Would the Lord Forgive Your Sins If You Offered Prayers of Repentance for Your Sins?
Some people believe in God very passionately, but can such people be approved by the Lord with such faith? Many religious leaders who appeared in the New Testament believed in God so fervently. Therefore, some Christians today believe and preach to the other people that their sins are blotted out when they offer prayers of repentance. How wonderful would it be if the sins inside our hearts and the sins that have manifested in action were washed away just because we confessed and repented these sins through prayers of repentance?
Does the Lord really cleanse our sins whenever we offer prayers of repentance?
If we could receive the remission of our sins by admitting and confessing our sins with our mouth, why would the Lord need to be baptized and shed His blood on the Cross to blot all out our sins? In other words, why would the Lord come to this earth in the flesh of man, be baptized from John the Baptist to receive our sins, go through the Passion which led to His death of the Cross, and be resurrected in three days if the Lord forgave our sins whenever we just confess our sins? It is an absurd delusion of those who believe that they can receive the remission of their sins by just offering these prayers of repentance without knowing the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Christians who advocate the effectiveness of the prayers of repentance usually adhere strictly to
1 John 1:9 that says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Does this passage really mean that we are forgiven of our sins whenever we offer the prayers of repentance? No, absolutely not! The Lord is telling us here that sinners should admit their sinful state first and that such sinners who admit that they are destined to hell for their sins, can receive salvation from all their sins by faith since the Lord has already washed away all their sins by the gospel of the water and the Spirit. www.bjnewlife.org
