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1 | Can a priest forgive sins? | John 20:23 | BrettOrlando | 230112 | ||
I will have to partially and respectfully disagree. See my post to ID 230111 ; another question about John 20:21-23. As for 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, Paul spoke of the ministry of reconciliation. Being reconciled (i.e. rebuild the broken relationship bridge) to God requires we become holy (hebrews 12:14; Matthew 5:48). As I look closely at the Gospels, what Jesus taught about him establishing his kingdom and making disciples, I see Jesus came to teach us to live a different kind of life, a selfless life, by obeying his teachings. This changes our hearts and behaviors reversing the damage our selfishness has done. Quite simply, we are selfish by nature. We do not "Love one another as we love ourself" (Matt 19:19, 22:39, Mark 12:31,33, Luke 10:27, Romans 13:9, Galatians 5:14, James 2:8). Jesus lived a selfless life and calls us to do the same showing ourselves to be his disciples (1 John 2:3-6). As for Matthew 18:18, I encourage you to look closer. This is often taken out of context. From verse 15 to 19, Jesus is talking about reconciliation again just as Paul did above, but instead of with God, it is with each other. When a problem exists between brothers in Christ, they must reconcile first. Bind and loosening is the relationship between the two of you with eternal consequences. Verse 19 is saying that when two or more reconcile and are in harmony, then his Holy Spirit will be with them. This is shown in 1 Corinthians 13 where unity is shown with these characteristics. All love and unity come from God, hatred and division is not (1 Corinthians 1:10-17). | ||||||
2 | Can a priest forgive sins? | John 20:23 | 1faith1 | 230130 | ||
I believe this was also regarding things of the church,or people of God who agree to permit or not permit (loosing or not loosing). "As in 16:19, the tenses imply that what is loosed or bound on earth will have been determined already in heaven. In other words, this is a promise of divine direction for each local church. Now this is a commentary but I believe it does line up with the context of scripture. NKJV commentary | ||||||