When is your sin forgiven?

Is your sin only forgiven when You have confessed your sin to God AND confessed your sin to the one you sinned against?

Does there have to be a thrid party involved when you sin?

Let's say, this being purely hypothetical, that I stole a beer from a store when I was a teenager and the owner never even noticed. Is that sin not forgiven unless I confess the sin to the owner?



O'mara

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Therefore let us stop passing judgement on one another. Instead make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.

Romans 14:11

Your sins are forgiven past and present when one places his or her faith in God and becomes a Christian. If we had to remember all are sins to be forgiven then we would never be forgiven of ll of our sins. There wuld always be one we would forget. Actually there is a lot more that we forget. Also if we have unforgiven sin we can't go to heaven so we would not get into heaven if we had to confess all our sins before they would be forgiven. That is why I am glad that Christ died for all our sins past, present, and future.

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Through the power of the Holy Spirit I am resolved to fully know Christ and to serve Him as Lord and Master of my life until I am with my Father in heaven which will be my gain.

To live is Christ and to die is gain. Phil. 2:10


That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Phil 3:10-11

Your sins are forgiven as soon as your confess them to God and repent (turn away from them).

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God said it, that settles it, whether you believe it or not!



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IMHO, if we beleive we know our sins, we are not humble. The Thief next to Jesus on the cross knew 2 important things, one, He was a thief and two, He was not worthy. The important thing here is the "not worthy" part. We may know of a sin that needs forgivness but we can't know them all because we are not worthy because of our nature, not our sins. Sin is a symptom of the problem, not the problem. The problem is our nature.

Sure we should ask forgivness but also we must know who we are and why we are not worthy of salvation. There is not one single good thing I can do to make myself worthy, but I am forgiven anyway because God is Who He is all the time, every time and forever.

Our nature is forgiven if we humble ourselves and ask Jesus to lead my life as my Lord and my Savior. It's that simple, but the humble part trips a buch of people up.

Blessings

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Receiving the spirit of God is a miracle, it's a gift given to those that have been allowed to see their lost condition and they cry out to the Lord: Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

Thank you much.

So can you show me a verse or two that goes with this topic?

thank you in advance

O'mara

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Therefore let us stop passing judgement on one another. Instead make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.

Romans 14:11

Romans Chapter 8

I would suggest that you read it, pray about it and then read it again.

Sometimes it's better not to post a scripture because it can be taken out of context. Romans 8 will guide you much better than I can do by picking a piece of it to support some point.

Blessings to you

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Receiving the spirit of God is a miracle, it's a gift given to those that have been allowed to see their lost condition and they cry out to the Lord: Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

Hey O'mara.  Our (all people that were saved, are saved, will be saved) sins were forgiven when Christ died as the spotless Lamb.  Repentence is something that is a result of understanding that we've been forgiven.  It is not a means to obtain forgiveness.  For the most part when we ask for forgiveness we ask amiss.  Christ intercedes on our behalf.  Repentence is never the means.  It is always the result.

God bless

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Eldermike: Thank you. I will.

Reformationist: Repentance as in 1 Peter 3:10,11?

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Therefore let us stop passing judgement on one another. Instead make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.

Romans 14:11

Okay.  What about it?

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"Apart from an acknowledgment of God's absolute, all encompassing sovereignty, there can be no true thanksgiving, praise, or childlike dependence upon Him. What a gracious thing that He has opened our eyes to behold with wonder His works. As John the Baptist said, a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. How gracious He has been to us!" - One of my beloved brothers in the Lord Jesus

There is much false theology on these boards and on this thread. BEWARE! Read and study the scriptures for yourselves.

Salvation isn't about making a one-time decision in the past, perhaps many years ago.