Is repentance and confession enough to cleanse the sins?

Answer 1

Only atonement for sins can cleanse the sins. One has to atone for one's sins through various births and life times, only then can they be cleansed. Repentance and confession can act as an honest admission of sin but does not mean that the sins are cleansed by mere admitting and confessing.

Answer 2

My view on this is:

Confession is the first stage where a person realises that they have done a Sin. However this alone does not cleanses the Sin. This gives way birth to a feeling of repentance this however is resposible to clean the Sin completely.

If the Sin has been commited against a person who is still alive and if they forgive then I believe the sin has been cleansed.

If the Sin has been done against a person who is no more in the material world then there is no way of getting a forgiveness from them. In that case repentence needs to be directed to the Lord as he is the ultimate forgiver.

Christ has beautifully spoken about this in New testament and also I have experience of reading the same in other Holy scriptures of other religions as well.

Regards

Answer 3

It will give an opportunity to start sins anew .sins are not the same for all people .what is sin in one culture is not a sin in another. However the common trait of a sin is that it is prohibited by the society .since certain religions provide for pardon if confessed , it has removed the fear of people against the commission of sins and they can secure pardon.
but action has its reaction.action is held to be a karma .We are answerable for all our actions.Every one is sure to reap the consequences of his action and every action has its consequence or reaction.This is scientifically true .
Whether the confession cleanse the sins or not , the belief that it does , gives some consolation to the perturbed mind of the the sinner if he believes hat his sins would be wiped out ..So the concept offers some relief to those who make the confessions

Answer 4

Confession: of sin will get you into this dliemna:
Bloodshed covers "almost all" (not all) sins;
Sacrifice doesn't purge the conscience.
As is noted for us by Paul in Hebrews 9.

Repentance: speaks of a chanGe, of a conversion,
from law imputing sin to grace doesn't law impute sin.
That God, in Christ: did not impute sin to them: 2Cor5:19.
For sin, when it is finished, brings forth death: James 1:15.

Repentance + Confession is as
Saved + Destroyed afterward: Jude 1:5.

So then, God will have all men to repent; But
Confession is a johnny law thing in 2Pet2:22;
A latter end worse to a void, not a law to repeat.

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 5

depends on WHO you are doing the repentance and confession for. If God is not the center of it then His son can't forgive or cleanse the sin you are seeking to overcome.

Answer 6

It's the Blood of Jesus that cleanses you of your sins.
Confessions of sins to Jesus (& not to any mere man, mind you) is the FIRST STEP.

Next, repentance means, "a turning away from" that sin. This means "Go and SIN NO MORE"!

Thirdly, to show your sincerity before God you will have to bear 'the fruit of repentance,' meaning... have you taken action on it, & have stopped sinning?

Answer 7

Repentance, confession and never do it again. Jesus used to say "go and sin no more". It is hard, though. We all have our weaknesses and even knowing that something is wrong, we tend to persist doing it. That is our mission and that's where we learn. When we overcome our own weaknesses. We need Jesus so bad to help us!

Peace!

Answer 8

No penance is required and the best penance for this age is to chant the holy names of God also known as Krishna Allah, Jehovah, Vishnu, Rama, Hari, etc. We still may get some reaction for our sins but it will be adjusted by God for what every lesson we need to learn in our mistake. It is not so cut and dry like some so called religions think. Karma (reaction to ones actions is a very complex matter but we need to chant the holy names that is the most important to cleans all sins and clear all the cobwebs. If one is interested, writ me for a direct link to how to chant the holy names. Thanks.

Answer 9

Nowhere in OUR INSTRUCTIONS for today , are we told to repent and confess sins in order to be forgiven. That was Israels instruction as she didnt acknowledge her King and prophesied Messiah.

WE are told to believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as sufficient payment to reconcile us to God and we have been GIVEN a ministry of reconciliation as members of His Body. See 1 Cor. 15:1-4

It is NOT what WE do that saves anyone, but what HE DID!

No one was repenting OR confessing their sins when Christ died for them two thousand years ago! The Bible tells us that "while we were YET SINNERS, Christ died for us".

The blood of Christ is the ONLY thing that will cleanse a person from all sin, and that happened two thousand years ago. "There is NO forgiveness without the shedding of blood."

Jesus tells us that His blood sacrifice paid for the sins of the WORLD, that it took AWAY all sins once and for all, and that the penalty and power of sin has been dealt with. The PRESENCE Of sin wont be taken care of til we get our new bodies, but God no longer deals with anyone on the basis of their SIN, but on the basis of BELIEF and trust in the sin BEARER.

Do we really BELIEVE that God took care of each and every sin on the Cross? If He didnt, then He wouldnt have risen from the dead, and we would all have to worry about the sin issue.

All your sins were future when He paid for them 2000 yrs ago! The blood cleansed ALL sin for all time for ALL people.

Now the issue is...will you take God at His Word??? Believe that what He did was sufficient, and you will be saved.

Again, Its NOT what WE do that saves us, but believing in what HE DID..."without faith it is impossible to please God."

Answer 10

No repentance and confession will only clears ones mind, and helps to get rid of burden at mental level only! For sure, good and bad Karmas will give us good and bad situations.