Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Christ Jesus is faithful in forgiving our sins, but not mankind, no! Christ Jesus is our high priest we confess our sins too, not a organization or a person in a legal position appointed by education or other human requirements.

Heb.7:25 Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

Why do we confess our sins to Christ Jesus? Simply put he is righteous, and he can gently deal with our sins as high priest who suffered in his own flesh while upon earth. But he is also righteous, how is he righteous? Righteousness mean being right before God, for us as sinful human we cannot be right before God without help of blood being offered to justify us removing our sins appeasing God's righteous justice for sin.

Heb.5:2 The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.

Heb.5:5 So also Christ didn't glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him, "You are my Son. Today I have become your father."{Psalm 2:7} 5:6 As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."{Psalm 110:4}
5:7 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear, 5:8 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered. 5:9 Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation.

However, with Christ Jesus he stood on his own righteousness in two ways 1.) being sinless while in his flesh, and 2.) by his faith. in his flesh he was perfected under test.

Jesus than is our confessor being righteous before God able to take our place and pleads our cause, or mediate his own righteous life instead of our own appeasing God's legal justice towards us. Moreover, Christ righteous life removed the Law of wrath fulfilling in loving his Father unto death.

Furthermore, it is well that we understand Christ Jesus now exist in imperishable life, a living high priest, and we are apart of him spiritually, as a body member, our sanctification comes through the body of Christ Jesus, which in turn cleanse us from sin legally from God, and makes us righteous because we remain in him, and not our own goodness through self-rightness. Hence, confessing our sins to lesser man, although, a brother in Christ Jesus can pray for us and help heal us with words led by Holy Spirit to Christ Jesus through YHWH. However, a physical man enforcing some rule of a group, is pointless; causing us to retain sin and places an idol before us, instead of God designated legally establish temple service, were we bring our sins for help by Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior.

James 5:13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises. 5:14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, 5:15 and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 5:16 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

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