Hi my name is Monique. God led me out of Protestantism since three weeks after 39 years in it. I am back to my roots which is the Catholic church. Yesterday I was struggling with confession as I had in my head the same question that this man asked you. God led me to your video. Thank you so much for this preaching. I am so grateful and blessed. I have so many wrong teachings in my head which need to be washed away. I am watching a lot of your videos and others. Thank you for your ministry. Greatly appreciated. May God bless you all. 🙏

Because without an intermediary with authority, each sinner becomes his own confessor and judge.

Our old parish priest explained it for us, ordinary church goers in the most blunt way. "The protestants say that you can confess your sins directly to God.. Yeah, this is also taught by the church. Pray the act of contrition before going to sleep" "The question is did HE forgive you? Really? How did you know?" "Do you think we, the priests, enjoy listening over and over again about the craps you did?" "Why do we hear confession then? Because Christ COMMANDED us to hear them and to relay HIs forgiveness" "This is how we know we are forgiven" I remember after that homily, I have made it a habit to go to confession unlike before when I did go once in a blue moon.

I love listening to _this_ kind of Bible page-flipping teaching. I've sat through various Protestant services trying to keep up with the page flipping, and wasn't getting any connection from one verse to the next. But this makes total sense because it's one solid topic.

Very well explained. Thanks Tim! God bless your ministry.

Padre Pio bore the wounds of Jesus. He sat on the confessional for hours to hear confession. In my youth I also bought to the "confess directly to God". May God have mercy on me.

Monique again, I am learning a lot from your videos because when I was a Catholic in my youth I never read the Bible and never really learnt anything. I am an elderly French lady living in Australia now. I believe there are a lot of people like me. Continue this great work of teaching what the Catholic church believe. I was taught a lot of lies in Protestant churches. 🙏

May the Lord bless you throughout all your days

BEST explanation I’ve heard thus far 🙌🏻

this is gold. How come I never knew saint Paul forgave sins??

Awesome Tim; especially the reference to Act 19:18 - another Biblical arrow for Catholic defense !

God bless you all

The clearest explanation that I’ve ever heard. Protestants denied Christ by not accepting the divine authority.

Beautiful! Thanks for all you do, Tim!

I would also add it wasn't even a new concept to the apostles because the law of Moses already mandated jews to confess their sins to their priest and make a sin offering sacrifice to obtain the pardon of their sins (See Leviticus 5:5-6). As Jesus said, he didn't come to abolish the law but to fulfill it; and the sacrament of confession is the fulfillment. So with his death and resurrection he wasn't going to abolish the role of priesthood, but elevate it

Great job! Question: When Protestant Pastors perform baptism, do they do it by their own power or claim God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) working through them? If the latter, and God works through the Pastor for baptism, why is it so difficult for them to understand God works through Priests to forgive sin in sacrament of Confession? As specifically presented in scripture. It’s inconsistent.

Excellent explanation, Tim.

Wonderful explanation. Thank you 🙏

Powerful video! Thank you Brother!

Home run clear answer

I love Mother Angelina's answer......with the same senses we sin, we need to hear with those same senses we're absolved of our sins in order to be satisfied/healed and move on. If we don't hear those words then they're a doubt. This is created by God perfectly to help us. God knows our weaknesses and this is a gift from God.

You nailed it! The best explanation ever!

Great answer! Thank you for sharing this video with all of us.

Great work, well said and delivered 👏 Live Jesus our love and Mary our hope!

The absolute best explanation ive heard and under 10 minutes too

What a great explanation!

I don't understand protestants... don't they follow the bible? Jesus said to the apostles... John 20: 20-23 "After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” If they have a different interpretation from this literal meaning.. then aren't they the one "adding" to scripture? 😅

More power to you! Good job explaining the reason why we catholics confess our sins to priest. Hopefully, people of other religion we’ll be enlightened about confession

AMEN! Great explanation. Sad our PROTESTant brothers and sisters deny themselves such a great SACRAMENT! Such peace after confession.

