Re:Verse passage – Psalm 51:1–19 (day five)
This Lenten Season I am reading through Journey to the Cross, by Paul David Tripp. There are several reflections on sin, confession, and repentance. In light of the theme and profound significance of confession and repentance in our Re:Verse text this week, I wanted to share a couple of quotes that have caused me to think, pray, weep, and rejoice.
“You can’t repent of what you haven’t confessed, you can’t confess what you haven’t grieved, and you can’t grieve what you haven’t seen.”
“If you are aware of your sin, you are aware of it only because you have been visited by amazing Grace. Don’t resist that awareness.”
“Humble confession is always stimulated and ignited by the character and commitment of the person you need to confess to. It is his or her love for you that propels the honest transparency that fear crushes. It is not only pride that keeps us from admitting what we need to admit and confessing it without excuse or shifting blame – fear does too.”
“(Confession) forces you to admit that you’re way more spiritually needy than you would like to think you are. Asks you to admit that you’re a person in constant need of forgiveness. Causes you to admit that your biggest problem is not your history, your family, your friends, your culture, your economic situation, your church, your neighbors, your age, or your physical condition. Confession requires you to admit that your biggest problems live inside you in your heart.”
May God give us awareness of our sin, and show us our need for confession and repentance!!
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