‘I Have Sinned Grievously’—Steven Lawson Speaks Publicly for the First Time Since Confessing ‘Inappropriate Relationship’

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Screengrab of Steven Lawson via YouTube / Aaron Sauer

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“I have dealt with sin issues that have been painfully exposed in my heart. I have submitted myself in weekly accountability to two pastors and to the elders of a local congregation, who have shepherded my soul,” Lawson said. “I am also under the oversight of an accountability team who monitor my progress and give me wise counsel in the decisions I have to make.”

“I am growing in grace, reading and absorbing the Word of God, putting it into practice, praying, and meeting with other believers,” Lawson said.

“I am involved in the life of the church, attending and participating in prayer meetings, Sunday school, the worship service, and taking communion weekly,” he continued. “I am being fed the Word in the mid-week Bible study. Please pray for my spiritual growth into Christlikeness as I follow Him moment by moment during this recovery season.”

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Lawson expressed that he is “grateful for the unmerited grace of God in the gospel to extend His full forgiveness to me.”

“Again,” he pleaded, “I ask for your forgiveness as well.”

Lawson said that while he continues to do the “hard work of soul-searching repentance,” he does not “intend to make further public comments for the foreseeable future.”

“Please pray for the Lord’s mercy and grace as I seek to make right the deeply wrong sins I have committed against my wife and family,” Lawson concluded. “And that in His time and way He will bring about redemption and restoration in our marriage, for His glory.”

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Jesse T. Jackson
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