A Broken Heart and A Perfect Sacrifice: An Example of Confession and Forgiveness
November 29, 2020 / Justin Nalls, Teaching Pastor / Ingleside Baptist ChurchA Chapter a Day
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Psalm 51, ESV
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy.
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
- Mercy results from God’s , not ours.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
- We should confess our and our .
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
- We should ask God to us.
- God will you clean.
- God will his face from your sins.
- God will your sins.
- God will give you a heart.
11 Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
- Forgiveness leads to renewal of with God, to God, and in God.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
- Forgiveness leads to and .
18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
build up the walls of Jerusalem;
19 then will you delight in right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
- My personal, spiritual renewal can have an impact on .