Do not Protestants read 1 John?
If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly. (1 John 5:16-17)
If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly. (1 John 5:16-17)
These are not the sins that cause the loss of salvation as all sins are forgiven by Christ.
However, anyone who dies apart from Christ suffers eternal death in Hell. That's what Romans is making clear.
Well, I don't know about Protestants, but Christians read 1 John 1:9
9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Some sins bring God’s immediate judgment and result in the physical (early) death of the sinner (e.g., Acts 5:1–11; 1 Cor. 5:5; 11:30).
Other sins do not.
This is the only distinction made in Scripture.
So; your contention is that if your brother is doing one of them deadly things, ONLY the priest can do the praying?
So what sins are not deadly and how do you know?