Why Confess to a Priest If Only God Forgives Sins? #Shorts

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[0:00] Only God can forgive sins.

[0:02] But Jesus is now giving them

[0:04] the authority to forgive sins. So, when

[0:06] we ask forgiveness, we're approaching

[0:08] the throne of God through his minister.

[0:12] Who Who like the Old Testament

[0:14] you look it up in

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[0:17] >> [music]

[0:17] >> Leviticus chapter 5 starting in verse 5.

[0:20] There is a minister that ministers on

[0:22] behalf of God for those who commit sins

[0:26] in the Old Testament and in the new. And

[0:29] the new ministers are the new priests of

[0:31] of of Jesus.

[0:34] And these new These new priests are the

[0:35] apostles.

[0:37] How do we know? We just had this gospel

[0:39] reading chapter John chapter 20 verse 19

[0:42] and following.

[0:43] He breathed in them, receive the Holy

[0:44] Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are

[0:45] forgiven. Whose sins you retain are

[0:47] retained. God can [music] do that if he

[0:49] wants to. That is his

[0:51] his his new set of ministers are the

[0:53] [music] apostles. And that's how it's

[0:54] been since

[0:55] the Old Testament and now with the New

[0:57] Testament.