I'm reminded of my upbringing how my siblings would get into an arguement or confrontation and be called by our father to say "i'm sorry", then hug and makeup, every time. So it is with Our Heavenly Father when we have a difference with each other or fight verbally, have an "escalated" situation, because we've been wronged, lied on, accused, slandered, deceived, cheated, robbed or etc.
We too often think we can just wrong someone, defame them, betray them or worse and simply whisper to God "i'm sorry".
According to Job Ch 42 We are expected to go to the one we wronged or accused, confess and repent, then be acceptable in the sight of God as is written Matthew 5:23-25
Too many, even as Christians feel it's ok, just tell God to forgive you and skip away like it's no big deal how wrong a thing you have done to someone. It's not ok. True repentance confesses the fault.
God has mercy upon whom He will have mercy and will pardon whom He will, but If we Love Him we won't gamble with the chance that we might "get by" with a simple whisper to God without confessing the terrible thing done or said to someone else.
Everywhere in the Bible where someone wronged another, they suffered terrible consequences, David, Joseph's brothers, Jacob who tricked his brother out of his birthright and lied to his father by pretending to be his brother Esau, married Leah and was tricked into thinking it was Rachel on the wedding day.
We must come clean early, while the one we may have wronged is near enough for us to ask them for forgiveness sincerely, or risk being punished severely or eternally.☮
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