What Do We Say After We Sin?
Psalms 51:1-2 (ESV)
TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN NATHAN THE PROPHET WENT TO HIM, AFTER HE HAD GONE IN TO BATHSHEBA.
according to your steadfast love;
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
That about answers the question!! When we commit a sin against a holy God we are to confess that sin. we are to come to God to plead for His mercy. We are to approach God based upon His steadfast love for us. We are to enter into God’s presence based upon His abundant mercy. We have to start with the fact that we will sin. Here is what David will say just two chapters latter in Psalms:
2 God looks down from heaven
on the children of man
to see if there are any who understand,
who seek after God.
3 They have all fallen away;
together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.
Since there is none that “seek God” and none that “does good,” we need to know how to repair the broken relationship we have with God because of that sin. It starts with confession. Note how one New Testament writer put it:
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Our confession invokes God’s compassion. God is not obligated to forgive us just because He is a forgiving God. That is the world’s philosophy. Our confession opens up the avenue for God’s mercy and grace in our lives as we approach Him via faith in His promises. God is “faithful” and “just” to forgive our sins. We can rejoice in His mercy and steadfast love.
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