GOD FORGIVES SINS
Mark 2:1-7....... "Why does this man speak that way? He
is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone.(NASB)
Jesus was God on earth, He had the authority to forgive
sins. The apostles were not God on earth. Contemporary pastors and priest are
not God on earth. For anyone other than God to claim they have the authority to
forgive sin is blasphemous.
Isaiah 43:15-25 "I am the Lord, your Holy One.....25
"I even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,
And I will not remember your sins.(NASB)
No preachers, pastors, apostles, nor priests can wipe
out transgressions. Only God forgives
sin.
Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You who pardons
iniquity...(NASB)
The apostle Peter nor any apostle had the power to pardon
sins. There is not an example in the New Testament Scriptures where any apostle
said to an individual nor a group of people I forgive you of your sins.
Jesus gave Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew
16:9) Jesus not give Peter and the apostles the authority to grant forgiveness
to men. Only God forgives sin.
Peter used the keys on the Day of Pentecost. The keys were
faith, repentance, and immersions in water. (Acts 2:22-41)
Peter did not say I
or we the apostles forgive you of your sins against God, nor did he say that to
anyone Christians subsequently. [Terms of pardon:FAITH John 3:16, REPENTANCE
Acts 3:19, CONFESSION Romans 10:9, IMMERSION IN WATER Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16]
There is no Scriptures that teaches that apostles,
preachers, pastors, priests, nor the church as the power of absolution. Only
God forgives sin.
1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to
you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;(NASB)
The apostle John did not tell those in the body of Christ to
ask for absolution for theirs sins by asking the church, the priest nor the
pastor to grant them forgiveness from their sins against God.
ONLY GOD FORGIVES SINS!
We know that, John 20:23, does not mean the apostles,
priests, pastors, nor the church has the authority to forgive men of their sins
against God.
Teaching the gospel plan of salvation to men does not mean
the teacher has the authority to forgive sin.
Praying for fellow church members does not mean that the one
who prays has the authority to forgive sins.
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