Why do I have to confess? when I do the sin intentionally!

@oarnamav (2708)
India
November 18, 2007 10:17pm CST
The confession is to purify our mind and heart! But this is true when the sin occuers innocently or unintended, but when I perform an act which i intend and do the sin purposly then how can I be forgiven? Or Why jesus would excuse me in that case? I think my act of sin justifies the event to whomsoever I punish, which you may count it as a sin. I am confused, who can clearify my doubt?
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@fegrace (32)
• Philippines
20 Nov 07
no, thats not the point of confessing your sin... IF you were told to confess, ofcourse you would probably confess all you sins, and thats definitely, acceppting that those are your sins, right? So it means all you have confessed were the things that you intentionally did.Indeed, you're accepting that those things were sins, that why you are confessing..Right??
@mdchennai (2129)
• India
19 Nov 07
Well friend, i accept your point that if we do some mistake intentionally then it is not forgiven. But, it depend on your situation at that time. If you do some sin with some good cause behind it then i think that there is no problem in that. Also, if you do it intentionally but later on if you feel for your mistake then i think it can be forgiven.
• United States
19 Nov 07
Well, actually, only you can clarify your doubt. Why would you want to take the word of someone else to begin with?? What do they know? Learn to trust yourself and to recognize the Inner Voice that speaks so quietly inside a sometimes noisy head. In a confusion it helps to pick one thing to focus on. In my confusion I picked the thought 'nothing is more important than that I feel good' as the thing to focus on. That has helped me a lot. I love to feel good and for my heart to feel light and free and full of love. Everything that I can do or think or say that helps me feel like that is welcome. The things that don't I ignore. Or try to anyway! Religion is one of the things that doesn't help me to feel good. So I usually just ignore it.