How do you know if you are forgiven for past sins?

Question

Say you have committed just about every sin on the books?
Could someone just be kidding themselves about being forgiven?

Answer 1

There is only one unforgivable sin and that is the blasphemy of Gods name. When you confess your sins to God there is a feeling in your heart of warmth and relief. You , me and everyone else will surely sin again but if you realize it and change it next time you have made progress. We believe in spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection, because in this world we live in spiritual perfection is impossible.

Answer 2

Sin is an outdated concept. There is no Santa God who knows if you've been good or bad, and is making a list and checking it twice to see if you get into Heaven or Hell.

If you want to know if something you did wrong was forgiven, ask the person you did it to. It's that simple. And if they didn't forgive you, that's their choice. Life goes on anyway. Just try to do better next time.

Morality is about people. It helps us live amongst each other in relative peace. That's the only real value in it. A hermit doesn't need morality because he doesn't affect anybody. So, the only real moral judgements are by people. You have a brain. You can figure out the effects of your actions and how they help or hurt those around you. If you value other people, then you'll treat them well. That works a whole lot better than some Big Brother god.

Answer 3

I've heard that the "acid test" for forgiveness was when a person's memory of sinful incidents no longer cause pain when he or she recalls them. There's no longer a sharp sting, so then the forgiven is able to move on with life.

Answer 4

First you need the power of mirror to look at your-self with, then you check if you have started correcting your-self by loving all others around you, and then you have to make sure you wont commence all sins you have commenced in your past.

That shall be the only way to know if your-self is forgiven, do this and ask the God in your heart.

Answer 5

ive been saved through the blood of the lamb since1991 and still today im making mistakes. but if you ask forgiveness and turn around and do the SAME thing again, then you are like a dog that pukes and eats his own puke

you can have sin like the sand of the desert, when you repent you are forgiven for all

Answer 6

NO.

Does it really matter if you are forgiven. Man was created in the image of "God," therefore all seven deadly sins are attributes that even "God" shares with man.

So, eat, drink and be merry. For today could be the last time you can.

Answer 7

Absolutely. All we have to do is confess to God that we r sinners, say the sinners prayer,repent and ask for his forgivness and it is done. It does not matter how big or how small the sin.............we r forgiven. God sent his only Son to die on the cross so we would be forgiven of all sins. The blood of Jesus washes away our sins.

Answer 8

an empty vessel is easily refilled .you can commit more sins once yur old sins are forgiven.when yu have an inclination to commit more sins , you can undesratand that yur past sins are forgiven.your sins are always forgiven and so you can ferlessly and boldly go ahead committing more of them.that is one does not have to be afraid os commiting sins. We have religons only to help us commit more sins continuouly!

Answer 9

The only way to forgive any sin is abolish the law.
For law both source and strength of sin & death.

God "hath forgiven you" for Christ's sake: Eph 4.
Christ is the end of the law(sin and death): Rom 10

The only way to be unforgiven is add law to grace.
Grace + Law is as Life + Death = Dead end of law.

Gal 5: if justified by the law, then fallen from grace to law.
If fallen from grace to law, then Christ of "no effect" to you.

If not sure, then fallen to law.
Grace is sure, not confused.

The GRACE of our Lord J-->C with you-->all. Amen.

Answer 10

Paul said that one of the reasons he was forgiven was to be an example for people in the future who had committed many sins, so that they could know that they too could be forgiven.

1 Timothy 1:12 I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, 13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

Here's part of Paul's testimony regarding his former life.

Acts 26:10 And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them. 11 And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

Here's what the Bible says about the sufficiency of Jesus' sacrifice for our sins.

Hebrews 10:11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, 16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds," 17 then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more."