GO and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, *Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the* Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. *Only acknowledge thine iniquity*, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord, *Turn, O backsliding children, saith the* Lord; *for I am married unto you*. _Jeremiah 3:12-14._ *I WILL heal their backsliding*, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. _Hosea 14:4._ *2nd. Confess to God.* I ACKNOWLEDGED *my sin unto* thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, *I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord*; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. _Psalms 32:5._ IF we *confess* our *sins*, He is *faithful* and *just* to forgive us our *sins*, and to *cleanse* us from all *unrighteousness*. _I John 1:9._ *3rd. Turn to God.* THEREFORE *turn thou to thy God*: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on *thy* God continually. _Hosea 12:6._ IF *thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up*, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. _Job 22:23._ AND He is the *propitiation* for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the *whole world*. _I John 2:2_ Some say they are backsliders, but are *not*, for they have never *slid forward*. Baptism. *COMMANDED by God PRACTICED by Christ and others.* The Bible plainly teaches that every believer *should confess Christ in baptism*. GO ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, *baptizing them* into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. _Matthew 28:19, R.V._ HE that believeth and is *baptized* shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned. _Mark 16:16, R.V._ AND Peter said up to them, Repent ye, and be *baptized* every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins. _Acts 2:38, R.V._ AND there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem and were *baptized of him*, in the river of Jordan confessing their sins. _Mark 1:5._ *JESUS was baptized*.