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okay my friend . but lets look at my question again . it was a general question is all .
But man is it a very important reminder .
I'm like the little kid with my arms clamped around Daddy's legs, unwilling to let go, though I'm being dragged across the floor as he walks around.

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JOHN—NOTE ON 20:23 See notes on Matt. 16:19 and 18:18. This verse does not
give authority to Christians to forgive sins. Jesus was saying that the believer can
boldly declare the certainty of a sinner’s forgiveness by the Father because of the
work of his Son if that sinner has repented and believed the gospel. The believer
with certainty can also tell those who do not respond to the message of God’s
forgiveness through faith in Christ that their sins, as a result, are not forgiven.
One of those paradoxical verses, for me.
 

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One of the verses that strikes me as paradoxical.
It's a tough one . . . I've just had to accept what it says. But then I realized the context was Jesus commissioning them as He Himself had been commissioned. It's still a tough one, but that at least makes more sense to me.

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It's a tough one . . . I've just had to accept what it says. But then I realized the context was Jesus commissioning them as He Himself had been commissioned. It's still a tough one, but that at least makes more sense to me.

Much love!
But then, not really brother

Jesus Appears to the Disciples
¶ Now when it [*Here “when ” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)] was evening on that day—the first day of the week—and the doors had been shut where the disciples were because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace to you.”
Joh 20:20 And when he [*Here “when ” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal] had said this, he showed his [*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun] hands and his [*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun] side to them. Then the disciples rejoiced when they [*Here “when ” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal] saw the Lord.
Joh 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.”
Joh 20:22 And when he [*Here “when ” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal] had said this, he breathed on them [*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation] and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Joh 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins [*An understood repetition of the phrase from earlier in the verse] of any, they are retained.”

Without looking at commentaries the "header" says it all and who the recipients are.
 
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IF i didnt love ya i would not warn you .
but see the last three names on that list . FLEE such men and never look back .
Its true that even false men can say certain truths , but to heed such WE MUST NOT . TO follow such we must not .
No worries.My trust in Christian leaders has been broken a long time now.
 

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JOHN—NOTE ON 20:23 See notes on Matt. 16:19 and 18:18. This verse does not
give authority to Christians to forgive sins. Jesus was saying that the believer can
boldly declare the certainty of a sinner’s forgiveness by the Father because of the
work of his Son if that sinner has repented and believed the gospel. The believer
with certainty can also tell those who do not respond to the message of God’s
forgiveness through faith in Christ that their sins, as a result, are not forgiven.
See what followed that if , IF the sinner repented and believes the gospel , believes Jesus is the Christ .
SO how come so many today are giving the impression that other religoins
somehow serve the same GOD we do . Because IF JESUS told even the unbelieving jews
you will die in your sins if you believe not that i am HE , the CHRIST .
How come muslims and other religions today are getting a pass .
WHEN even the jews who were GODS own chosen HE had called , NOT GIVEN such a pass .
THEY TOO had to BELIEVE JESUS was the CHRIST .
WHY are todays religoins getting a pass , I will tell us why
cause a false goodness of GOD through means of false love that has come of the world
HAS taken this generation captive to an all inclusive lie . THATS WHY .
and worse i see me lots of people who seem to love this lie .
WE do know what happens to those who loved and make a lie ...........right .
SO why are folks heeding these leaders who say come together with other religoins
lets pray for a common cause , or find common ground .
Would you , me or any of us
try and find common ground with satan , with a satanist .
would we gather with satanists link hands and all pray together for world peace
or would we try and just find common ground with such and do good works .
I TROW NOT . what common ground is there with an unbeliever and believer
with Satan and Christ , NONE .
We are rather to witness to them and pray for them . Not with them , FOR THEM
cause they do not pray to the same GOD we do . So lets not buy the lie .
 
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Maybe relook at the passage? Other places teach us about correction in the church. However, this passage is blanket authority to forgive and retain "whose soevers" sins.

Jesus said this directly after He told them that same as He was sent, He is sending them. Jesus was clear, "so you know the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins . . . and He said to the man, take up your bed and walk". Now He sends them, and gives them the same authority.

