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Are you saying you don't believe this Holy Scripture?

JOHN 20

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19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

21 Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."

22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

21 Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

But it never happened, did it...You can't cite a single case of of one man ever retaining the sins of another in the scriptures...And obviously you and your religion have no idea why...Yet you constantly post this scripture as tho it's supposed to mean something to you...

One of the cross references for those verses is:

Mat 19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Mat 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And clearly those scriptures are a complete mystery to you guys as well...I don't even have to look in your catechism to know that your religion didn't even comment on that scripture...It's a mystery to them as well...

Again, the blind leading the blind...

At some point in time, the apostles will judge people...But not yet...

1 John 1:0 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

We don’t NEED a priest. We have the promise of God given us through the Holy Spirit that He will do what he says.

Rome uses that verse to maintain a stranglehold on people and demand their compliance or they’ll threaten them with their eternal destiny.

The epitome of job security.

Are you saying you don't believe these Holy Scriptures?

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

John 6:28-29
Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?

Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."

1 John 3:21-23
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

James 1:27

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.