"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." The Good News: We must admit our own mistakes in order to be forgiven. "For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you."

“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; ...