It is true that the Lord is merciful. He is slow to
anger and quick to forgive sins. It is a lie about the character of God if we
retain our sins and refuse to confess them to Him, if we think that He will
somehow not forgive us our sins.
It is also true that if you fail to confess your sins, you
will systematically harden your heart, deceiving yourself that you have no sins
to confess. Your heart will grow hard and the Lord, who is gracious and kind
and quick to forgive, will not grant you that provision of forgiveness and
freedom from sin. Even the saints of God can grieve the Holy Spirit through
sins if they will not come to the throne of grace. It is a throne of grace,
abundant grace, but only to those who lay down their sins at the foot of the
cross.
Your
secret sins will find you out. This is a proverb worth noting. It is better to
confess and be forgiven than to retain sins and have them held against you. The
Lord is merciful and just to forgive sins. Let us all confess, especially those
secret sins we are nursing along, so that the Lord can kill them once and for
all.
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