Seeking forgiveness involves true repentance—a heartfelt acknowledgement of sin to God, a sincere desire to turn away from it, and a request for forgiveness in Jesus’ name. Proverbs 28:13 says that whoever hides their sins will not be successful, but whoever confesses their sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.
Psalms 32:1-5 states that when people are forgiven for their wrongdoing and sins, it is a great blessing. When the Lord declares them not guilty, and they don’t conceal their sins, it is a great blessing. I prayed to you again and again, but I did not speak of my sins. So I only became weaker and more miserable. Every day, you made life harder for me. I became like a dry land in the hot summertime. But then I decided to confess my sins to the Lord. I stopped hiding my guilt and told you about my sins, and you forgave them all!
1 John 1:5-10: Have you heard the true teaching that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness? So if we say that we share our life with God, but we continue living in darkness, we are liars who don’t follow the truth. We should live in the light, where God is. If we live in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood sacrifice of Jesus, God’s Son, washes away every sin and makes us clean. If we say that we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God will forgive us. We can trust God to do this. He always does what is right. He will make us clean from all the wrong things we have done. If we say that we have not sinned, we are saying that God is a liar and that we don’t accept his true teaching.
