television.
HER -- Mine are on channel 173.
HIM -- Mine are on channel 174.
COP -- No kidding!
HER -- No kidding.
HIM -- It's so embarrassing.
COP -- (points remote control at audience back wall) Let's have a look.
HIM & HER -- (shout, stand in front of Cop) NO!
HIM -- You can't do that!
HER -- Please don't.
COP -- (side-steps) Well, how else am I going to see what you two are fighting about? I have to write SOMETHING in my report. (points remote control at audience back wall)
HIM & HER -- (shout, stand in front of Cop) NO!
HER -- Please! It's too embarrassing!
HIM -- Can't we just... stipulate that we have some impure thoughts and let it go at that?
HER -- Yes, we'll admit for the record that we have... BOTH done and thought some things that we are not proud of.
COP -- Well, if you don't want your thoughts and actions to appear on television, I think I know a solution.
HIM -- You do?!
HER -- Tell us!
COP -- The Bible says, "if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
HIM -- So, what you're saying is that the sins that show up in living color on channel 174...
HER -- ...And 173...
HIM -- ...those sins are... the sins we haven't confessed yet.
COP -- Probably. God doesn't remember your sins after you confess them.
HER -- Oh. That's... that's almost too simple. (exiting) I'll do that.
HIM -- Hey, that's a much better solution than fighting over the remote control. (waits for Her to exit, checks one last time to see if Her is listening) Listen. Ah, I don't know how to ask this... Is it... necessary that we... she and I... confess our sins... to each other?
COP -- I think that if you've sinned against Her (points), you probably ought to confess to her just to heal the relationship. But, I suspect that if your anything like me, most of your confession will be directed to God alone.
HIM -- (backs toward exit) Oh. Okay. Well, I'll just... (points over shoulder) confess my sins then. Sorry for all the trouble.
COP -- Glad we could resolve it peacefully. (when Him is out of sight, points remote control at audience back wall, pushes three buttons, looks offstage, then back to imaginary TV, pushes three more buttons) Rats. (exiting) That confession thing really works fast. 174 channels and there's nothing to watch!

1 John 1:5-10 (NKJV)
5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.