Confessing Your Way Out of the Pit:
When God Confronts, Immediately Agree With No Excuses: Psalm 51
INTRO: Psalm 40:1-3 From the Pit of Destruction to the Rock, Jesus!
Confession: To Throw, shoot, cast: To give thanks, to declare the name of God, to declare your sin, your failure. To agree with God!
I. We Confess “Jesus as Lord”, While Believing That God Raised Him from the Dead: This Finds Freedom from the Pit of Sin’s Penalty
Romans 10: 8-13
Ephesians 2:1-10
II. We Confess Our Sin: This Finds Freedom From the Pit of Sin’s Power.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins He is faithful and Just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalm 32:3 When I kept silent about my sin my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer.
III. We Confess out of A Godly Sorrow: This Finds Repentance Without Regret.
Romans 2:4 Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the Kindness of God leads you to repentance.
2 Corinthians 7:10 For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation but the sorrow of the world produces death.
When God Confronts and Convicts: Agree, Immediately! 2 Samuel 12:1-15
The Way of Saul! 1 Samuel 15:12-24
¬ You Practice Partial Obedience, while pretending Full Obedience
¬ You Give Yourself Full Credit for Your Seemingly Spiritual Victory.
¬ When God Confronts You Say: “It isn’t So!”
¬ You Blame Someone Else for Your Rebellion:
¬ You Substitute Sacrifice for Obedience. Psalm 40:6-8 1 Cor 13:1-3
¬ Downplay Disobedience, When God calls it Like Witchcraft
The Way of David: 2 Samuel 12:1-6
Psalm 51: A Powerful, Life Saving Confession
1) An Appeal to the Glory of God: (1-3) Exodus 34:7-9
2) An Awareness and Confession of His Own Depravity and Ultimately what all sin is truly directed towards: 4-5
– That Knows You Deserve Judgment, and takes full Responsibility: 4
– That Understands Your Personal Guilt
– That Understands Your Absolute Depravity & Propensities to Sin. 5
Luke 5:8 And when Simon Peter Saw, He fell down at the feet of Jesus and said, “Depart from Me for I am a sinful Man, LORD”.
3) A Genuine Belief that Only God can Change & Transform. 6-10
– From the Inside Out. 6
– From Dirty to Clean from the Corruption to Purity: 7.
– From an Impure Heart to a Clean Heart. 10
– From A Faltering Spirit to a Steadfast spirit 1f
4) A Prayer Faith for Restoration: 11-12
– The Presence of the Lord 11
– The Power of the Holy Spirit 11
– The Joy of Your Salvation 12
Psalm 16:12 In Your Presence is Fullness of Joy and at Your Right hand are pleasures forever.
5) A Confession of Faith for Total Restoration and Transformation
To Teach Transgressors His Ways 13
To See Sinners Converted to Him. 13
To Declare the Praise of Our Great God. 14
IV. We Confess His Word: This Finds Life, Assurance and Victory
2 Corinthians 4:13 But having the same Spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I Believed, therefore I Spoke,” we also believed, therefore we also speak.
Psalm 103:1-4 – Same Language: Make the appeal, make the Confession, Cry out, Wait expectantly!
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