Confession and Contrition: Twin Children of Grace
Psalm 38:18 reveals what Spurgeon called "the twin children of grace" — confession and contrition. These two graces mutually reveal and react upon each other...
This is historical examples on confession and contrition working together and divine pleasure in genuine repentance, drawing on Psalms 38:18.
Psalm 38:18 reveals what Spurgeon called "the twin children of grace" — confession and contrition. These two graces mutually reveal and react upon each other in the penitent heart. Confession without contrition becomes mere recitation of facts, a hollow admission stripped of repentant sorrow. A man may confess his sins as a criminal confesses to a magistrate—coldly, reluctantly, seeking only to minimize punishment.…
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