Let s talk for a minute or two about a word we don t say very much confession . Confession is simply agreeing with God about our sins and real forgiveness only follows one thing confession with a contrite heart a humble heart. This is all about taking time to reflect on our thoughts, words and deeds and acknowledging that we have sinned. Confession is really all about taking appropriate responsibility for what we have done and the choices we have made . Any or all of those factors may be involved.
Human behavior is a complex thing.
The choice needs to be forgiven. Folks, if you want to get to the forgiveness part, you ve got to understand why you need it. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Here, David fully accepts that he is broken beyond repair that he s up to his armpits in bad choices and left on his own, he has only wandered into sin. David fully gets it and he owns it all of it.