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Take Hold of the God-Given Encouragement you Have to Confess Sin

Confession 2.1 | NASB

I must take hold of the great encouragement God has given me to humble myself before Him with sorrow and shame, and to confess my sins.

If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand! But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared; Psalm 130:3-4(NASB) with You there is lovingkindness; yes, with my God there is abundant redemption, and He will redeem Israel from all His iniquities. Psalm 130:7-8(NASB)

Your sacrifices, O God, are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise; Psalm 51:17(NASB) indeed, though You are the high and exalted One who lives forever, whose name is holy; Isaiah 57:15(NASB) though heaven is Your throne and the earth is Your footstool, yet to this one You will look: to him who is poor and humble, broken and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at Your word; Isaiah 66:1-2(NASB) in order to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. Isaiah 57:15(NASB)

You have graciously assured me that those who conceal their transgressions will not prosper, yet those who confess and forsake them will find compassion. Proverbs 28:13(NASB) And when a poor penitent said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” You forgave the guilt of his sin. Therefore, let everyone who is godly, in like manner, pray to You in a time when You may be found. Psalm 32:5-6(NASB)

I know that if I say I have no sin, I am deceiving myself and the truth is not in me; but You have said that if I confess my sins, You are faithful and righteous to forgive me my sins and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8-9(NASB)

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Introduction and Acknowledgement of the Need for Lowliness before God

Confession 2.0 | NASB

Of the Second Part of Prayer, which is Confession of Sin, Complaints Regarding Myself, and Humble Professions of Repentance

Having ascribed glory to God which is His due, Psalm 29:2(NASB) I must next take shame to myself, which is my due, and humble myself before Him in the sense of my own sinfulness and vileness; and herein also I must give glory to Him, Joshua 7:19(NASB) as my Judge, by whom I deserve to be condemned, and yet hope, through Christ, to be acquitted and absolved.

In this part of my work, I must acknowledge the great reason I have to lie very low before God and to be ashamed of myself when I come into His presence and to be afraid of His wrath, having made myself both odious to His holiness and obnoxious to His justice.

O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for my iniquities have risen above my head and my guilt has grown even to the heavens. Ezra 9:6(NASB)

Open shame belongs to me, because I have sinned against You. Daniel 9:8(NASB)

Behold I am insignificant; what can I reply to You? I will lay my hand on my mouth, Job 40:4(NASB) and put my mouth in the dust, perhaps there is hope, Lamentations 3:29(NASB) crying with the convicted leper under the law, “Unclean! Unclean!” Leviticus 13:45(NASB)

You put no trust in Your holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in Your sight; how much less one who is detestable and corrupt: man, who drinks iniquity like water! Job 15:15-16(NASB)

When my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts, I have reason to cry out, “Woe is me, for I am ruined!” Isaiah 6:5(NASB)

Dominion and awe belong to You who establishes peace in Your heights: There is not any number of Your troops, and upon whom does Your light not rise? How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman? Job 25:2-4(NASB)

You, even You, are to be feared; and who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry? Psalm 76:7(NASB) Even You, my God, are a consuming fire; Hebrews 12:29(NASB) and who understands the power of Your anger? Psalm 90:11(NASB)

Though I was righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; if I said, “I am guiltless,” You would declare me guilty; Job 9:20(NASB) for if You dispute with me, I could not answer You once in a thousand times. Job 9:3(NASB)

If I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted, for the one who examines me is the Lord, 1 Corinthians 4:4(NASB) who is greater than my heart and knows all things. 1 John 3:20(NASB) But I myself know that I have sinned, Father, against heaven and in Your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called Your child. Luke 15:21(NASB)

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Rely on Jesus Alone for Acceptance with God

Adoration 1.20 | NASB

I must profess my entire reliance on the Lord Jesus Christ alone for acceptance with God and come in His name.

I am not presenting my supplications before You on account of any merits of my own, Daniel 9:18(NASB) for I am before You in my guilt, Ezra 9:15(NASB) and cannot stand before You because of it; Psalm 130:3(NASB) but I make mention of Christ’s righteousness, even of His only, who is the LORD our righteousness, Jeremiah 23:6(NASB) and therefore the LORD my righteousness.

I know that even spiritual sacrifices are acceptable to God only through Christ Jesus, 1 Peter 2:5(NASB) nor can I hope to receive anything but what I ask of You in His name; John 16:23(NASB) and therefore, freely bestow grace on me in the Beloved, Ephesians 1:6(NASB) that other angel who put much incense to the prayers of the saints and offers them up on the golden altar before the throne. Revelation 8:3(NASB)

I come in the name of the great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, who can sympathize with my weaknesses, Hebrews 4:14-15(NASB) and is therefore able to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, because He always lives, making intercession. Hebrews 7:25(NASB)

Behold my shield, O God, and look upon the face of Your Anointed, Psalm 84:9(NASB) in whom You have by a voice out of the heavens declared Yourself to be well-pleased; Lord, be well-pleased with me in Him. Matthew 3:17(NASB)