Plausible Deniability

Government officials are loathe to admit any wrong doing or poor choices. Instead, they tend to spin the facts in a way that provides them cover by being able to to plausibly deny they had any knowledge and/or any part in the wrongdoing. 

Recently, the "Fast & Furious" gun running orchestrated by our government has not been prosecuted. Apparently, no one is to blame for the death of our border guard by one of those guns. Equally, no one is to blame for the lack of security that left our Ambassador to Lybia dead. Even after a government official apologized for IRS misuse of power against conservative organizations, the President claims there was no hunt of abuse. 

From Nixon's "I am not a crook" to Clinton's "I did not have sex with that woman," deniability is the name of the game on both sides of the aisle.  And, unfortunately, it is a game not limited yo our government officials. Corporations, churches, the neighbor down the street and you have chosen to employ this tactic. Did I mention that I have, at times, been guilty?

The real problem with denying our culpability is that it leaves the sin unmolested, free to continue cropping up in our lives and causing more harm. Deniability denies us the spiritual healing and freedom from its clutches that could otherwise be ours: "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed" (Jas 5:16). 

Like James,mother brother of Jesus, the apostle John clearly warns, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 Jn 1:9).

If we admit our wrongdoing and/or mistake, we are positioned for forgiveness and healing - for overcoming that malignant tendency or weakness. If we deny it, however plausible it may sound, we remain in its grasp, denying positive change. Jus' Sayn.