Saturday, October 26, 2013

Two Truths

Embrace in one act the two truths --
thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ.

[Alexander MacLaren]



Psalm 32:5 ... I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.


Proverbs 28:13 ... He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.


Romans 6:25 ... For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


1 John 1:9-10 ...  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.