Do you believe God has the Authority to Forgive Sin? Yes
Do you believe Scripture revealed Jesus has the Authority to Forgive Sin? Yes
Do you believe Scripture Authorized Men to Forgive Sin? It depends on what your talking about. Are you talking about people forgiving people, or God forgiving us for the purpose of salvation?
Men Forgiving Sin? I will answer. No.
Reasoning of my Answer. Sin IS Against God.
If I Believe God, Have I sinned Against God? No.
IF I DO NOT Believe God, Have I sinned Against God? Yes.
IF I lie to God, Have I sinned Against God? Yes.
IF I cheat on God with other gods, Have I sinned Against God? Yes
IF I steal from God, take His TRUTH and Twist His Truth into a Lie, Have I sinned Against God? Yes
If I Believe You, Have I sinned Against You? No.
If I DO NOT Believe You, Have I sinned Against You? No.
If I slap you, Have I sinned Against You? No.
If I lie to you, Have I sinned Against You? No
If I cheat you, Have I sinned Against You? No
If I steal from you, Have I sinned Against You? No
IF I ram my car into your car, Have I sinned Against You? No
IF I borrow from you, and don’t return what I borrowed, Have I sinned Against You? No
WHAT Have I done TO YOU? Trespassed
Does Scripture Authorize and Teach for men to forgive men of Trespasses AGAINST THEM? Yes.
Do you know MEN wanted to KILL Jesus EXPRESSLY For FORGIVING MEN OF SIN?
And WHY? Because ONLY God can Forgive SIN, and they ONLY SAW Jesus as a man.
* ALL men ONLY Saw Jesus “as a man”....
However SOME “KNEW” He was MORE than what their human EYES could SEE...They BELIEVED Jesus was God IN THE FLESH “LIKENESS AS A MAN”.
* In this day, We can KNOW Jesus appeared “AS A MAN”, from Testimony of men, we choose to trust and believe (or not).
* However, NO ONE has SEEN God “as He IS”....that IS A PROMISE given to men, who BECOME converted, saved....that they SHALL “one day SEE God as He IS’...
I believe SIN is “solely” Against God.
I believe SIN is “solely” Forgiven BY the Lord God.
I believe men ROUTINELY “Trespass” Against men, intentionally and unintentionally...And MEN have the power to forgive men of Trespasses.
So when men claim....you sinned against me...
OR...when men demand you ask them FOR forgiveness of a supposed sin you committed against them...
Sorry but I find that totally off kilter, NOT Scriptural. Not applicable to me.
My view,
Taken