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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Psalm 51:1-2
A Journey of Confession and Repentance
I Cannot Climb This Mountain Myself
Psalm 51:1-2
I believe that what broke David’s heart was not the sexual sin but rather the injustice sin.
Stop rationalizing and stop comparing to others. This is an instant short-circuit to the conviction process.
David begins in an interesting place–the plea for mercy rooted in the existing relationship of love.
Conviction of our sin is in no way a rejection of us by God. Our adoption is secure; our role as God’s children does not change in light of our sin or of God’s discipline in our lives.
It is like David knows, anticipates, how deeply the sin hurts God because of the depth of God’s love for David.
Once we recognize our sin, own it, and allow the reality of what sin does to us and to our relationship with God to sink in, then (and maybe only then?) we can begin to ask for the blotting, the washing, and the cleansing that we need from sin.