Christ's blood is the laver of initial cleansing but it is also the fountain to which the believer must continuously repair. It is at the cross of Christ that it must continue to pour out its heart in the tears of confession and contrition. The way of sanctification is the way of contrition for the sin of the past and of the present. The Lord forgives our sins and forgiveness is sealed by the light of his countenance, but we do not forgive ourselves. Conversion is life changing at its beginning and remains so for the rest of the believer's life.
Faith is the grounds of our justification and the continuing evidence of it.
These are questions that many have struggled with. The testimonies that are often told of great weeping and mourning over sin can place doubt in the hearts of those not so greatly affected. or who came to Christ without tears. I would like to close this article with an excerpt from Charles Spurgeon's sermon Struggles of Conscience. Come sinner to Christ, because he can soften thine heart, and thou canst never soften it thyself. He gives his grace not merely to those who seek it, but even to those who seek it not.