Quote:
Originally Posted by jediwill83
Whosoever sins you remit, they are remitted unto them;and whosesoever sins you retain, they are retained.
whats it mean peoples?
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Christ commanded His disciples to receive the Spirit (which from Luke and Acts we see meant they were to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Ghost before beginning their gospel mission). They were given authority to remit or retain sins, meaning those whom they baptised would have their sins remitted through faith in His Name (see
Acts 2:38,
Luke 24:47, etc).
This did not give them the power to CHOOSE whose sins to remit or retain, but that those whom they baptised would have their sins remitted, and those who were NOT baptised would have their sins retained.
Jesus was establishing the fact that remission of sins comes through apostolic baptism and being joined to Christ's church, there is no other way.
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