Jesus requires confession of your sins

In the Leviticus Law, the High Priest was required to offer blood sacrifices as an atonement for sins, and confess man's sins to God.

Leviticus 5:5-6 (NKJ)
'And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing;

6. 'and he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goat as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.

Leviticus 16:20-21 (NIV)
"When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat.

21.He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites all their sins and put them on the goat's head. He shall send the goat away into the desert in the care of a man appointed for the task.

On the Day of Atonement, when the High Priest went into the Most Holy Place, he was a fore glimpse of Jesus Christ, the true High Priest and intercessor who sits at the right hand of the Father.

Hebrews 9:1-14 (NIV)
Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

2.A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lamp-stand, the table and the consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place.

3.Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

4.which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

5.Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

6.When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry.

7.But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

8.The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

9.This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10.They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

11.When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation.

12.He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.

13.The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.

14.How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!

Hebrews 6:19-20 (NIV)
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

20.where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.

When Jesus was crucified, the veil of the Temple dividing common man from the Most Holy Place was torn in two from top to bottom. This revealed that God, not man had torn the veil.

Mark 15:37-38 (NIV)
With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.

38.The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

This was a declaration by God, that man was now allowed into the Most Holy Place through the Blood of Jesus Christ for man's own personal individual confession.

Hebrews 10:19-22 (NIV)
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

20.by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21.and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

22.let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

Man no longer required an earthly priest to intercede for him. He was now able to confess his sin directly to Jesus as the intercessor High Priest.

1 John 1:9 (NIV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Proverbs 28:13 (NIV)
He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Confession of sins to God is a requirement of salvation, as well as confession that Jesus Christ is your God.

Romans 10:9-10 (NIV)
. That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

10.For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

2 Timothy 2:19 (NIV)
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."

2Corinthians 9:13 (NIV)
Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.