Do you go to hell for unconfessed sin?

Question

I know somewhere along the line I probably sinned and just didn't think it was a sin or just forgot about it. Maybe I lied, or perhaps I got drunk in my college years. Some things were so long ago that I forgot. I am a Christian and I did accept Jesus as my Savior a long time ago. What are my chances of getting to Heaven? I might have even committed adultry unknowingly just by thinking a man on tv was sexy or whatever. Thanx

Wow Janie, that was so beautiful!!!!!!!! You touched my heart. Thank you so very much!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Although one cannot say for sure, I believe that when Jesus died in your place, he died for all your sins..confessed and unconfessed, big and small and paid the penalty for them..when he died back before you were born, he forgave all your sins and if you believe he died in your place and trust Him as your Savior, you will not be disappointed.

Our sins are already taken care of in God's eyes and He holds none of them against us...He says we are saved by faith and not works...if you are depending on your work of confessing them to make the difference between saving and not saving you..between heaven and hell, you are not understanding what this free gift is all about.

It is a forever gift given from the point we do our part which is accepting it as true and believing He died in our place and cannot be lost by future sin and messing up..He already sees us seated in the heavenly places for when He died, we died with him..that old man is dead..we rose with Him and all He has is ours too,.

If He has accepted you into His family, will He throw you out cause you mess up..would a loving parent on earth do that..he says even if our our mother did not love us, He will.

Salvation requires nothing...only faith in His finished work on our behalf. That is why is is good news. If we had to earn it at any point, would it be good news. Read the book amazing grace by Hal Lindsey to understand it.

In the time Jesus lived the prisoners after they were sentenced would have a list of their crimes and the penalty nailed to their cell door and when they had served their sentence, the word tetelestai was stamped on the paper and it meant paid in full...if they ever were stopped and told they must pay for the crimes, all they need do was produce the paper which showed the price (sentence in this case, hell in our case) had already been paid once and they would never have to pay it again. This was the same word that Jesus yelled out in a loud voice just before dying (also called it is finished..it is consummated)..He was saying it is accomplished..it is now paid in full and Jesus restored us to our pre-paradise state but even better for He gave us all that Jesus is in addition..he is the second Adam and as through Adam and one sin, all men acquired sin, though the 2nd Adam Christ, all men are saved and forgiven of many sins ..He credited to our account all that comes under the words salvation for when we would be born and die someday.

Never stop trusting Him to save you for He has already and He will..just believe that just as the angel of death passed over the houses of the Israelites in the time of Moses plagues that had the blood of an innocent lamb on the doorpost (the Jewish passover) , so, too, will, He passover you on judgment day and not let the angel of death near if you are covered by the blood of the lamb (He will see the blood and save you from death as He did then to the Israelites though all the firstborn in the house of the Egyptians were killed) and if you are and have accepted his free gift of salvation, you will not be judged under the law (the ten commandments, golden rule, etc) and remember all judged under the law will go to hell as the standard is perfection..not one sin is acceptable for a holy Gos and all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God..instead, if you are saved, you will be judged under grace (the new covenant/testament)and not under the law (see Romans) and all those judged under grace will go to heaven through what Jesus did on our behalf out of His great love for us.

EDIT ADDEDE-(all will be judged either under the law (the old testament rules) or under grace (the new testament rules)...those under the law are trusting in their works (being good enough/obeying the law/living the ten commandments, etc)

those under grace will be judged by belief in Jesus's sacrifice for us which washes away all our sins... The good works of a Christian come not from the person themselves but from trusting Jesus and letting him lead and work through us not from our own goodness. For the Bible says all our righteouness (good deeds) are as filthy rags to God.

A Christian who is saved therefore, may or may not lead a good life depending on if He is letting God control his life and how much. We who are saved will get reward for the good we allow God to do through us but will not be lost if we sin for Jesus's blood on our behalf is precious to God and if they was anything we could do to save ourselves, Jesus would not have had to suffer, died, and arose to save us.l

Do not confuse sanctification (a result or making holy that depends on how much we let the holy spirit control us and obey and if we are carnel Christians or not) with salvation which is freely given. It is always free and based "on faith and not works lest any man should boast"..people make the mistake of thinking before salvation it they are saved by grace but then they must earn salvation by changing their life..no, we always go only under grace and never our works...and only through God are we really able to change.

God wishes us to let Him shape and change us by allowing the Holy Spirt to control us in order to use us to help others and do His will and because we will gain more rewards in heaven, but this is not what will save us...even the carnel Christian continuing in sin will be saved but by the skin of his teeth and with less reward but He will be saved if He once trusted Jesus to save him (born again)

You have a good conscience and this is likely the holy spirit; however, when you worry and are fearful, you quench His work in your life. be anxious for nothing. Trust, not fear-- OK..

