Many people, in their enmity against God, refuse to confess or even acknowledge their sinful acts. The apostle John warns that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Confessing sin means to acknowledge and admit it, initiating the process of overcoming its addictive impact. The seriousness of sin becomes evident when we recognize that all sin is committed against God, and it also harms oneself, as our bodies belong to Him, purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ. Sin's detrimental effect extends beyond the individual, impacting family, friends, community, country, and the entire world, adding to immeasurable suffering. Each sin corrodes our ability to reach our full potential, breaking the vital connection with God and separating us from His love. Habitual sin enslaves, hardening the heart and lowering barriers to further transgression, as Jesus Christ cautions to sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon us. Yet, through our heavenly Father's powerful love, He provides the perfect antidote to our sinful habits in the life and blood of Jesus Christ.

True repentance begins with full acknowledgement of our own guilt. Satan deceives and influences, but he is not the author of human sin. The spirit in man carries free moral agency, so each person chooses, and sin arises when we are drawn away by our own desires (James 1). God holds the father accountable for his own sins and the children for theirs (Ezekiel 18), so having the devil as a spiritual father does not shift guilt off the sinner. Sin entered the world through Adam, and Adam and Eve's blame-shifting was not accepted by God. Paul's anguish in Romans 7 ends not in blaming Satan but in recognizing the sin dwelling in himself and trusting Christ for deliverance. Scripture knows no co-sinner and no divided guilt. Leviticus 5:17 says that the person who sins, even unknowingly, is guilty and bears his own iniquity. Deception does not make a sin smaller. To ask forgiveness for part of a sin while assuming the rest rests on Satan defies God's word and is deadly. Psalm 51 shows David owning his sin without any hint of that approach. The danger is not that Satan will make us sin, but that we will choose to sin, perhaps through faulty reasoning, and so incur the death penalty. The idea that Satan carries man's sins comes from Jewish tradition such as the Book of Enoch, not from Scripture. Leviticus 16:21 places the iniquities of Israel on the goat.