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Catholics hold this
scripture as a basis for confession of one's sin to an earthly priest:
"Whosoever sins you
remit, they are remitted to them; and whosoever sins you retain, they are retained"
(John 20:23).
No doubt that Jesus gave
this injunction to His disciples after He has breathed upon them to receive the
Holy Ghost (note, it was to the disciples), you can also become His disciples
if you continue in His word (John 8:31).
For the law makes men high
priest which have infirmity (weaknesses) but the word of the oath, which was
since the law, makes the Son, who is consecrated for evermore (Heb. 7:28). All
catholic priest needs to daily offer sacrifice, first for their own sins and
then for the people but He did once when He offered up Himself (Heb. 7:27, emphasis
mine).
Jesus invested this power
on the disciples when He was yet ascended to heaven. It was in Acts 1:9 that He
ascended into the heavens. After His ascent, He said all power has been given
to Him in heaven and in earth (Matt. 28:17) but a Catholic priest has no power
to forgive sins in heaven or on earth because there's no other name in which a
person can be saved other than in the name of Jesus (Acts 4:12).
And note, without shedding
of blood, there’s no remission of sin (Heb. 9:22). Has a Catholic priest shed
his own blood for the forgiveness of the sins of the laity? Mind you, Jesus
Christ is the propitiation for ours sins and He's the only advocate with the
Father to plead on behalf of our sin (1 John 2:1-2).
The sacrifices of an
earthly priest cannot cleanse anybody's sin except the blood of Jesus Christ (1
John 1:7). Now if they claim to be able to forgive sins, do they have power to
cleanse men from their unrighteousness?
God has invested much
power and right on His son to be able to forgive sins and cleanse men once and
for all (Heb. 9:14-15) if they confess it to Him. See, it is not possible for
the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sin (Heb. 10:4) or confession
to an earthly priest.
The natural has no power
above the supernatural, hence, no mortal being has the power to forgive the
sins of another mortal. Christ had offered one sacrifice for sins forever (vs.
12) with His own blood. All you need to have your sins forgiven is to confess
it to the Lord Jesus (1 John 1:9), forsake them (Prov. 28:13) and believe in
your heart that you have been forgiven (Rom. 10:10).
If catholic priest had
been ordained to forgive sins or Christ has invested that power totally on His
disciples, then why did He die on the Cross? Why is He seated at the right hand
of God to make intercession for us?
We need a high priest that
is holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners and made higher than the
heavens and doesn't need to daily offer sacrifice for his own sin (Heb.7:26).
Unfortunately, no catholic priest meets these requirements.
I hope this would minister
grace to a soul.
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