The Bible teaches that God is a merciful and forgiving God, who desires to restore and reconcile His people to Himself. According to 1 John 1:9, when we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive and purify us from all unrighteousness. The Psalms, such as Psalms 34:17-20, express the comfort and hope that come from knowing God's forgiveness and deliverance. As a spiritual God, as described in John 4:24, He is able to see the heart and forgive those who truly repent, and as Romans 8:1 and Daniel 9:9 affirm, His forgiveness brings freedom from condemnation and guilt.
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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all. He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars. Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.” Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them. Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.” And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other, Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.