Psalm 6: Confession and Absolution 🙏✨
V. 1: How to Confess Our Sins
Psalm 6 provides us with an opportunity to make a real confession of sin.😔
What David is not saying: “Don’t be mad at me, God. What I did wasn’t that bad.”
Rather, he knows he’s sinful 😔 and deserves God’s wrath 🔥.
In the Divine Service, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean.
That’s an opportunity for us to make a real confession of sin before God 💬.
God doesn’t forgive us because our confession is so great, but because of His grace, love, and mercy ❤️💙💛.
V. 6-7: How to React to Our Sins
David’s reaction is what we ought to have because of our sins 😢.
Those around us, and the devil 😈, would delight in keeping us away from God ⛓️ and keeping us in despair 🌑.
V. 10: The Good News ✨
Here’s the good news — God hears the sound of your weeping and He forgives you because of His grace and mercy 💖.
He accepts your prayers and puts all of your enemies under His feet 👣 — sin, death, and the devil. He puts them to shame, despite your sin 😇.
He does this for you despite your inability and your failure to do anything to bring you into a proper relationship with Christ 💔.
God has had mercy upon you and all of mankind by sending His Son, Jesus Christ ✝️, to be your Savior. He is the recipient of God’s wrath — as our substitute.
There are two parts to confessing our sins… confession and absolution 💭💫.
You can trust that your sins are truly forgiven before God in heaven.👑
Contributor Chad Hoover is the Campus Pastor at Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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