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In reply to the discussion: Is it possible to get redemption after committing a heinous crime...? [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)when an individual undergoes a drastic change of consciousness due to an experience of a personal revelation of the nature of Christ, and from that point forward asks God for forgiveness for all the wrongs they have done, and thereafter actively seeks to be the best person they can. After this experience, their past sins are forgiven, and they can gain entrance to heaven.
This is only a form of personal spiritual redemption; a change of heart, it might be called. Going out and doing good deeds for others is primarily irrelevant to this experience of redemption, but may be, and often is, part of the spiritually reborn persons' future agenda.
This is my take on it, as someone who has had a lifelong interest in various schools of metaphysical/spiritual thought and discipline. I imagine that there are some Christians here who understand and can explain this noumenon much better than I can.