Explicit instruction is given concerning this matter. Confession of sin, whether public or private, should be heartfelt and freely expressed. It is not to be urged from the sinner. It is not to be made in a flippant and careless way, or forced from those who have no realizing sense of the abhorrent character of sin. The confession that is the outpouring of the inmost soul finds its way to the God of infinite pity.
True confession is always of a specific character, and acknowledges particular sins.
But all confession should be definite and to the point, acknowledging the very sins of which I am guilty. In the days of Samuel the Israelites wandered from God. They turned from the great Ruler of the universe and desired to be governed as were the nations around them. The very sin of which they were convicted had to be confessed. Their ingratitude opressed their soul and severed them from God.