Psalms 51:16-17

Third, David promised to sacrifice to Yahweh if God would forgive him. He would offer sacrifices of worship, but he acknowledged that what God really wanted, and what he would also offer, was a different attitude (cf. Psalms 50:7-15; Psalms 50:23). In David’s case, there was no sin or trespass offering that he could present that God would accept. Since he had sinned with a high hand, in rebellious defiance of Yahweh and in repudiation of the terms of His covenant, his sentence was death (Numbers 15:30-31; cf. 2 Samuel 12:9). The only reason he did not suffer this fate was that God pardoned him. The prophet Nathan brought the news of God’s special pardon to David (2 Samuel 12:13). God has already given His promise to pardon the guilt of any New Testament believer for any sin we may commit (1 John 1:9). The basis of this gracious pardon is the work of Jesus Christ on Calvary (1 John 1:7).