No man can forgive our sins. Only God forgives by His mercy alone. No intercessionary figure required.
"...he evokes that divine power."
With as much respect as I can muster, that's straight out of the occult.
21 He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.I prefer the gospel to Calvin's phantasies.John 20
I believe in intercessory prayer.
There is only one mediator between God and Man.....Jesus Christ.
"My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness."
"No man can forgive our sins. Only God forgives by His mercy alone. No intercessionary figure required."
As has been pointed out many times:
Hbr 4:14 "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."
1Ti 2:5 "For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time."
Why mess with the hired help when you can go straight to the boss?