This is ever the nature of true confession of sin, true brokenness. It is the confession that my sin is not just a mistake, a slip, a something which is really foreign to my heart (“Not really like me to have such thoughts or do such things!”), but that it is something which reveals the real ‘I’; that shows me to be the proud, rotten, unclean thing God says I am; that it really is like me to have such thoughts and do such things. It was in these terms that David confessed his sin, when he prayed, “Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in Thy sight, that Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest and be clear when Thou judgest” (Psalm 51:4).
— Roy Hession (1908–1992), Autor
Related Bible passage: PSA.51.4
Topics: Guilt & Forgiveness, Humility & Pride
Occasions: For Reflection
Roy Hession
Roy Hession (1908–1992) war ein britischer evangelikaler Evangelist und Buchautor, der international auf Konferenzen und Missionsreisen wirkte. Stark geprägt von Impulsen der ostafrikanischen Erweckungsbewegung, wurde er vor allem durch sein Buch „Der Weg von Golgatha“ bekannt und betonte persönliche Buße, Demut sowie Erneuerung durch das Kreuz Christi. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Schriften bis heute Anstöße zur geistlichen Selbstprüfung und zum Leben aus der Gnade, auch wenn Zeitgenossen an seinem Ansatz mitunter eine zu starke Introspektion bemängelten.
All quotes by Roy Hession (13)
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
There are two ways to do good: to give and to forgive.
Augustine of Hippo
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller
Forgiveness means allowing the other person not to have to be God.
Henri Nouwen
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
John Newton
Tim Keller