Bible Questions Answered:
They say we have to confess all our sins or we won't be forgiven, but I can't remember them all, then what?
Mark/ Pikeville, Kentucky
Bible Answer:
When we have committed a sin, one that the Holy Spirit has convicted us of, we are to confess that sin, and to abandon it.
Proverbs 28:13 KJV
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
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.
This is the Christian's responsibility before the Lord, but you say, you know that you have sinned surely in many ways, and you cannot remember them.
All sins fall under three categories.
Conscious sins:
You knowingly choose to do something morally wrong.
Omission, sins of:
You knew that you should have been a witness, but you said nothing.
Innocence, sins of:
Things that you do every day that are offensive to God, that you aren't even aware of.
As one can see by these categories, there will always be sins committed by man, that he is unaware of.
Things that are an offense to God. We are to strive for sanctification in this life, but we will only fully achieve it, when we are with the Lord!
I John 3:2 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
So, we can see that confessing “all,” our sins is impossible!
We are saved, by the blood of Christ and nothing else.
Romans 3:25 NLT
"For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when
they believe that Jesus sacrificed His life, shedding His blood...."
Romans 5:9 KJV
Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
I Peter 1:18,19 KJV
[18] Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your
vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
[19] But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot:
I John 1:7 KJV
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Revelation 1:5 KJV
And from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness, and the First Begotten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth.
Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
We are not “saved,” by “Perfect-Confession,” but by the precious blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:8,9 KJV
[8] For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
[9] Not of works (Spiritual or otherwise), lest any man should boast.
Matthew 26:28 KJV
For this is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
I John 4:10 NLT
This is real love—not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
When we with all sincerity, ask the Lord to forgive us our sins, He does, and He does because....
I Samuel 16:7 KJV
But the Lord said unto Samuel,...for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
