When we confess our sins to God, we are acknowledging that God is correct in His evaluation of what is right and wrong. We are aligning ourselves with God. Because God cannot and will not forgive a sin that is not confessed. For many this is a particularly sensitive area, as we discussed above briefly. We need to go to the offended party and confess where we are wrong and make things right.
Several benefits come from confessing to one another.
It brings accountability and unity. It makes sin more real to us. It helps people to know how to pray for us. It helps people to know how to encourage us. It helps people to know how to counsel us.