Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit. - Ezek. 18:30-31"It is probably true that sin is never forgotten when once committed," said President Alvin R. Dyer, a counselor in the First Presidency, during the October 1969 general conference.
"But the laws governing repentance provide a release of emotional stress caused by the sin, when that sin is acknowledged and forsaken. Through repentance and forsaking will come the peace of mind, a form of regeneration, that enables one to go on in life in pursuit of true happiness. This fits, it seems to me, the ennobling challenge of the Christ to become like unto Him."
