Confession and Self-Examination: Ambrose on David's Confession as Model
Teaching on Confession and Self-Examination from Ambrose of Milan: Ambrose on David's Confession as Model
This is a spiritual discipline on david and royal confession, drawing on 2 Samuel 12:13, Psalm 51:1-4 and Psalm 51:10-12.
Ambrose of Milan (d. 397) pointed to King David as the supreme biblical example of confession. When Nathan the prophet confronted David about his sin with Bathsheba, David's response was immediate and unqualified: "I have sinned against the Lord" (2 Samuel 12:13). Ambrose wrote: "David did not cover his sin but confessed it. Kings are not accustomed to confess their faults, yet David confessed his sin because he knew that the remedy for a wound is not concealment but exposure."…
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