| “I Have Sinned” |
| The Bible gives us more than one example of people who stated: “I have sinned,” yet it is clear that their acknowledgement did not lead to a change of heart. |
| King Saul said, “I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel” (1 Samuel 15:30). Saul had his own honor in view more than the honor of God. |
| Judas Iscariot, who betrayed the Lord Jesus said, “I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood” (Matthew 27:4). With him, too, we find a nagging conscience and remorse, but certainly no repentance. |
| On the other hand we have the prodigal son, who when he returned to his father said, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son” (Luke 15:21). What a difference between King Saul, who said, “Honor me now,” and the prodigal, who confesses, “No more worthy.” |
| When David said “I have sinned,” because he was sincere, he was assured by Nathan, “The Lord also hath put away thy sin” (2 Samuel 12:13). True repentance brings true forgiveness. Are you a forgiven sinner? |
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