I Have Sinned Against The Lord

2 Samuel 12:11-13 – “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight. You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’” Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.

Psalm 32:2 – Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.

Proverbs 28:13 – Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Micah 7:19 – You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

Psalm 51:4 – Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.

1 Samuel 15:24 – Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I violated the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the men and so I gave in to them.

Application:

• ·         David experienced the joy of knowing his sin was forgiven.
• ·         Only those honest with God receive pardon.
• ·         The one who confesses and renounces his sins finds mercy.
• ·         When God takes away sin’s guilt so that it does not condemn, he also takes away its power so that it does not rule over us.
• ·         David acknowledges that his sin was preeminently against God
• ·         Saul’s confession retains an element of self-justification and a shift of blame.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV