When you confess your sins to the bishop do you have to give alot of details? Like, if you have had relations with your girlfriend once, do you just say you commited fornication, or do you have talk about the details of the encounter?
4 Responses to “When you confess your sins to the bishop do you have to give…”
Anonymous
2008-04-21 07:08:37
No one wants to know all the details! More your feelings and what you've learned or haven't learned from your mistakes. Talk with your bishop about what you've done, your feelings, but you don't need tell him all the details.
As the brethren have counseled 'preocupation with trangression can lead to more trangression. ' when we are forgiven it is written (D&C 58: 42) "Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven and I the Lord remember them no more. "
I feel that we should endever to forget as much about the actual sin, the details that is, but not forget that it happened so we don't repeat the mistake. In other words we should remember enough so we can learn wisdom, and avoid similar circumstances in the future.
Sam
2008-04-21 07:06:02
The purpose of confessing to a bishop is so that he can help you through the repentance process. The most important thing to understand is that you shoud be totally honest and up front. The level of detail they need is probably dependant on the situation. But this should not dissuade you from going and talking to the bishop.
Lee
2008-04-21 07:10:42
I think you can simply say that you had relations with your girlfriend. The bishop is there to help you with repentance. He is not there to make personal judgements against you or condemn you.
Anonymous
2008-04-26 07:01:41
No! You don't need all the details as Elder Packer has stated 'preocupation with trangression can lead to trangression'
No one wants to know all the details of the sin unless they're sick.
Forgive yourself, try yourself to forget the details, yet don't forget that the sin occured or the steps and choices that led up the the mistake, and then let it be gone. D&C 58: 42 states:
"Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more."
Aren't we suppose to emulate Him the best that we're able?
As the brethren have counseled 'preocupation with trangression can lead to more trangression. ' when we are forgiven it is written (D&C 58: 42) "Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven and I the Lord remember them no more. "
I feel that we should endever to forget as much about the actual sin, the details that is, but not forget that it happened so we don't repeat the mistake. In other words we should remember enough so we can learn wisdom, and avoid similar circumstances in the future.
No one wants to know all the details of the sin unless they're sick.
Forgive yourself, try yourself to forget the details, yet don't forget that the sin occured or the steps and choices that led up the the mistake, and then let it be gone. D&C 58: 42 states:
"Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more."
Aren't we suppose to emulate Him the best that we're able?