Written by Mark Roberts, a contemporary author and pastor.
As a pastor, I have been privileged to listen to people who, after years of struggling with guilt, have finally been able to confess their sin to God. The resulting experience of forgiveness and peace often leads to exultant joy. The very sins that haunt us the most, the sins for which we most need to experience God’s forgiveness, are usually the ones we have the hardest time confessing. Our shame over our failure keeps us from telling God the truth of what we have done. Yet, by the power of the Holy Spirit, when we are set free to be honest about our worst offenses, then we are finally able to know the transforming power of divine forgiveness… God will not just forgive us, but also cleanse us from all the ways we are not right with God and each other. Now that’s what I call good news.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. [1 John 1:8-9]
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