Do you have to confess all your sins publically to get forgiveness?
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No you don't. And don't think that you are alone bro. I dealt with this issue and found it just to be the enemy shaking skeletons from your closet in front of you in hopes in making you ineffective. Use it to your advantage by lifting your hands and eyes toward heaven in thanksgiving and praise toward the Lord. Here is what I pray when this happens to me. "Lord Jesus, the enemy just reminded me to praise and thank you that your mercies are new every morning. That you have thrown all my sins as far as the East is from the West, and that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus! So now I am going to spend the next 5 to 10 minutes just singing my favorite praise song to you..."\nNow think about it. That prayer is like fingernails down the chalkboard to the enemy. How many more times will he remind you of your past before he can't take it anymore?\nCorrie Ten Boom wrote, "God takes our sins and throws them into the depths of the sea. Then He posts a sign that reads, 'No Fishing Allowed'."
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No, if you said it, it is covered.  And always add at the end for these sins and the sins that I have failed to mention because I cannot remember them.  Because once the priest offers the absolution, you have a clean slate.  Go forth and sin no more.\n\nAddition:\nI agree also with punkchik below me.  In the sense that if you feel that you need to get it off your chest then say it again for counciling purposes.  But sacramentally you are covered.\n\nAddition:\nI love how people are answering a catholic question with non catholic answers.  The question asker is not asking for an opinion on whether or not they should confess to a priest or not. They are asking if they should repeat the sin again.\n\nI am Catholic and studied 8 years of Catholic Theology.
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well that's what you guys seem to think.......but honestly do you believe you will be saved by confessing?
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They really want to you to confess your sins, as they believe that an essential part of repentance and forgiveness is to tell another person the sin.
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Every one has silent sins--those seen and known by God and ourselves but unspoken or not done yet. God wants to deal with EVERY single bad thing in us, so let the Spirit guide you. Best wishes and God bless.
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No, you get baptized once. Although if you change churches then the new one may require you to be baptized by someone from their church. It's all confusing, but when you sin after being baptized you must repent. And in different churches that even means different things. Repenting though is feeling deep sorrow for your actions, then going to GOD and asking for forgiveness for your actions. Then correcting the wrong to the best of your ability(ie stole a candy bar, go back and pay for it.) After you have done all that, you make a very good effort to not repeat that sin again, that shows GOD that you are sorry for it and that you have learned from the experience. It is important to have a humble heart and a contrite spirit. But all who repent can be forgiven, that's what the atonement is for. Because of that selfless act we can be cleansed from our sins.
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We must ask for forgiveness in order to maintain our fellowship with the Lord.  Our relationship will not be severed, however, if we fail to ask for forgiveness after every sin we commit.
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According to The Law of the Seal of Confession in Catholicism, priests aren't supposed to reveal anything confessed to them in confession.  Legally, it would vary from country to country, but in America, the answer is generally no.  Not only is the priest not required to report it, but it isn't admissible in court if the court somehow finds out the person confessed to the priest.  This only works for things told to the priest while giving confession, however.  I've provided a link that tells about The Law of the Seal of Confession and laws throughout history and in various countries about it.
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Forgiven?  Absolutely.\nStay in that position?  No.\nThere are consequences to choices in this life.\nAs a pastoral leader he must be held to a higher degree of accountability and responsibility for his actions and choices.\nWhen you're in that public a position of leadership, you must walk the line very deliberately and carefully without even a hint of impropriety.\nHe's got a circle of friends and accountability partners to whom he now has to answer but who will also provide healing and support.
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If they honestly seek forgiveness for their sins
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Worst thing that you could do to your family??  Directly?  Indirectly?\n\nAnything can be forgiven if the one who is guilty of the transgression toward the family goes to each one of them, sincerely apologizes, and never repeats the transgression.\n\nUnfortunately, it will be up to the individual whether or not they are willing to forgive you.  Also, just because you're forgiven doesn't mean you will be allowed back into lives.  You can forgive someone; but you, very seldom, will allow them close enough to ever hurt you again. \n\nForgiveness from anyone is not a ticket to putting a relationship back where it was before the betrayal, and it's a very thin consolation for losing the trust of family. Sorry.
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Sincere repenting to God is required for sins to be forgiven.\n\n"O ye who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance " Quran 66: 8\n\n"And those who when they commit an indecency or do injustice to their souls remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their faults-- and who forgives the faults but Allah, and (who) do not knowingly persist in what they have done. " Quran  3:135.  \n\n"Say: "O my Servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. " Quran 39: 53.  \n\nAlso Quran says, sinning throughout life and repenting in death bed is of no use.\n\n"Allah accept the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and repent soon afterwards; to them will Allah turn in mercy: For Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. "   Quran 4: 17.  \n\n"Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil, until death faces one of them, and he says, "Now have I repented indeed;" nor of those who die rejecting Faith: for them have We prepared a punishment most grievous. " Quran 4: 18.
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Sounds like you think that you can purposely go out and sin (knowingly, willingly), repent and all is okay....your are leaving out believing in God...when you believe in God, your sins will be fewer and fewer with each passing day compared to what you were capable of before finding Christ!\nThere is a big difference....don't think for a minute that you can sin on purpose, repent and all is okay....you gotta be trying to live a Christian life along with the repenting!
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Well if youre doing it to make fun of the fact that a human being can forgive your sins for God...then its okay I guess..\n\nbut its wrong to lie at any case! so bad devil!!
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You have to be willing to forgive anyone that has hurt you, you can't be judgmental, that is Jesus job, not ours. You can hate the sin, not the sinner. We all sin. You have to believe, first and foremost. If you believe, then Jesus will lead you the rest of the way. Good Luck!!!!
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Tell the people that you may have hurt that you are truly sorry, make restitution if you can, ask the Lord for forgiveness. If that doesn't work talk to your preacher/minister about it.
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well a sin is a sin, but you can always go to god for penance he will forgive you :]