WTS says no confession to men necessary

by TheListener 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  TheListener

  I ran across this the other day and it caught my eye.

  w85 12/1 pp. 6-7 Righteousness Before God

  — How?

  Neither Catholic nor Protestant "Justification"

  Catholic dogma goes beyond what the Bible teaches when it claims that "a man is really made just," or righteous, by the gift of divine grace bestowed at baptism. It is not baptism that washes away original sin, but it is Christ’s shed blood. (Romans 5:8, 9) There is a big difference between really being made righteous by God and being counted, or considered, as being righteous.

  (Romans 4:7, 8) Any honest Catholic, struggling in his fight against sin, knows that he has not really been made righteous. (Romans 7:14-19) If he were really righteous, he would have no sins to confess to a priest.

  Furthermore, if Catholic dogma followed the Bible, the sin-conscious Catholic would confess his sins to God, asking forgiveness through Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:9

  – 2:2) The intercession of a human priest at any stage of "justification" has no foundation in the Bible, no more than the accumulation of merits upon which the doctrine of indulgences is based. — Hebrews 7:26-28.
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  jwfacts

  Its all playing with words. Every JW knows they have to confess their sins to the elders and dob each other in, otherwise they are sharing in the sins of others.
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  TheListener

  I know, but I like the snippet I posted anyway. It could be used to show a faithful family member that running to the elders isn't necessary.
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  Kenneson

  If sin and forgiveness is between the individual and God, what Scriptural basis does the Watchtower have for judicial committees? Yet they scold Catholics!
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  XBEHERE

  Typical speak out of the 2 sides of their mouths. "whats isnt good for you is ok for us because the F&D Slave says so" screw what the bible says.
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  freedomlover

  great example of the WTS own words shooting them in the foot....
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  A Paduan

  Catholic confession is offered - some people feel very removed from God - it's not a mandatory thing. It's normal for spirit quenching type stuff - it's normal that people want to tell it, and get it off their chest before feeling done with it.

  and there's no public announcement - even for mass murder - the confession is sacred

  A JC is a whole different 'kettle of fish'
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  FairMind

  and there's no public announcement - even for mass murder - the confession is sacred

  Would this mean that Child Molesters that are Catholics are not reported to the police when this sin is confessed to a priest? If true, it sounds to me that the Catholic Church is worse than the WTS.
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  Jourles

  Or...

  Furthermore, if Catholic Watchtower dogma followed the Bible, the sin-conscious Catholic Christian witness would confess his sins to God, asking forgiveness through Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:9 – 2:2) The intercession of an human priest elder at any stage of "justification" has no foundation in the Bible, no more than the accumulation of merits upon which the doctrine of indulgences is based. — Hebrews 7:26-28.
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  geevee

  But, still, it is a good point that you have found, it may confuse someone if you trot it out one day.