Much love!
Dont think for five seconds that i follow or believe the pattern the RCC set concerning such a thing .
The retain remit is about Church correction .
Did you know that we are not to even fellowship with a believer who is in error and repents not of said error .
JESUS said something i think most seem to miss these days .
IF your brother trespass against you and REPENT , ye shall forgive him .
TAKE NOTE that says REPENT . If said person do not repent , YOU then take witnesses and etc .
If they refuse to repent , they cast out .
TODAYS version of forgiveness is not the biblical version .
NOW i know we dont hold a grudge or animosity , we are doing it for a reason .
WE desire good for the one in error and the one in error THUS NEEDS to repent .
But todays version of forgivness seems to imply
it dont matter how one is living , and if they are in error and wont correct or do right the wrong
JUST overlook it . NO . true judgment would correct the one in error
and if the one in error had done wrong , he would make right what he did wrong to his neighbor .
Now of course if i see someone is sorrowful for the wrong they did to me
say they stole five hundred dollars . IF i saw THEY were truly sorrowful , repentance
I would wipe their debt clean . BUT if one is not sorrowful for the wrong
THEY need to be kept out , if they try and justify the wrong or sin , THEY NEED to be kept out
and have no fellowship till they do repent .
Because i know how leaven works my friend . WHEN leaven is allowed to remain and is not corrected
ITS BRINGS BUDDIES right into that church , aka MORE LEAVEN .
 

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But then, not really brother

Jesus Appears to the Disciples
¶ Now when it [*Here “when ” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)] was evening on that day—the first day of the week—and the doors had been shut where the disciples were because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace to you.”
Joh 20:20 And when he [*Here “when ” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal] had said this, he showed his [*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun] hands and his [*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun] side to them. Then the disciples rejoiced when they [*Here “when ” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal] saw the Lord.
Joh 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.”
Joh 20:22 And when he [*Here “when ” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal] had said this, he breathed on them [*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation] and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Joh 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins [*An understood repetition of the phrase from earlier in the verse] of any, they are retained.”

Without looking at commentaries the "header" says it all and who the recipients are.
the remit and retain is about Church correction .
if one sins , and repents not they are not to have fellowship ,
if they do repent they are forgiven and restored back to fellowship .
As JESUS said if your brother sins against you and REPENTS , FORGIVE THEM
if not , take witnesses and etc , and etc and if they still do not hear you
let them be as a pagan unto you . AKA no fellowship with such a one , till such a one repents .
That is how simple it is .
Yet many have long used this in a wrong sense .
THEY come to the preacher the preachers says Okay my Son , do five hail marys and etc
i absolve thee etc . But you already know this lamb dont heed what i call the BIG R
and the DOUBLE C .
 

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All unbelievers are under the POWER of satan .
I repeat all unbelievers in CHRIST JESUS are under the power of satan .
There is only one way to set the captives free . Only one name we must preach
and remind all of the dire need to repent and believe on Him the CHRIST . THAT BE JESUS .
And if folks find that hard to beleive
then read the bible . read acts , read the letters paul wrote ,
read what john wrote . Look at and examine who is a liar , who is an anti christ .
LOOK and be reminded about WHO calls GOD A LIAR .
THE other religoins and even unbelieving jews are actually REJECTING GOD . that is A FACT .
 

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JESUS told the unbelieiving jews , YOU DO NOT HAVE THE LOVE OF GOD .
yet today pope francis and scores of others seem to imply that other religoins do have the LOVE OF GOD .
If you LOVED GOD you would have BELIEVED ME for i came forth of HIM .
DO NOT let this generation FOOL YA about what THE LOVE OF GOD IS or WHOM IT POINTS TOO .
Read those bibles and learn well . for many decievers fleece the flocks and have pumped
a love that has come of darkness and of the world under the guise it has come of GOD .
BUT IT HAS NOT COME OF GOD . it denies the dire need to repent and to believe JESUS IS THE CHRIST
and focuses On only a version of love your neighbor and doing good .
NOW i say only a version of love your neighbor because its actually NOT LOVING our neighbor at all .
YE shall not hate your neighbor in your heart , you shall in any way rebuke and correct them
and NOT ALLOW sin upon them . UNBELIEF IS SIN , just as is sins are still sin .
BUT I see me a lot of sins being accepted now , and even the SIN OF UNBELIEF IS OKAY with this generations version of
what it thinks is love and is of GOD . WE are IN DIRE trouble and its time to make our stand now
and contend for the true faith and all biblical sound doctrine to be reminded .
 

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I'm like the little kid with my arms clamped around Daddy's legs, unwilling to let go, though I'm being dragged across the floor as he walks around.

Much love!
This reminder that i shall type next is not an accusation against you or any , BUT DO TAKE HEED TO IT .
We better make darn sure its THE LEG of the LORD we grab a hold of and not rather
this other daddys legs who seems to be dragging the church right to perdition .
That is a FACT mark . many are grabbing ahold of the leg of the wrong daddy pardner .
And that daddy , that pappy , GONNA LEAD THEM TO PERIDTION and sing songs about a love
that the flesh will embrace . Watch out everyone . and stay dug in your bibles .
 