Jesus paid the price for our sins but they are not yet forgiven. Baptism erases the stain of original sin and any sins already committed. After Baptism any sins committed have to be forgiven. Jesus gave his apostles and their successors the authority to forgive sins in his name "Whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven." This is Scriptural. This authority has been passed down, and by the Sacrament of Holy Orders is carried on by the Priests in the Church.

Tim Staples quoting the Bible like a Protestant, but applying it like a Catholic -

Really appreciate this video..

Great explanation

Spot on 🙏🏾🌹

I was listening to the Exorcist Files and the priest said that one confession is worth more than a hundred exorcisms… let that sink in for a moment. Go to confession!!!

Clearly explained. Thank you 🙏🏾.

Brilliant explanation!

Also, you left out Jame 5:16 that tells us to “confess our sins to one another.”

Amen

Exactly!

I mean this sincerely, but how do Protestants reconcile scripture when Jesus commands the Apostles to forgive/retain sins? Did that practice and authority simply die with the Apostles? Of course not. It's been passed down to our priests. But I'd like to hear from Protestants.

I find it amazing today and comforting regarding God, that everyone is looking for answers. ‘’Imagine your self in the time of, before a word was written.’’ In Greek, and what was spoken from, and telling you to be aware. From Hebrew/ Aramaic/ Greek/ the word lord being added, the letter j as being not of alphabet. Gods name being replaced by lord, and changing the son’s real name. (is GOD testing all of us) Yes God did changed the language, and so did the Jewish high priest because they don’t want you to know his real name, a fight still to this day. I knew when a young boy after completing ccd, after I went to confession something didn’t feel right. And now I know why, YeHoVah in Yeshua’s name. 🙏

Of all Christian Churches , there are less suicides in the Catholic church because of confession

The catholic Church teaches many things that are NOT in line with the Holy Scriptures As a Roman Catholic my eyes were opened to the hypocrisy in the catholic churches and amongst catholic Church goers Only Jesus can save and provide forgiveness for our sins He alone is our High Priest as the book of Hebrews declares Selah Shalom

Because we need humility to accept the penance for our Absolution, otherwise we are stuck with our own frail human arrogance and ego with an irreverent mindset against God, feeling we do not need correction because we are left to our own human devices

If you used a pastor to get married, why wouldn't you confess your sins to a priest?

Because Jesus specifically, "Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven, and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained" Check it out

Drop the mic. Great answer. If people want to be “Biblical”, they need to follow amd accept all of the Bible, including the passages Tim describes here. The queation is not whether someone can spin passages in the Bible to support their view. Anyone can do that. But at some point, you really have to ask yourself why spin what Jesus said. Protestantism does that over and over. John 6 being a prime example. The passages Tim quotes here being still more. The part in James on “faith alone” being another. Someone can reject these passages, but cant do so while credibly being “Biblical.”

Protestants don’t also believe in the intercession of our prayers to our Saints and Mary. But as you go to the Bible, this happened in the wedding in Cana. The first miracle of Jesus before His ministry started, what our Blessed Mother told to her son that the family of the bride ran out of wine. Jesus told to his mother, “My hour is not yet come, but Mary told to the servers, do as what He told you.” And Jesus listened to His mother and perform a miracle, turning water into wine. We believed in our Blessed Mother when Jesus was hanging on the cross and He told to John, “Son (referring to John) this is your Mother, Woman (referring to Mary) this is your Son.” In this commandment before Jesus’ last hour He told us to recognize Mary as our Blessed Mother and also Mary to be our universal Mother and Mother of the Catholic and Apostolic Church.

Repentance is the key

John 15:26-27 King James Version (KJV) But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

Unfortunately many just want to step into their own closet and forgive themselves.

That is so good. Jesus did it 2,000 yrs ago. Why should we do it today? Our sins were already forgiven so no need for Jesus to reforgive our sins today by dying again!

Protestant here. I don't doubt for a second that a Priest can assist with a confessional to Christ for sins. I just dont believe it's necessary. I don't think there is a right or a wrong way to do it. I just prefer to go straight to the source. After reading comments, I'm really not sure which Protestant Churches some people have been to. As for my Church, thete are a lot of similarities to a Catholic Church. We are baptized, confirmed, take part in communion, believe in the Virgin Mary, believe in the Holy Trinity, repent of sins, believe we are saved by Grace. We even recite the Apostles Creed. Thete are many differences, don't get me wrong. But we can agree in a Savior at least cant we?

