Uncover and Confess Sin

Monday, August 16, 2010

Faith's Check Book, Daily Entry

C. H. Spurgeon

---

August 16

Uncover and Confess Sin

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Proverbs 28:13)

Here is the way of mercy for a guilty and repenting sinner. He must cease from the habit of covering sin. This is attempted by falsehood, which denies sin; by hypocrisy, which conceals it; by boasting, which justifies it; and by loud profession, which tries to make amends for it.

The sinner's business is to confess and forsake. The two must go together. Confession must be honestly made to the Lord Himself, and it must include within itself acknowledgment of the wrong, sense of its evil, and abhorrence of it. We must not throw the fault upon others, nor blame circumstances, nor plead natural weakness. We must make a clean breast of it and plead guilty to the indictment. There can be no mercy till this is done.

Furthermore, we must forsake the evil; having owned our fault, we must disown all present and future intent to abide in it. We cannot remain in rebellion and yet dwell with the King's majesty. The habit of evil must be quitted, together with all places, companions, pursuits, and books which might lead us astray. No

t for confession, nor for reformation, but in connection with them we find pardon by faith in the blood of Jesus.

---

The Spurgeon Archive


He mentions books leading us astray...
how about the talking picture walls in our house. :)

Lord be the distraction in my life...
May I only see you in others.
In what I do...Empty m e.
Deep in my heart... fill it only with You.



What you are in public
will never blind God
to what you are in private.

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)

'Tis not enough to say,
"I'm sorry & repent",
And then go on from day to day
Just as I always went.

Repentance is to leave
The sins I loved before,
And show that I in earnest grieve
by doing them no more."