Confess
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 1st of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 9:26. This is Moses speaking:
“Therefore I prayed to the Lord, and said: ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people and Your inheritance whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.”
The Lord was so angry with the Children of Israel because they had made a moulded calf out of gold and started to worship it because Moses had taken so long to come down from the mountain.
Then we go straight to the Book of Romans 6:23:
”For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Then the last scripture is Luke 23:34:
“Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”
He said that while He was hanging on the cross.
You know sin is a terrible thing. It hurts so many people, especially our loved ones. I’m talking about that divorce, I’m talking about that period that you have spent in prison because you stole something, I’m talking about the lies that have got you into so much trouble. It actually damages our testimony. We have nothing to say after that. It breaks my heart when I hear of men and women of God who have done so much for the Lord and then they fall into sin and their whole testimony is wiped out in one night. I remember one man, we know him well, but I’m not going to name him, he was one of the top apologists in the world. He was a man who had the students literally eating out of his hand, and then he dropped the ball, as they say, and overnight his books, his material was taken off all the shelves of every Christian bookshop that I know of, but I want to tell you some good news. 1 John 1:9 says:
”If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
I want to pray for you. Maybe you have got yourself into a terrible situation. I want to say to you, confess your sins to your wife, to your husband, to your children, to your parents, to your loved ones. Say sorry, Jesus paid the price for our sins. He says: ”Go and sin no more, your sins are forgiven.” Pray this prayer after me:
Jesus, please forgive me for the way in which I have sinned knowingly, in a moment of weakness. I am devastated by what I have done and I plead Your blood over my life to wash the sins away so that I can continue to live a life which is pleasing to You and to my loved ones. I ask this in Your precious name. Amen.
God bless you and goodbye.