Confession. Please help me

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Permalink Reply by Tammy on September 21, 2017 at 1:16am

I guess without you sharing with us the specifics of what you are talking about, it's hard for us to make this determination or that's how it is for me. Did he tell you before he asked you not to share it? Did what he share pose any danger to yourself or him & you felt it needed to be told? I feel without knowing the specifics of what you're talking about, it's hard to say.

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Permalink Reply by Ananya on September 21, 2017 at 1:24am

And if I write here specifically,i would break my promise. So I am not writing it specifically

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Permalink Reply by Tammy on September 24, 2017 at 9:41pm

In my opinion, if he asked you ahead of time, "I need to tell you something but you must promise not to share it. Will you promise this?", That would be breaking his confidence. If he shared it with you & then asked u not to share it afterwards, I feel that's a different matter if you felt you needed some type of advice. On the flip side if he told you something that really didn't need a 2nd opinion, maybe you should have kept it between the 2 of you. However, not knowing anything, I have no clue. Since it's already happened, I'd tell him how sorry I was to break his confidence but you felt you needed to talked to someone about it.

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Permalink Reply by Ananya on September 21, 2017 at 1:20am

No it was just about me and he said not to tell anyone that he told me that. But it is not anything dangerous. It just about trust. Just I need to know that if I did anything wrong by sharing it with my friend even though I didn't say it as clear but just as a situation

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Permalink Reply by JB on September 22, 2017 at 8:08am

 

My advice to you would be, not to listen to what man has to say about your situation, but to read the instruction manual “the bible, God’s Holy Word” apply to your heart, and believe, and do what it says.

 1 John 2:27 (KJV)
²⁷  But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

Ephesians 1:17-18 (KJV)
¹⁷  That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
¹⁸  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Ephesians 3:16-20 (KJV)
¹⁶  That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
¹⁷  That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
¹⁸  May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
¹⁹  And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
²⁰  Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Romans 4:7-8 (KJV)
⁷  Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
⁸  Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

2 Corinthians 5:19 (KJV)
¹⁹  To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

JB

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Permalink Reply by Mary O on September 24, 2017 at 8:11pm

God bless you! I can't know the situation. What I'm saying is said with lots of love. Okay?

When you are told something in confidence, and you break that confidence, the person will probably find out. The person that you also told will wonder if you can keep a confidence. When you break a confidence(s), people will stop confiding in you. Breaking a confidence may harm the effectiveness of your ministry. It's good to learn and move forward. Put confidences under the lock and key called self control or temperance (a fruit of spirit). 

On a different note, there are laws that enter into the picture. Say if someone harms a child, and confides in you (just an example), a counselor by law is required to report it. There are laws that protect vulnerable people. A counselor can be responsible to God and to the law. Wisdom is necessary in this kind of situation. 

Since I can't know the situation, these are some thoughts that came to mind. I hope it's helpful.

God bless,

Mary

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