A parishioner can confess his sins to the prist but its Christ who forgives sins.

It is humbling to tell another of our sins...this is a path to becoming humbled. Also, we can't guve ourselves absolution. The protestants are all proud for protesting Christ's way he left us. They followed the Anti-Christ's way. The disobedient, lukewarm Catholics did the same...the highly religious also! Matt 7:21 says "Only those that do the will of the Father will enter the kingdom of heaven!" So...why are all the others going to Church and praying to Jesus? They want things, they want their will and the entire faith is about GOD'S WILL!

We are called to repent - Scripture says this over and over. From the beginning of his ministry, Jesus began preaching the gospel, saying “repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:14-15). The apostle Paul also tells us: “Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).

So the Church has the authority to treat believers as "pagans or tax collectors" when they are in error, and they won't listen to anyone even the Church. The Apostles encouraged us to confess our sins to one another. So... Being honest and confessing sins done in secret to a Church authority goes with those two things I just mentioned. Also, the scripture says, "Whoever sins YOU forgive, they are forgiven. Whoever sins YOU retain, they are retained." Jesus gave this authority.

Jesus saves us baptized with The Holy Spirit & Holy Water from original sin. Sins committed after Baptism have to be confessed, we have to receive absolution & Penance to serve to be forgiven by God. That’s why He instituted the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession). The Priest is in persona Christi when enacting Gods Sacraments. God exhorts through His Priests. 2 Cor 5:18-20, Jn 20:21-23, Mt 9:8, 16:18-19, 18:17-18. If we die in mortal sin, we chose to be separated from God. He honors our choices for eternity. There’s no hope left. If we die in Venial sin, we have to be purged of it to enter Heaven, as nothing impure can enter. Purgatory is a complete cleansing of our souls on the way to Heaven. 1 Cor 3:15, Mt5:25-26, 1 Pet 3:18-20, 1 Jn 5:16-17, Jn 19:11, Rev 21:27, 2 Macc 12:43-46

I would also point out two other things. I'm james 5, jame wrote to coffess our sins to one another but only after the priests arrive. In the Didache (first Christian catechism), Christians were taught to confess prior to recieving the Eucharist. The full title of the Didache is the "Teachings of the Apostles." I postulate in Acts 2 when Christians decoted themselves to the teachings of the Apostles, they were reading from the Didache.

Very good. I do wish he would have started with Leviticus and the Hebrew sin offerings which laid a conceptual foundation to confessions. Confessions were not necessarily foreign to the Hebrews.

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Catholic NAB Bible: 1 John 1:7, “But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin.” Why does Mr. Staples keep repeating this verse wrong by saying “continues to cleanse us from all sin?”

Yes we know the Apostles got power to forgive Sin and other mircles yet no word from God that gift was passed through succession of leaders or Bishops. In fact, we know there were many wicked Popes and Bishops in history. I have yet to witness and Bishop or elders doing miracles like the. Apostles.

Difference between Melchizedek style priesthood vs Levitical style priesthood. Protestants are pretty consistent with the Melchizedek style.

God alone can forgive sin, you can forgive some one who has sinned against you but they still sinned against God and the He alone has forgiven. When the blood of Jesus is the perfect sacrifice - and then we still need to confession are we truly forgiven or do we still have to pay for mass for my parents in purgatory? If they bought indulgences are they still in purgatory, after doing all that the church commanded and sacraments etc, attending the mass etc? Can any one give me the price to get my parents out of purgatory, I would sell everything I have if one priest can just give me the price. Or is Psalm 49:7&8 true?

Question. Dose a persong have to Confess to a priest in order to be forgive? Are we free to just confess our sins to God, though Jesus christ. In short, Can salsavalvation be obtained if we do not confess or sins to a priest? Is confession to a priest necessary for salvation?

