If anyone in the OT could go to heaven, (as we describe heaven) before Jesus came, then they didn’t need Jesus and we wouldn’t need a NT the OT would be fine.
Where did Jesus go immediately after His death? And Why?
catholic1seeks:
Are you again trying to eliminate the sacrament Jesus established?
No, I go to confession every few weeks.
you are eliminating the necessity of the sacrament in your argument when it comes to protestant people. So IOW THEY get to write their own rules?
ctholic1seeks:
IOW, all a Catholic has to do in your world, is become a protestant and they don’t have to go to confession any longer to get mortal sin forgiven? They can just pray?
A Catholic cannot do this if he knew Confession was normative – i.e., part of Christ’s will. It’s always a sin to knowingly and freely reject God. Now do all Catholics who become Protestants knowingly do so?
That’s God’s judgment, not mine.
John ( inspired by God to teach )
1 Jn 5:16 If
any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God[a] will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin which is mortal;
I do not say that one is to pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal."
So,
I
CAN recognize non mortal sin & mortal sin, AND I can recognize if another person is/has committed a mortal sin.
If it’s NOT recommended to pray for the forgiveness of Mortal sin, because it’s obviously not effective for THAT sin, how is one then to get rid of that sin on their soul and how do they know it’s gone??
