Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you
David's thoughts to evangelism are linked to the previous verses. If God creates a clean heart in him, doesn't cast him from his presence and restores the joy of salvation, then he will tell others about God. This is not some sort of negotiation, but a recognition of the fact that our salvation naturally leads to our witness. Mission should flow from a place of joy, not a begrudging sense of duty. If we have no desire to tell others about God, we should look beyond the temporary solution of forcing ourselves to do it and ask ourselves if we have forgotton the gospel. When we realise we should be cast out but we aren't, when God hides his face from our sins and blots them out, when he creates a clean heart within us that leads to joy - and we naturally tell others about the things that bring us joy.
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