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I take exception with your statement about Catholics having a "unique opportunity" to seek and obtain forgiveness for their indescretions. My Bible (and the Catholic Bible) say that ALL have sinned and ALL come short of the glory of God, and that Christ died for ALL. ALL have the same opportunity to seek and obtain forgiveness for our "indescretions."

I thank God for His forgiveness of my sin. I thank God for giving me a new life in Christ Jesus. I thank Him for saving my soul from eternal damnation. I know with full assurance that I will be with Him one day...in paradise, as Jesus told the thief on the cross. I also know that I didn't have to be a Catholic to come to this truth in my life, I didn't need to be a Catholic to experience God's redeeming love and forgiveness for my sin.

God's love and forgivness extends to ALL who call upon His name, who humble themselves, who confess their hopelessness as a sinner, who can acknowledge that there is nothing good enough that we can do to earn His forgiveness and to save ourselves. It is by His grace that we are saved, through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, paying the penalty for our sin. Thank God for His love through Jesus Christ.

“I also know that I didn’t have to be a Catholic to come to this truth in my life, I didn’t need to be a Catholic to experience God’s redeeming love and forgiveness for my sin”.....

Your absolutely correct....Sadly you are wasting your breath.....It’s not about being a Catholic, it’s about being a Christian....Walk in HIS GRACE AND FORGIVENESS.....

Maryjean,

You wrote:

“I take exception with your statement about Catholics having a “unique opportunity” to seek and obtain forgiveness for their indescretions. My Bible (and the Catholic Bible) say that ALL have sinned and ALL come short of the glory of God, and that Christ died for ALL. ALL have the same opportunity to seek and obtain forgiveness for our “indescretions.” “

Okay, does your Bible contain John 20:19-23? That’s confession. If you’re not participating in it, then you’re not having a “unique opportunity” to seek and obtain forgiveness for your sins.

I also know that I didn't have to be a Catholic to come to this truth in my life, I didn't need to be a Catholic to experience God's redeeming love and forgiveness for my sin.

I do not mean to imply that only Catholics are saved...HOWEVER....Christ came to earth with a purpose in mind. That purpose was to establish a new covenant with mankind and provide aa method whereby they might seek forgiveness for their own shortcomings as well as atone for the failure of mankind itself. He, through His disciples, started what has become the Roman Catholic church and He instructed all to follow His teachings and methods. All was fairly smooth for about 1,600 years and then along came "Reformers" who figured they they knew better than Christ and the disciples, how to form a religion. Instead of correcting any ills within the church, they decided to go off on their own systems and caused, over the centuries, millions of people to put their souls in jeopardy.

You can follow whatever leader you choose....as for me, I'll stick with the original plan, do my best to fulfill my responsibilities therein and use Christ's own words to have my sins forgiven...."whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, whose sins you shall retain, they shall be retained".....sounds good to me....a promise from Christ ought to,at least, be considered. He also mentioned something about being with His church until the end of time and did not mention heving a bunch of helpers spring up l,600 years later!!!