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You say to display Christ on the Cross is disrespectful. To me when I look at that cross I do not see disrespect. I see Love, A God that loved me that much to die for me. And back to the point of this thread a Mother at his feet who saw men pound nails into her sons hands and feet. I could only imagine the pain that her heart was feeling. And the pain of those nails going through Jesus. But to me as much as the physical pain was to be, the emotional pain for Jesus also to see his Mother have to endure watching her baby be killed. I know we diagree that the Blessed Mother suffered as much as Jesus. But to me no one could pound one nail in my hand that would hurt worse then to have to watch someone pound that same nail into the hands of my Son. I could bare the pain more myself and lie down my life for my son, then to have to watch my Son lay down his life for me. Sorry thats just my take on it. Mental Pain can be worse at times then physical pain. But my point is no one has suffered like her. She Loved him so much, and I know he loved her. To me when I walk into a Protestant cross and look at it something is missing. Its is empty. And then it hits me. Christ is missing on that cross, For a cross is just a Cross, but when Christ is on that Cross it becomes the Cross my Lord and Savior was hung on. ITs no longer A cross its THE Cross.
Prot. Son. Excellent post, by the way!
Let the glory of the Lord, rise among us!!! Whew, man prodigal, you write a lot! Where do I begin; wel, let’s see, I(speaking only for myself; 1beleevr), I do now, and have always confessed my sins to God, in the presence of, well, Jesus(imagine that!). I have never accused anyone, catholic or otherwise, of not confessing sin to God, or Jesus; just asking,"why do you need the priest! Once, a short time ago, I was confessing a long overdue sin to God! And because I am secure enough in my salvation, and my manhood, I can admit, that I cried like a baby
And there was no one else around; just me God, and Jesus! Whom one confesses to, is a matter of choice, not obligation! And please don’t lie to me, and say that this was one of Jesus’s commands! I don’t remember ever saying that I believed in sola scriptura, but when someone says something, that doesn’t sound quite right, you say,"Where does it say that?"And you said that confession is also called reconciliation
So when God, through Christ’s finished work on the Cross, reconciled us back to Himself, He was confessing? Let me see if I understand the crux of this discussion; if by some weird chance, I were to convert to catholicism, even though I didn’t believe that the pope was the vicar of Christ, and then I said,“I don’t feel like going to confession!” Then what? God made man in His own image, for R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-H-I-P.
In James 5:16, who is referred to, when we say, “confess our sins, one to another?” Is that you and I? And who is the “Him” referenced in 1John 1:9? Could it be God, because the rest of the verse say,“And to cleanse us from all wickedness”. Were the disciples/apostles also given this power? Just wanting some clarification! I read this vers every which way but loose, and still can’t see that it’s ajohn saying"Your sins are forgiven".