Where is Confession found in the Bible?

"Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.'
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.'"

(John 20:21-23 — RSV)

"When a man is guilty in any of these, he shall confess the sin he has committed,
and he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.
Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven."

(Lev 5:5-6, 10 — RSV)
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John 20 specifically shows the establishment of the Sacraments of Holy Orders and Reconciliation. Like in the Old Testament, the people went to the priest to confess their sins to God and, through the office of the priest, the Lord forgave them. Likewise in John, Jesus bestows that same power and authority to forgive sins to His Apostles through the Holy Spirit.

Many Protestants, such as John Calvin, rejected this belief. However, the issue with Calvin's interpretation is that he is committing eisegesis (reading one's belief/idea into a text) by introducing the idea of preaching into John 20. The issue with this is that John 20:21-23 does not mention preaching, but rather it speaks of Jesus specifically sending out the Apostles to forgive the sins of others.

This short came from the full video below:

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[StPaulCenter]

"Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.'
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.'"

(John 20:21-23 — RSV)

"When a man is guilty in any of these, he shall confess the sin he has committed,
and he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.
Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven."

(Lev 5:5-6, 10 — RSV)

[Phoenix-zfmu]

This scares me for my Protestant brothers and family members, my whole family is Protestant

[AD-inqp]

Acts 19:18, people came to the apostles to confess

Just another icing on the cake

[doloresnolan]

Thank you De Bergsma you are a gem of the catholic church.❤🙏🙏🙏

[Jpietrantoni]

Calvin - what a ridiculous interpretation, lol! Sometimes I need to be reminded how blessed I am to have found His true Church - the apostolic Catholic Church. Thank you❤❤❤

[MeLancer]

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:94

[varaniseselee]

Thank you for Mr Bergsma for your sharing.

[FSR]

John you are the boss! Truly you have a gift to know and interpret the word of God.

[barbaracommins]

Confession is most holy gift from God. Exorcism.

[celinegarcia]

Thank you Dr. Bergsma. You are such an inspiration. I carry a small NT Bible like you advised.

[WesValure]

The Holy Ghost is alive and well.. Amen

[waxwaine]

Great solid, minimalistic explanation, thanks

[OnlybyGrace-e]

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:13-16, KJV)

[fyoxept]

How can sins be forgiven just by accepting the Gospel when the receiver of the Gospel isn't a penitent?
This is an outright heresy of Protestanism

[mattberg]

But when you want to believe something different than what is presented to you, you make up your own story. Even when the original presentation is from The Word Himself. Pray for the union of all in the One True Faith and our final union in Heaven!

[amyc]

This is one of the most helpful videos I've seen!! Thank you

[rzcmwex]

The full verse and this explanation of Dr. Bergsma are in the Description to this short, not in the captions.

Thank you, Dr. Bergsma!
May God bless you and your Family and may Our Lady keep you always under Her mantle🕊️❤️🙏🏻

[ToubaYouness]

New International Version
16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." James 5: 16

[TheShard]

I'm guessing there was no interpretation of this like Calvin's before Calvin. Is this correct?

[luvpamelanewton]

We are all priests. We all go to Jesus Christ.