Davies
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Godly sorrow is very painful, but motivates us to come closer to God. Godly sorrow will help us to face our faults wherein our normal practice is to minimize them. Godly sorrow is a gift from God, and I think He pieces it out a little at a time as to not overwhelm us. I think we need God's help to face our faults, because He puts them into the proper light (they're worse than we think), He strengthens us to see them, and wonderfully, He does not condemn us being found in Jesus. Don't be afraid. Examine the gritty details, the sludge, the thing that if anyone saw it, they would recoil at its revelation, and you'll find a deeper understanding of God's grace and how valuable the cross really is.
The believer's sorrow for sin becomes more evangelical than formerly; for whereas, before there was much of self-love, and fear of wrath and Hell in his mourning; now, having a clear view of the love of God in pardoning him, and of the distinguishing grace and favor of God extended to him--he comes to mourn, loathe, and abase himself more deeply than before, and to melt with filial sorrow before the Lord--that he should act so unworthily and unthankfully towards such a gracious, tender, and loving Father. "Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done--you will remember and be ashamed." Ezekiel 16:63 - Thomas Sherman, "Aids to the Divine Life--A Series of Practical Christian Contemplations" 1680
1 John 1:9
New King James Version (NKJV)
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Davies
The believer's sorrow for sin becomes more evangelical than formerly; for whereas, before there was much of self-love, and fear of wrath and Hell in his mourning; now, having a clear view of the love of God in pardoning him, and of the distinguishing grace and favor of God extended to him--he comes to mourn, loathe, and abase himself more deeply than before, and to melt with filial sorrow before the Lord--that he should act so unworthily and unthankfully towards such a gracious, tender, and loving Father. "Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done--you will remember and be ashamed." Ezekiel 16:63 - Thomas Sherman, "Aids to the Divine Life--A Series of Practical Christian Contemplations" 1680
1 John 1:9
New King James Version (NKJV)
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Davies