In today’s GB News Daily Reflection, we explore accepting the consequences of your actions and confession. "Society's response to moral failure is often either to bury it or to shame the offender. Interestingly, Jesus does neither of these. "We are invited to expose our sin and our failings to the light. To own up, to face up and to accept the consequences."As David found, what we discover through confession is a God of mercy, a God who pardons even the vilest offender. This is why the 18th century slave trader turned abolitionist, John Newton, was able to say amazing grace. "How sweet the sound. That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind. But now I see."
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00:00The Chibi News Daily Reflection
00:03Hello, my name is Jonny Dade and I'm a vicar in the Church of England.
00:10It was Elton John who famously sang the words,
00:13Sorry seems to be the hardest word.
00:17Isn't that the truth?
00:19The book of Psalms in the Bible is rich with poetry and song about contrition and penitence.
00:28In one psalm, King David is moved to confess a litany of crimes and moral failings,
00:36including infidelity and murder, both of which he'd sought to bury under a heap of lies and evasion.
00:46Society's response to moral failure is often either to bury it or to shame the offender.
00:55Interestingly, Jesus does neither of these.
01:00We are invited, instructed actually, to expose our sin and our failings to the light,
01:08to own up, to fuss up and to accept the consequences.
01:13But, as David found, what we discover through confession is a God of mercy,
01:21a God who pardons even the vilest offender.
01:26This is why the 18th century slave trader turned abolitionist John Newton was able to say,
01:33Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.
01:42I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.