True Confession

True Confession

For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight— That You may be found just when You speak, a And blameless when You judge.

Psalm 51:3-4

True confession of sin is critical. David understood this very clearly. Here is the heart of true repentance. When we have sinned, we need forgiveness and cleansing. God grants forgiveness upon the basis of repentance. Repentance involves confession. When it comes to confession, David leads by example. He offers no excuses. He acknowledges in a most straightforward manner that he has sinned, first and foremost, against God Himself. We want to take a very good look at this. We may sin against others, as David did against Bathsheba and Uriah. At the very foundation our sin is against God. It is to Him that we must make our confession first. It is from Him that we need forgiveness. This does not remove our responsibility to address our wrongdoing with the people against whom we have sinned. It does show us the priority we should place upon honest confession to God. Again, we go to I John which tells us the results of confession, ‘If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.’ Cleansing for our sin comes by the Blood of Christ. Repentance and confession is the only way forward spiritually. Today, let us consider these things carefully. We may need to make confession at this very hour, or if not today, not many days hence. There is forgiveness, by the Blood of the Lamb. Let us know where to go, and fly there without delay.

Our Gracious and Forgiving God,
we praise You that You receive our confession.
We rejoice that You grant us forgiveness
that we might be clean before You.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning