Looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2, NRSV)
1 John 1, To Acknowledge Sin is to Be Given Hope
We are far better off to just come clean with God (and ourselves, for that matter) and confess that we do have sin because . . . we really do.