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No worries.My trust in Christian leaders has been broken a long time now.
Sister i truly dont care what some folks might say about ya , YOU know i loves ya .
NOW MARCH ONWARD in the GLORIOUS LORD . to the trenches its all out war in these last hours upon earth .
And you better know the devil and his men take no time off to decieve and to gather all to merge as one
under a lie that will damn every last one of them .
THUS we take no time off to point to CHRIST , to all sound biblical doctrine , to prayer , to exhortation
To correction and all things inspired and instructed by THE LORD .
This war has led souls captive to a lie that merges them all to unite as one under what
they all beleive comes of GOD . But , no lie cometh of GOD .
And no love that rejoices in a lie EVER CAME OF GOD . THE LOVE that cometh of GOD
REJOICES IN , THE TRUTH SISTER , not inquity , not lies . and EVERY WORD O GOD IS TRUTH .
 
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So no matter if they did gather as one and fed the poor
THEY LOVED A LIE , THEY HAD NOT CHARITY which REJOICES ONLY IN THE TRUTH .
SO it will not profit them . NOT one BIT .
For they failed to BELEIVE ON JESUS THE CHRIST
and the jesus or god they chose to follow and believe on , was a LIAR .
AND me thinks we all know WHO that one is . NOT GOD , but he who desires to be AS GOD .
 
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paul warned well about another jesus and another gospel . AND man we would be wise to know that .
How often THE NAME of GOD did the jews use , but it was lip only the heart was far from him .
HOW often the name of JESUS be used as well , But it was lip only the heart was far from him .
We better watch out . examine ourselves daily and by all means remember CORRECTION of sins and errors IS NOT SIN
its NECESSARY .
 
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The more the true lambs love the more we shall be less loved by this world and unrepentant sinners .
But rebuke a wise man and he WILL LOVE YOU . stay dug in that bible my friends .
THIS WAR rages on and the dragon sleeps not . Let us HEED THE LORD , let us learn HIS teachings
HIS WORDS , the instruction of the apostels and all biblical doctrine well .
FOR ON THE DAY of the LORD shall the sheep rejoice
but the goats will wail . And as GOD desires not the death of the wicked
we ought not to either . BUT FALSE HOPE , FALSE LOVE WILL NOT SAVE THEM . POINT TO CHRIST JESUS
and make sure its not another jesus that came of men one do follow , embrace and love .
 
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One of the verses that strikes me as paradoxical.
what i am seeing on a lot of sites and within many churches even , strikes me as deadly and false
and they are in dire grave danger .
And truly its no laughing matter . ITS a serious one .
As i am sure you would agree my friend .
HOW is one gonna know if their version of JESUS of GOD is accurate
OR is it another version , another image of GOD being presented .
WHY do the people perish .
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE . many are running to a genie that has popped outta the box
and that genie will contradict what is written in scripture . ITS quite wise my friend in the ways of the world .
And it knows how to seduce and to decieve and does so through the flesh of man .
OH its a liar but it does all to make it sound as though it has what is best for you in mind .
But what it says is best for you , WILL cause UNBELIEF of something GOD , CHRIST said .
It causes them to not beleive GOD , CHRIST but what it says .
AND WHO YA THINK would do such a thing . exactly johann . the father of lies
who has always desired the worship of man and to be seen as GOD .
AND HOW does he get this , THROUGH THE LUSTS of the flesh is how folks had or have their conversation with him .
He has been in the garden . He has been amongst the kings of this earth
and HE is a murderer , there is no truth in him , but he sure knows how to twist and use truths
to seduce one to NOT BELIEVE GOD or HIS CHRIST . HE is a liar .
 
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what i am seeing on a lot of sites and within many churches even , strikes me as deadly and false
and they are in dire grave danger .
And truly its no laughing matter . ITS a serious one .
As i am sure you would agree my friend .
HOW is one gonna know if their version of JESUS of GOD is accurate
OR is it another version , another image of GOD being presented .
WHY do the people perish .
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE . many are running to a genie that has popped outta the box
and that genie will contradict what is written in scripture . ITS quite wise my friend in the ways of the world .
And it knows how to seduce and to decieve and does so through the flesh of man .
OH its a liar but it does all to make it sound as though it has what is best for you in mind .
But what it says is best for you , WILL cause UNBELIEF of something GOD , CHRIST said .
It causes them to not beleive GOD , CHRIST but what it says .
AND WHO YA THINK would do such a thing . exactly johann . the father of lies
who has always desired the worship of man and to be seen as GOD .
AND HOW does he get this , THROUGH THE LUSTS of the flesh is how folks had or have their conversation with him .
He has been in the garden . He has been amongst the kings of this earth
and HE is a murderer , there is no truth in him , but he sure knows how to twist and use truths
to seduce one to NOT BELIEVE GOD or HIS CHRIST . HE is a liar .
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