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Bible Questions Answered:
“...in
my church, sins are confessed to the priest, so many prayers said,
and that's that...”
Paul/
Ocoee, Florida U.S.A.
Bible
Answer:
Bible Texts:
Forsaking
Sin-The Word:
Proverbs
28:13 KJV
He
that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and
forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Isaiah
59:1-3 KJV
1
Behold, The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;
neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your
sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear.
3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with
iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered
perverseness.
Ezekiel 33:11-15 NLT (The Watchman’s Message)
10
“Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: You are
saying, ‘Our sins are heavy upon us; we are wasting away! How can
we survive?’
11
As surely as I live, says The Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in
the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their
wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O
people of Israel! Why should you die?
12
“Son of man, give your people this message: The righteous behavior
of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin,
nor
will the wicked behavior of wicked people destroy them if they repent
and turn from their sins.
13
When I tell righteous people that they will live, but then they sin,
expecting their past righteousness to save them, then none of their
righteous acts will be remembered. I will destroy them for their
sins.
14
And suppose I tell some wicked people that they will surely die, but
then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right.
15
For instance, they might give back a debtor’s security, return what
they have stolen, and obey My life-giving laws, no longer doing what
is evil. If they do this, then they will surely live and not die.
Micah
6:8 KJV
He
hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth The Lord require
of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
thy God?
Matthew
5:23,24 NLT
23
“So if you are presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the Temple
and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you,
24
leave your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be reconciled to that
person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God.
Matthew
6:15 NLT
But
if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your
sins.
Luke
3:8 NLT
Prove
by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to
God. Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are
descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God
can create children of Abraham from these very stones.
John
5:14 NLT
But
afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, “Now you are
well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you.”
Acts
19:18,19 NLT
18
Many who became believers confessed their sinful practices. 19 A
number of them who had been practicing sorcery brought their
incantation books and burned them at a public bonfire. The value of
the books was several million dollars.
Acts
20:21 NLT
I
have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike—the necessity of
repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our
Lord Jesus.
Acts
26:20 NLT
I
preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout
all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must repent of their
sins and turn to God—and prove they have changed by the good things
they do.
Ephesians
4:21-24 NLT
21
Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned The Truth that
comes from Him,
22
throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which
is corrupted by lust and deception.
23
Instead, let The Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.
24
Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and
holy.
Hebrews
12:1,2 NLT
1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses
to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us
down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run
with endurance the race God has set before us.
2
We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, The Champion who initiates
and perfects our faith..."
I
John 1:9 KJV
If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Prayer:
Isaiah 55:6,7
KJV
6 Seek ye The Lord while He may be
found, call ye upon Him while He is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto The
Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will
abundantly pardon.
