 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. But there is no hope of forgiveness to a man who does not acknowledge, confess, and turn from his sins. Jesus said, I've come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. To pray in Christ's name, however, means more than to acknowledge sin. Secondly, it means to recognize that there is a God-given remedy for sin.