Text: Psalm 32

Topic: How confessing your deepest, darkest secrets will really set you free.

Illustration: Thompson tells the story of John Claypool, who confessed to Thompson that he committed two murders 20 years ago for which he'd never been caught. He wanted to find peace in his life through confession, even if it meant incarceration. John surrendered to authorities and pled guilty to two counts of second degree murder.

 

• Christ makes us "without blemish and free from accusation" (Col. 1:2122).
• If we hold to Christ's teaching, "the truth will set you free" (John 8:3132).

• Claypool has finally been set free of the power of his secret.
• When God exposes our secrets, he does it because he loves us.

• David could've kept his secret. No one knew. Except God.
• Claypool could've kept his secret too. But God would not let him rest.
• Our secret sins are like the ancient mariner's albatross around his neck.

• That secret will rule your life ruthlessly and ruin it.
• The worst thing we fear is the best thing God can do for us.
• When David's secret burst into the light, the truth set him free.
• Salvation comes not because sinners feel sorrow, but because Christ reconciles us to himself.

• God will "protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance."
• When the secret is knows, the one we feared most becomes our protector.

• Are you tyrannized by a secret?
• Confess to God your secret and let him lead you in the process of healing.