Confession and Restoration
JULY 3, 2023

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 51:1

Recommended Reading: Psalm 32:1-5
People are often heard to exclaim, “Oh, that is just perfect!” when referring to a gorgeous vista in nature, a beautiful painted or photographed portrait, or a delicious dessert. But as often as we use the word perfect, we know there is no such thing. And that is definitely true of human beings. As Scripture says, “For all have sinned” (Romans 3:23).

Even godly characters like David—a man after God’s own heart (Acts 13:22), a man who wrote numerous psalms of worship to God—failed to live a perfect life. His adulterous affair with Bathsheba, complicity in the death of Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, and concealing of his sins marred an otherwise imitable life. But the redeeming part of David’s imperfect life is the mercy and forgiveness he found when he confessed his sins to God. He wrote an entire psalm about his confession and restoration (Psalm 51). And therein lies the lesson from David’s imperfection for us.

First John 1:9 serves as a one-verse summary of Psalm 51: If we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive us and cleanse us. Don’t imitate David’s failures; do imitate his response.

The beginning of repentance is the confession of guilt.
John Calvin

Welcome To Proverbs Club.
Denial Of The Adulteress.
Proverbs 30:20 (NIV).
20) “This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth
and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’
Proverbs Club Commentary.
Denial is a typical human reaction to obvious sin.
We look for ways to justify our behavior.
To the adulterous, cleaning her body washed away her sin.
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Welcome To Proverbs Club.
Adulteress, Fallen Man, Wrath Of God.
Proverbs 22:14 (NIV).
14) The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;
a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.
Proverbs Club Commentary.
A fallen man foolishly believes the words of the adulteress.
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#mouth #adulterous #woman #deep #pit #man #under #Lord #Jesus #wrath #falls

Welcome To Proverbs Club.
Adulteress, Fallen Man, Wrath Of God.
Proverbs 22:14 (NIV).
14) The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;
a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.
Proverbs Club Commentary.
A fallen man foolishly believes the words of the adulteress.
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#mouth #adulterous #woman #deep #pit #man #under #Lord #Jesus #wrath #falls

Welcome To Proverbs Club.
Wisdom Destroys The Lure Of The Adulteress.
Proverbs 2:16 (NIV).
16) Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17) who has left the partner of her youth
and ignored the covenant she made before God.
Proverbs Club Commentary.
An adulteress has betrayed her husband and seduces men with her words.
The Narrow Path provides the wisdom to resist her alure.
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