It doesnt matter if you do it again or not, noone is perfect. God doesnt care how many times you fell in a sin, as long as everytime you fall you keep struggling to repent "the righteous man falls seven times, but rises up again" proverbs 24:16.
There will always be many wars to fight against the devil, it does not matter that you win the war, but it is important to do your best fighting/struggling against the sin
It is very important to confess your sins to your father of confession, everytime you do that it is as if you are burning the devil. also when u will confess you will so much better, as if something was lifted off your chest, and abouna will give you spiritual advice to guide you
[quote author=CopticChica21 link=board=1;threadid=3420;start=0#msg49858 date=1142266794] Do you think that it's bad if you did a sin and won't tell ur FOC about it becasue ur afraid ull do it again?
Withholding something when you go to confession is a serious sin in itself and makes the thing you did even worse.
Even if you think you'll do it again you must confess it. If anything, confessing it will make you even more determined to stop doing it.
hey i think that you should confess because there......Abouna will pray to keep you safe and not to fall in the sin again.....besides..by confessing....your FOC tells you what to do to help you stop doing this sin again.....Do not let the devil tempet you by shame.....because nothing that is hidden will be kept but everything will be revealed on judgment day....therefore say your sin (while you can on earth)and feel the shame and that will make you remember not to do it again because you will know the shame that you went through before..Repent is the best thing and your FOC will help you how to stand up to this sin.
Do not worry ..Jesus knows what you are going through
but if you do this sin again you never repented. thas what im asking. is it wrong to not tell him something beause u are afraid of not repenting? think about it that way. the repentio nway
The sacrement is called Repentance and Confession, if you are going to confess, you need to repent first, not the other way around. You can't go confess and then say you will repent. If you truly feel that this particular sin is horrible and you won't do that again, then you should be sincere in your repentance and therefore you will go to abouna tell him that sin no matter what, since you want an absolution. We keep falling and rising. There is no guarntee what so ever that you are going to stop a certain sin after you confess, it's something that you keep on fighting for it if you want to get closer and closer to God. Keep in mind that when you confess God is just and will forgive you your sins, and will help you to not do that sin again. You just need to have faith that you will never fall again, and believe that Christ will help you in everything and will defend you against satan. Therefore don't say you would be afraid that you will fall in it again. God will take that fear away..if you confess it.
[quote author=CopticChica21 link=board=1;threadid=3420;start=0#msg49875 date=1142280527] but if you do this sin again you never repented. thas what im asking. is it wrong to not tell him something beause u are afraid of not repenting? think about it that way. the repentio nway
love lots, CopticChica21
You should still go. If you are not really sorry about what you've done, tell him that too. He should then give you appropriate advice as to what you should do. But not confessing the sin at all is not going to help you - just gonna make it worse.
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There will always be many wars to fight against the devil, it does not matter that you win the war, but it is important to do your best fighting/struggling against the sin
It is very important to confess your sins to your father of confession, everytime you do that it is as if you are burning the devil. also when u will confess you will so much better, as if something was lifted off your chest, and abouna will give you spiritual advice to guide you
Do you think that it's bad if you did a sin and won't tell ur FOC about it becasue ur afraid ull do it again?
Withholding something when you go to confession is a serious sin in itself and makes the thing you did even worse.
Even if you think you'll do it again you must confess it. If anything, confessing it will make you even more determined to stop doing it.
Do not worry ..Jesus knows what you are going through
love lots,
CopticChica21
If you truly feel that this particular sin is horrible and you won't do that again, then you should be sincere in your repentance and therefore you will go to abouna tell him that sin no matter what, since you want an absolution.
We keep falling and rising. There is no guarntee what so ever that you are going to stop a certain sin after you confess, it's something that you keep on fighting for it if you want to get closer and closer to God. Keep in mind that when you confess God is just and will forgive you your sins, and will help you to not do that sin again. You just need to have faith that you will never fall again, and believe that Christ will help you in everything and will defend you against satan. Therefore don't say you would be afraid that you will fall in it again. God will take that fear away..if you confess it.
but if you do this sin again you never repented. thas what im asking. is it wrong to not tell him something beause u are afraid of not repenting? think about it that way. the repentio nway
love lots,
CopticChica21
You should still go. If you are not really sorry about what you've done, tell him that too. He should then give you appropriate advice as to what you should do. But not confessing the sin at all is not going to help you - just gonna make it worse.