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Originally Posted by agoodlife2live
With the repentance is contrition and confession to God still required? or is turning around from sin with a made up mind enough?
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I do believe that confession is necessary. We need to "get real" with God and ourselves about our sins. As for contrition... that's complicated. Sometimes we simply "know" that something is wrong... even if we don't have an overwhelming emotional outpouring about the deed. I'd say that if one turns from sin with a made up mind, knowing that it is wrong, it is still valid.
I've often seen people who have a highly emotionalized religion tolerate sin waiting on some overwhelming emotional motivation to cease from sin. During this waiting period sin takes it's toll. I'd say that mere knowledge and turning from sin with a made up mind is just as valid as if one is emotional about it.