Indulgence - we can buy or earn salvation?

Added: 15.11.2010
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We can buy or earn salvation, forgiveness of sins to visit a place of pilgrimage?

Each of you are no doubt heard the word indulgence. We try to bring what indulgences are and who actually can forgive your sins.

The Roman Catholic Church says that through the indulgence you can be forgiven of your sins and you are so justified for their actions before God. For many years you could buy indulgences for money, even it was the duty of every believer. Trade from indulgence has become a huge Nasty Business, profitable item for the priests and the church. The later development was the fact that indulgence can be obtained not only for yourself but for others. The full indulgence began to distinguish and partial, which differed in terms of a "range" remission of punishment for sin.

Today, believers in the Catholic Church, indulgences for money does not buy it. This model of forgiveness of sins for money, but tell themselves was very shameful and hypocritical. Sins you can be forgiven for free confession the priest. The following round monotonous prayers of renunciation, which is given in advance.

If you are interested in full-indulgence, you can visit a place of pilgrimage, in a pre-determined time.

Who can forgive sins?

Let's think about who can forgive sins. Every person in this world is sinful. There is only one man, who was without sin. It can perhaps forgive the sinful priest? Or perhaps the Pope, who falsely claims to be a representative of God on earth? Which is wrongly called Holy Father, your Holiness?

Matthew 23.9 - and nobody on earth can not call `Father, 'because you have one Father who is in heaven.

Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church is far from clear truths of God's word. Where in the Bible says that the Pope can grant indulgences to the church fictional terms?

The Bible clearly tells us that nobody is allowed in this world to forgive our sins, only God, our heavenly Father.

Mark 2.7 - "What's he talking about? This is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone? "

Luke 5.21 - Experts from the scriptures and Pharisees, however, began to argue: "What is he that blasphemes the way? Who else can forgive sins but God alone? "

A man who claims to have the power to forgive sins is blasphemy to God.

There is only one mediator, Jesus Christ, who can reconcile us to our heavenly Father. Faith in Jesus Christ and his respect for the law of love have a chance at eternal life.

1 Timothy 2,5 - there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

Salvation can not be bought or earned by their deeds, visiting a fictional place of pilgrimage or participating in any mass. As I wrote is only one mediator between God, Jesus Christ. No man is allowed to masquerade as a mediator between God!

The forgiveness of our sins we must sincerely ask in prayer, which is talking to God, no renunciation dull phrases over and over again. We try to change your life, correct their wrong deeds and active. Only by doing so we have a chance at eternal life.