[Mad Dawg]

Every once in a while, my brother in the Lord, you totally rock!

This may be the least important aspect of confession, but it’s meaningful to me:

We SAY the Lord has paid all the price of our sin. We claim to put all our trust in Him and to despise the deceits of the world.

But then we balk at confessing our sins to one or more human beings?

For me to tell a priest about that embarrassing incident in the hotel in Khartoum, the one with the hooker, the goat, and the iguana ... That’s a pretty comfortable way of proving to myself that I believe Christ’s forgiveness totally trumps the disapproval of man. For me, stepping into the confessional is a witness to my trust in Jesus.

[Quix]

I can understand your reasoning on that.

Thanks for your kind words.

AS you know, I TRY to note TRUE Biblical things regardless of where the chips fall.

LUB BRO.

[boatbums]

Yeah, but did you tell your WIFE? ;o)

[presently no screen name]

I believe Christ’s forgiveness totally trumps the disapproval of man. For me, stepping into the confessional is a witness to my trust in Jesus.

Really? Then why not trust that Jesus is with you and go to HIM as HE tells us He is our mediator? Instead you have trust in the man behind the screen is who man-made teachings say he is? Seems like that approval of man and their man made teachings are trumping Jesus and who HE says He is. Once, again, tradition voiding God's Word. "Making the Word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye".

That’s a pretty comfortable way of proving to myself

Comfort and feelings have nothing to do with it - it's all about obedience. Hear and obey.

But then we balk at confessing our sins to one or more human beings?

We are to confess our sins to another - according to Scripture - when we have offended that person and ask for forgiveness; such as a family member, friend, acquaintance, etc. Are your offenses against the confessional priest?