Protestant disagrees with confessing to priest

[Tom_Baum]

I think even in the Old Testament, in a round about way, they confessed to the Priest.

They brought their sin offering before the priest, laid their hands on it, and then confessed their sin.

Even though it wasn’t the priest who officially forgave them, he was sure a big part of the ceremony.

Wasn’t it the High Priest who went into the Holy of Holies, and only the High Priest, thru the veil that separated the Holy of Holies from everything else?

Wasn’t it this veil that was torn in half from Jesus’s “work” on the cross?

Isn’t this a “sign” that anyone can go directly to God because of what Jesus did on the cross for humanity?

 

[rfournier103]

I found this link to be an amazing resource inregards to this holy sacrament. It’s a little lengthy, but VERY much worth a listen.

And VERY Biblical.

youtube.com/watch?v=fZ0D-BLWY70

 

[Simca]

Wasn’t it the High Priest who went into the Holy of Holies, and only the High Priest, thru the veil that separated the Holy of Holies from everything else?

Wasn’t it this veil that was torn in half from Jesus’s “work” on the cross?

Isn’t this a “sign” that anyone can go directly to God because of what Jesus did on the cross for humanity?

Yes, It was the High Priest who went into the Holy of Holies before God on behalf of the people–anyone else doing this would have been struck dead. He did this once a year on the Day of Atonement.

I always talk to God about my sins. And the Holy Spirit, in my heart, reveals others to me, also. So we can always talk directly to God through his son.

When I confess my sins to the Priest, he assures me of God’s forgiveness. The New Testament tells us to confess our sins to one another. And the Church was given the authority to either forgive or withhold forgiveness.

The Priest can also let us know if something is a sin or not. In the old Testament they offered a sin offering if they thought they had sinned. Once the priest determined it was a sin, they then ‘became guilty’ and offered a Trespass Offering. We don’t always know if something we did was a sin or not, so the priest can make this clear.

 

[Immensus]

Yes and if we don’t need the priesthood, then we didn’t need the apostles either.

And then of course why would we even need Jesus to have become a man and be among us?

Which is why such thinking leads to Arianism.