faq: Sharing Sins
Q: Catholicism teaches confessing to a priest. What is wrong with confessing sins to a catholic priest?
Chistian Reply:
Not sure how many times you have read the Bible, or if you read it daily....but those who havent read it several times, are usually ignorant of what God has told us. And it causes people to easily believe false teachings, because they dont know Scripture.
On this topic:
1. Scripture; God's Word, tells us that we are to go to speak to God the Father and in Jesus name for the Forgiveness of our sins when we pray. Jesus is our Mediator as our Savior and High Priest in Heaven. We pray directed to God. 👉Not thru a priest in a position in a religion created by people.
2. Scripture says confess to "one another"... as in the believers you are close with, the brethren, this is not about someone in a position of authority or prayer leader or someone in leadership.
In fact in following biblical discipline about sins, it should be resolved long before it gets to the ears of those in leadership roles; because they are to call out the sinner from pulpit, call them to repent in front of everyone, (the whole congregation is to call them to repent in interactions with the sinners), it initiates procedures of the church to begin the process to kick out the sinner from the church.
We are to confess and get counseling from fellow brethren for our sins, not go tell the ones in charge of the church and oustings.
Q: If you can confess to who you like, can you confess to me? Do you know me? Have you ever confessed to anyone?
Answer:
Glad you asked.
this is how it would look:
Say I am in close friends in fellowship with 30-50 people at my local church. We regularly hang out, fellowship, share prayer requests (both in Sunday School, group & home fellowships, and when we meet up as friends & for ministry).
Let's say I am struggling with X sin. In the above locations I ask for their prayer and godly guidance & advice from fellow brethren to conquer and defeat that sin. They pray for me, put me on their home individual daily prayer list for when pray daily to God. They rally around me in conversation, by phone, text, email etc and maybe a individual gathering at my home to give guidance, send me links to resources that deal with "that issue" (sermons, godly podcasts, books, videos), references to biblical counselors if needed, review Scripture (verses and teaching) with me that cover that topic and related ones. They can check in on me, but regardless, I give them updates on the progress ....and we can rejoice together when I am able to avoid temptation of that sin, and celebrate when I am doing well at conquering it, and then we can praise God and thank him when i finally have victory over it. (*And Satan flees from me because that sin issue is dead and never coming back.)
And they share their sins, struggles, burdens with me, and we uphold and help one another. And we do it with a loving caring spirit by the fruits of the Spirit and by our love in Christ for one another.
Does that make sense?
It doesnt work with Catholicism.
The catholic religon isnt Christian. That is one reason the people in that cult are not having victory over their sins and simply "live in sin". They arent regenerated by God and are not even born again yet. Jesus said "you must be born again." And we are told "if you die in your sins you will perish" [eternal Hell].
Let me give you an example of how prayers to priests goes there:
Someone tells a priest a bad sinful thing he did and then are told theyre forgiven (which is unbiblical because only God forgives sin) and told to go pray (some vain useless) prayer. The person does whatever prayers They're told and..... errrtt💥🤚God doesnt hear their prayers. Why? He only hears the prayers of the redeemed. Catholics belong to Satan, so they go back to doing the same sins 500k during their lifetime. They keep repeating this cycle thinking they're doing "something" but theyre decieved by that demonic cult and blinded by Satan. It is ritualistic moralism that is vain and useless. They have no victory over sin because theyre still trapped by it.
Scripture speaks against false religion and false teachings. It is speaking of Roman Catholicism just as much as all the other false ones out there.
Matthew 23:15 applies:
Woe to you...you travel across sea and land to make a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are
You need to examine RCC beliefs against what God has said, because He is the authority, and only by Him is truth known and Salvation offered.
Dont be offended by what I said.
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. Proverbs 27:6
Be a Berean and search the Scriptures to find the truth. And flee from RCC when you find it. Ask God to reveal it to you as you thougroughly investigate and examine RCC.
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