Confession is PROPERLY MADE directly to God, and Jesus is our advocate who cleanses us from all unrighteousness. The Priest can only forgive offences against himself, and can't CLEANS anybody from sin. only Jesus can. IF the priest happens to be a Christian (some are) possibly he could give good council, but in the final analysis, he's totally unnecessary where "confession" is concerned.

Why if Christ is the only Mediator is. Mary called co redemtics doesn't that Mean that she is on par with Christ also how did the queen of heaven leave the soN of God in god house and not know

The concept of confession of sin to a priest is nowhere taught in Scripture. First, the New Testament does not teach that there are to be priests in the New Covenant. Instead, the New Testament teaches that all believers are priests. First Peter 2:5-9 describes believers as a “holy priesthood” and a “royal priesthood.” Revelation 1:6 and 5:10 both describe believers as “a kingdom of priests.” In the Old Covenant, the faithful had to approach God through the priests. The priests were mediators between the people and God. The priests offered sacrifices to God on behalf of the people. That is no longer necessary. Because of Jesus’ sacrifice, we can now approach God’s throne with boldness (Hebrews 4:16). The temple veil tearing in two at Jesus’ death was symbolic of the dividing wall between God and humanity being destroyed. We can approach God directly, ourselves, without the use of a human mediator. Why? Because Jesus Christ is our great High Priest (Hebrews 4:14-15; 10:21) and the only mediator between us and God (1 Timothy 2:5). The New Testament teaches that there are to be elders (1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:6-9), deacons (1 Timothy 3:8-13), and pastors (Ephesians 4:11) - but not priests. When it comes to confession of sin, believers are told in 1 John 1:9 to confess their sins to God. God is faithful and just to forgive our sins as we confess them to Him. James 5:16 speaks of confessing our trespasses “to one another,” but this is not the same as confessing sins to a priest as the Roman Catholic Church teaches. Priests / church leaders are nowhere mentioned in the context of James 5:16. Further, James 5:16 does not link forgiveness of sins with the confession of sins “to one another.” The Roman Catholic Church bases their practice of confession to a priest primarily on Catholic tradition. Catholics do point to John 20:23, “If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” From this verse, Catholics claim that God gave the apostles the authority to forgive sins and that authority was passed on to the successors of the apostles, i.e., the bishops and priests of the Roman Catholic Church. There are several problems with this interpretation. (1) John 20:23 nowhere mentions confession of sin. (2) John 20:23 nowhere promises or even hints that apostolic authority of any kind would be passed on to the successors of the apostles. (3) The apostles never once in the New Testament acted as if they had the authority to forgive a person’s sin. Similarly, Catholics point to Matthew 16:19 and 18:18 (binding and loosing) as evidence for the Catholic Church’s authority to forgive sins. The same three above points apply equally to these Scriptures. The ability to forgive sins is God’s and His alone (Isaiah 43:25). The better understanding of John 20:23 is that the apostles were given the responsibility of declaring with utmost certainty the terms on which God would forgive sins. As the church was being founded, the apostles declared that those who believed the gospel were forgiven (Acts 16:31) and those who did not obey the gospel faced judgment (2 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Peter 4:17). As the apostles proclaimed salvation in Christ (Acts 10:43) and exercised church discipline (1 Corinthians 5:4-5), they were wielding the authority Christ had given them.

Why confess at all ???

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Through the right of baptism we can forgive sins… So it doesn’t matter if you a man or woman through the right of baptism you can forgive sins. The problem with the Catholics they just think only a man/Priest can forgive sins. Women through the right of baptism can also forgive sins through Christ.

Can you please show me in the New Testament where the term "Priest" is used for a limited, elite class of believers in Jesus Christ, with unique access privileges before God -- for instance to perform certain rites and sacraments necessary for salvation in Christ? Or can you show me a place in the New Testament that the spiritual leaders of Jesus' church are referred to as "Priests"? In the new Testament, the spiritual leaders of the church are called "elders". In fact, in 1.Peter 5:1 the apostle Peter refers to himslef as a "fellow elder" and in 1. Peter 2:9 Peter makes it clear that all who who are redeemed in Christ belong to a royal priesthood. All believer in Christ have the same access rights before God (see Romans 3:22 --"no distinction). Please show me a place in the scriptures, where it is clearly stated that a limited class of people called priests have the authority to forgive sins in God' stead? This is an honest question and I would appreciate a clear answer for this.

