is repentance a good excuse everytime we commit mistakes?

Answer 1

No, repentance is not an excuse at all. It is supposed to be INSTEAD of an excuse. An excuse is when people try to justify something they have done which you consider to be a wrong. (I leave the term "mistake" for inadvertent mistakes like misspelling my name.)

Repentance is when someone acknowledges that what they did is wrong, begs your forgiveness, and is sincerely determined never to make a similar error again. Sin, wrong, error, mistake, even -- a wrong is my generic term, but that's very old-fashioned. And "sin" implies a religious orientation which will not cut any ice with someone who is not of the same religion.

Answer 2

The word repentance means 180 degrees and flee, therefore we should not continue in the same mistakes. Repent—"to Change the Mind":

The word metanoeo, expresses the true New Testament idea of the spiritual change implied in a sinner’s return to God. The term signifies "to have another mind," to change the opinion or purpose with regard to sin. It is equivalent to the Old Testament word "turn." Thus, it is employed by John the Baptist, Jesus, and the apostles (Mt 3:2; Mr 1:15; Ac 2:38). The idea expressed by the word is intimately associated with different aspects of spiritual transformation and of Christian life, with the process in which the agency of man is prominent, as faith (Ac 20:21), and as conversion (Ac 3:19); also with those experiences and blessings of which God alone is the author, as remission and forgiveness of sin (Lu 24:47; Ac 5:31). It is sometimes conjoined with baptism, which as an overt public act proclaims a changed relation to sin and God (Mr 1:4; Lu 3:3; Ac 13:24; 19:4). As a vital experience, repentance is to manifest its reality by producing good fruits appropriate to the new spiritual life (Mt 3:8).

Answer 3

Repentance is normally associated with sin. Mistakes and sins are not the same thing. Mistakes are avoidable and we should learn from them. We know what sins are and should avoid them by all means possible if we want what is promised to us.

If you sin, repentance is good, but it isn't enough. You must repent and turn away from sin. You cannot keep doing the same things. God will forgive you always, but he will also hold you accountable and don't forget that no sin is greater than the next.

Answer 4

So then, shall we commit sin knowing that we can always repent, and God will always forgive? NO! True repentance means turning away from sin - not an excuse to sin. God bless yah!

Answer 5

Using "repentance" is an excellent out for any sin you may commit, and is entirely condoned by almost every Christian church, at least doctrinally. All you have to do is honestly feel remorse for what you have done and pray to God and he will forgive your sins, no matter how many times you commit them because you DO feel genuine remorse EACH time you commit a sin.

Answer 6

I know many people use it as an excuse.

Personally I don't believe in the whole sin and repentance bit. I believe that if you wrong someone you have to correct it and make amends with that person, not ask a God to forgive you.

Answer 7

By definition, it can't be. Repentance, or metanoia, is a mental reversal. In order to repent, you have to completely reverse your opinion toward the mistake that you made. This includes responsibility for your mistakes.

Answer 8

Repentance is not an excuse--it is an APOLOGY!

Answer 9

is an apology a good excuse when you wrong someone? Your questions doesn't make sense.

Answer 10

No, we need to learn from our mistakes and remember them, not just throw them away and say they're done and forgiven.