Sacrament Of Penance (Significance Of Confession)

Then he breathes on them and said “Received the Holy Spirit, if you forgive people sins, they are forgiven, if you did not forgive them, they are not forgiven”

Significance of confession

• It helps us to come back to God

• It makes us holy, sacred and acceptable to God and church which is the body of Christ. (Romans. 12:2)

• It helps us to be saved (Romans 5:3)

• It gives the power to withstand the devil and his evil tricks. (Luke 10:19)

• To concentrate back to God (Acts 9:26-27)

• It helps us to refuse the work of the  devil and darkness and accept light and God (Matt. 5:14-16)

• To receive the grace of God in times of need. (Hebrew 4:16)

• By the confession, we receive peace(John14:27)

• We are transformed from humanity to divinity. (82:6)

• It distinguishes us from the culprit of satanic mechanism