You future sins are not forgiven. The price has been paid for them, yes, but to you’re not eligible to partake of that sacrifice if you don’t confess & repent.

1 John 4:1 KJV "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of GOD: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby you know the SPIRIT of GOD: Every spirit that confesses that JESUS CHRIST is come in the flesh is of GOD: 3 and every spirit that confesses not that JESUS CHRIST is come in the flesh is not of GOD: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world." Note: GOD was manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16 KJV) as the SON of GOD, JESUS CHRIST, to shed HIS real blood and give HIS real body on a real cross once for the forgiveness of all sins for whosoever believes. (John 3:14-18 KJV, Hebrews KJV chapters 9 and 10.) In complete contradiction to this, the RCC teaches that CHRIST comes in a wafer as often as a priest pleases.

Thats a lot of eisegesis right there. After all that he can't show us one person that went to confession. Not one person who was absolved. 1 John 1:9 'if we confess our sins HE is able.....' Whose the He? Jesus, not some sacerdotal priest. It never happens one time. We can go boldly to the throne of God.

Lovely how your channel rules basically forbid any actual discussion between denominations over disagreements. Echo chambers only invite in people who already agree with you, thus eliminating the chance you might get someone who doesn't to see and consider your doctrine.

So basically what this guy is saying is that jesus sacrifice is sufficient to wash away our sins when you confess your sins to a priest in a booth who himself is a sinner, and then when you come out of the booth your priest will tell you to do penance for your sins which christ already washed away, ridiculous, repenting is what we do , it's part of sanctification, we are justified once through faith alone in christ alone, dont need priest, go straight to christ, He already knows your sins , your forgiven in Him not in works or confessing to a priest, trust in the finished work of christ, Confession to a priest, penance, sacrifice, sacrements, indulgences, works purgatory, all these things are bondage , catholic church keeping people in bondage, that's not the gospel of jesus christ, if christ jesus is your saviour He saved you from every sin you have every committed, past present future,

In my understanding Yeshua died on the cross because of Adam and Eve sin which is the original sin. But because we are the children of our original parents we’re all sin and the punishment is death. If Jesus has died because of sins I have done yesterday I don’t care if I will commit sins tomorrow and so on because Jesus already paid for my sins. Confess sins to the priest and to one another, I believe in that because Jesus Christ said so. Jesus never said confess your sins to me and your father in heaven Mathew 18 : 15-17 This is the sacrament of reconciliation and confession

Odd that there is no record of any apostle retaining sins ?

The New Catholic Encyclopedia states: “Since the FOURTH century auricular confession has been the accepted method.” Many refer to the resurrected Jesus’ words at John 20:22,23 as evidence of confession to a priest. However, is there any mention of a need for confession to the apostles or others? No! A Catholic professor wrote in his book The Roman Catholic Church: “The origins of auricular confession are obscure; it is old, at least as old as the late patristics period [ending about 749 C.E.], but it was not the original discipline of penance.” The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits: “There is NO scriptural evidence that the Apostles, other than St. Paul, exercised the power of forgiving sins.”

How do we really reconcile with God? 2 Cor. 2:10 (confession-in persona christi) “For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be OBEDIENT in all things. To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes FORGAVE I it *IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST* ” 2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭18‬-‭20 “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and *HATH GIVEN US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION;* To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; *AND HATH COMMITTED UNTO US THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION.* Now then we are *AMBASSADORS* for Christ, as though God did beseech you *BY US:* we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.” All of this is possible only because Christ commands it in John 20:23 TO THE APOSTLES AND THEIR SUCCESSORS (Acts 1:21-26, 1 Tim. 4:14, 1 Tim. 5:22).

What a load of BS If I need my sin or sins forgiven I just confess to God The church hS SO MANY RULES GOD ONLY HAS THE 10 COMMANDMENTS

I'm sorry I don't accept this explanation, and I'm a Catholic.

double talk as its best.