BD 4166 13.u.14.11.1947

Act of forgiveness of sins ....
Jesus Christ as Saviour ....

The act of forgiveness of sins can also only be regarded as a ceremony if the spiritual prerequisites for the forgiveness of the guilt of sin are lacking. As soon as a person feels sinful and carries his guilt of sin to God, as soon as he sincerely repents of his sins and asks God for forgiveness, his sin will also be forgiven by God and his guilt will be remitted for the sake of Jesus Christ, because for this the man Jesus died on the cross, so that the guilt of sin of all humanity, past, present and future, was redeemed.

And so the first prerequisite for the forgiveness of sin is faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the will to belong to those who have been redeemed from their guilt of sin by the blood of Christ. Sincere repentance towards God and thus the realisation of having transgressed against God through sin, of having violated His commandment of love, is a further prerequisite that justifies the act of forgiveness of sin. A person can indeed express repentance with words, while his heart is not touched, thus he does not suffer under the pressure of his sins and thus does not recognise how seriously he has transgressed against God and His commandments. Then the guilt of sin cannot be removed from him either, then he remains afflicted with his sin, (13.11.1947) until he is aware of his guilt and it presses him, so that he appeals to God for forgiveness.

However, the human being has no reason to mention his sins to his fellow human beings. (14.11.1947) It is true that this has one thing in itself, that he practices humility, if he openly confesses his weaknesses and faults, but this open confession to a person has nothing to do with the forgiveness of his sins. .... "Whose soever sins ye shall remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye shall retain, they are retained ...." You cite this saying of Jesus as a reason, but you do not consider that Jesus spoke to His disciples, to those who had attained a spiritual maturity through their way of life, which made them clear-sighted and clear-hearing.

Farther Jesus spoke of the sins whose consequences were physically visible and occasioned the sinners to seek help, i.e. averting their sufferings, from the disciples, who recognised them as great men of God .... From this arose the act of general forgiveness of sins after the confession of sins to a person, which, however, is again only to be regarded as a transformation of Christ's teaching, as a deception insofar as people mostly believe (make) the forgiveness of their sins dependent on the confession of them, but this confession often becomes a formal matter, whereas deep inner repentance, the confession of guilt against God and detestation of sin, and the earnest desire of amendment only touch the heart of man in a faint touch, but the forgiveness of sins is dependent on this alone.

This inner confession of guilt must be made to God. No mediator is necessary for this and thus auricular confession is once again only a commandment added by people to Christ's teaching which, however, is extremely well respected but contradicts God's will, Who wants every outwardness to be replaced by true inner devotion to God, by completely spiritual experience and living out His commandments. For every outwardness is a great danger for people that they will observe themselves too little, that they will only take care of the humanly added requirements and thereby become shallow and lukewarm in their soul's work.

For the spiritual decline of people proves that the will to detest sin, which is the result of deep repentance, does not exist or has become an act, which would absolutely be the case if the act of forgiveness of sin had not been given such a form but was always only an inner matter of each individual. Then the human being would educate himself to an improved way of life, if only he were of good will. But in this way even the willing become lukewarm and indifferent through false teachings and presentations of the forgiveness of sins, which is not intended by God as it is presented to people. Only true inwardness is of value before God, and every outward form does not please Him and therefore does not meet with His approval ....

Amen

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