Jesus died for those sins in your life at great cost and you will not have to repay what He paid for if you never stop trusting that His blood and its worth is greater than your sins. Remember as a Christian, He has stamped on your certificate of debt of the price of your sins and nailed to his heart the words paid in full. this carpenter who built with nails, the tools of his trade, through the nails of suffering at calvary, He has taken your debt upon himself forever, my friend, paid in full..read the book the ragamuffin gospel to see how much God loves you.

Answer 2

Unconfessed Sin

Answer 3

Unconfessed

Answer 4

First, understand, God is not evil.

Second if you're a women, you've already been cursed by God, as it says in the Bible that women are cursed cause Eve commited sin before Adam. Quite idiotic.

Second,

Your sins are between you and God, not between some priest and you. Pretend that priest sinned. Then what? Your confessions would have gone out of vain.

Consider Islam

Your sins are forgiveable, even if you commit adultery, though it's very horrible to commit such an act, but you can still reach the highest lvel of heaven even if you have. Cause Allah forgives. Remember that, for there is not God but one, and Jesus and Muhammad and all those precious are his messengers and prophets

Amen

Answer 5

What is Hell? it is that place or state of being where love is non-existant , it is a place of eternal regret for choosing to live a selfish life loving no-one more than yourself and having no loving relationship with the God of love.
Now if you or I fit these criteria then we deserve Hell, the fact that we sin and we all certainly do from time to time is not the deciding factor because in His mercy God has given us the ability to repent, if we love God and our fellow human beings then we should and will repent.
To be concious of serious sin and become unconcerned about it would be the same as saying that we do not love God and this would be death to the soul indeed.

Answer 6

All legal and technical issues aside, anyone who who departs this sphere of existence with at least some charity remaining in their soul is not likely to be judged to hell.

That said, we should do everything possible to cooperate with God's system of things ... a system which is governed by the authentic church that he founded and left behind on earth, for the purpose of our salvation.

Catholics make excellent use of the great sacrament of reconciliation, specifically for this purpose.

Why wait and wonder ... from now until Judgment Day ... whether God will forgive ... when it is possible to have all your sins (even those that you have already forgotten) absolutely forgiven and washed away forever ... right here and right now?

Answer 7

As Roman Catholics, we were always encouraged to be in the state of grace. Sin is the opposite being "in the state of grace." And the sacrament of Penance, now renamed Reconciliation, required confessing our sins to a priest and securing the absolution (pardon of sins). Then too, we were taught about "mortal" and "venial" sins. The ten commandments are loud and clear on what is expected of us. Mortal sins are primarily blaspheming, killing, and adultery. Stealing, cheating, masturbation, intoxication, kidnapping, etc., etc. range from "venial" to "mortal," depending on the amount involved and/or its effect on the person(s) or community.

Your example of "adultery," however is NOT A SIN because sin is a "willful" commission or omission.

Your chances of getting to heaven lie solely on your being in the "state of grace" when you are called home. If you have anger in your heart or unforgiveness, you will need the "purification," which is called purgatory, where one atones for his/her misdeeds before finally reaching his/her final destination, heaven.

I hope I enlightened you a little more. Take care and God bless.

Answer 8

you already know, there are various Christians available that don't confess a million/2 of their "sins" because of the fact they only do not understand they're sinning. specially circumstances, we do issues believing we are righteous, yet certainly we are ignorant and doing harm to us or somebody else without understanding. as an occasion, my husband has a bad temper. He explodes very certainly. he's Christian, yet he does not see his outbursts as a sin, he thinks he's a sufferer... he's somewhat like a toddler throwing tantrums whilst dealing with frustration. He only sees his area of the tale, he won't be in a position to work out how plenty he hurts different persons with the aid of doing so. he's not confessing his mistake, neither he thinks this is a mistake aka sin. the comparable way, there are various Christians that are judgmental, critics, with a great style of anger interior of them, yet they don't confess those issues, because of the fact they only see their area, they might't comprehend they're incorrect, because of the fact they misunderstand that as being too righteous. do not concern approximately your blunders in existence. Be humble to comprehend them, be open to settle for them, tell God to make you spot what you have carried out incorrect and for that, you ought to step out your ego quite, and ask God capability to forgive your self and others. specially circumstances forgive isn't person-friendly, fairly forgiving ourselves. relax, we would have yet another probability. Peace! Edit: i prefer to characteristic something. Confessing isn't something yet showing God you already know you probably did something incorrect. in case you won't be in a position to understand you probably did something incorrect even once you probably did, which potential you will possibly be able to desire to pass in the time of the comparable venture lower back (in a destiny existence) below a sparkling condition and in the different area, so as which you will discover it below a sparkling attitude. Unconfessed sin become our karma for destiny existence and that's what karma is all approximately. We do something and face effect sooner or later.

Answer 9

No, you tend to STAY in hell for unconfessed sin. Confess, and come out NOW! (But I'm not so sure that Y/A is the best place to do so...)

Answer 10

Hell is not even a Biblical concept. It's a concept formed from mistranslations.

Answer 11

Adulterers are supposed to be stoned, according to the bible. Better to keep it to yourself.