Seeking forgiveness of sin from God

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Raxus said:
That accountability (and the shame that people naturally feel from knowing that someone else knows what they’ve done) is a big step for many in being able to resist sin in the future.
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I agree. One of the things we Protestants could do a better job with.
 
TULIPed said:
I agree. One of the things we Protestants could do a better job with.
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I appreciate your candor. I don’t say those kind of things as a “gotcha” moment. I defend Confession because of how very good it feels when you’re done, and you know without a shadow of a doubt that you’re forgiven and doing your best. We all fall over and over, and getting up can be so hard, but it feels really, really good to be on your feet again.
 
mcq72 said:
“Little children…ye know all things…ye have an unction from the Holy One…”
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Ah, so kids know everything they need to know about being holy? No lessons from their parents needed?
annad347 said:
God is always with you, He doesn’t have to be summoned when He’s never gone
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Ah, so we don’t need to pray then, right? God sees everything that everyone needs and doesn’t want anyone else to intercede, right?
 
Raxus said:
Ah, so we don’t need to pray then, right? God sees everything that everyone needs and doesn’t want anyone else to intercede, right?
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God is always with you, He said He will never leave you. He wants you to pray to Him. And we are allowed to speak directly to God, (actully) with the Holy Spirit who interceded for us.
 
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annad347 said:
God is always with you, He said He will never leave you. He wants you to pray to Him. And we are allowed to speak directly to God, through the Holy Spirit.
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Then why did Jesus give the Apostles the ability to forgive sin in His name?
 
Raxus said:
Generally speaking, it’s a better idea for someone who has a continuing problem with a specific sin to see the same priest as much as possible when they confess, so that the priest has a better idea of what they continually struggle with and so better help them out
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This can also be done per James 5…confess one to another…to help each other out, as you nicely describe
 
mcq72 said:
This can also be done per James 5…confess one to another…to help each other out, as you nicely describe
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There’s nothing in James 5 about just anyone being able to forgive those sins, however. You can tell someone that you broke out a neighbor’s window, but that doesn’t do anything to fix the window.
 
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Raxus said:
Then why did Jesus give the Apostles the ability to forgive sin in His name?
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Because Jesus wants us to confess our sin out loud, He also knows some of us need that human connection to do something that can be very hard to do. You are still confessing to God and God is still the only one who can trully forgive your sins.
 
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annad347 said:
Because Jesus wants us to confess our sin out loud, He also knows some of us need that human connection to do something that can be very hard to do.
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Aaaah, so the forgiveness of sin DOES need to come from someone whom Jesus gave authority to!
 
annad347 said:
You are still confessing to Hod and God is still the on km y one who can trully forgive your sins.
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Sure. That’s why He made sure that we have priests who have the authority to forgive us by His power.
 
annad347 said:
The priest isnt forgiving you… God is… that’s already been established.
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Ayup. But you said yourself we have to confess to a person, and God very nicely made it so the person we’re confessing to can forgive sins in His name, by His power. 🙂 That’s a priest.
 
Raxus said:
Ayup. But you said yourself we have to confess to a person, and God very nicely made it so the person we’re confessing to can forgive sins in His name, by His power. 🙂 That’s a priest.
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Again not what I said.
 
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