Psalms 51:3 KJV
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
1 John 1:9 KJV
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
As wonderful a promise as 1 John 1:9 is, it occured to me that Psalm 51 is a model for that confession. David was a believer, he did not need to seek a relationship with the Lord; he already had one. But this believer had fallen into the depths of terrible sin. It was time to confess and God's provision has seen to it that confession was preserved for our benefit today, not just so we know what David did, but se we may learn to do the same in our times of confession.
Confession involves
Confrontation
Nathan squarely confronted David's sin and brought him to repentance. No one genuinely confesses until they have genuinely repented.
Consideration
Vs 3
David saw his sin as ever before him and realized the sin was ultimately against God (not Uriah and Bathsheba or even the nation of Israel)
Cleansing
Vs 7-8
The wages of sin is death. David pled the blood of God's sacrifice as His only hope for cleansing.
Creation
Vs 9
He needed a clean heart and a right spirit. That is the work of the Lord in the believer.
Coming
Vs 11-12
Sin drives us from the presence of the Lord. We have to return.
Conversions
Vs 13
A man who walks with God witnesses to others.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
1 John 1:9 KJV
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
As wonderful a promise as 1 John 1:9 is, it occured to me that Psalm 51 is a model for that confession. David was a believer, he did not need to seek a relationship with the Lord; he already had one. But this believer had fallen into the depths of terrible sin. It was time to confess and God's provision has seen to it that confession was preserved for our benefit today, not just so we know what David did, but se we may learn to do the same in our times of confession.
Confession involves
Confrontation
Nathan squarely confronted David's sin and brought him to repentance. No one genuinely confesses until they have genuinely repented.
Consideration
Vs 3
David saw his sin as ever before him and realized the sin was ultimately against God (not Uriah and Bathsheba or even the nation of Israel)
Cleansing
Vs 7-8
The wages of sin is death. David pled the blood of God's sacrifice as His only hope for cleansing.
Creation
Vs 9
He needed a clean heart and a right spirit. That is the work of the Lord in the believer.
Coming
Vs 11-12
Sin drives us from the presence of the Lord. We have to return.
Conversions
Vs 13
A man who walks with God witnesses to others.
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