[Backslider.
How he MAY RETURN to the Lord.]
1st. Submit to God. He will forgive.
GO and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord, Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you.
Jeremiah 3:12-14.
I WILL heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Hosea 14:4.
2nd. Confess to God.
I ACKNOWLEDGED my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Psalms 32:5.
IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.