“I found this conversation between what sounds like two young women very interesting. Why do we have to go into detail about sexual sins with the bishop? I understand that people may feel “uncomfortable” but sexual sin is a very serious problem and resolution is not easy. How “comfortable” were we when committing the sin? Confession to a church leader is essential to cleansing and forgiveness. Details are not required because the leader is voyeuristic, but because speaking these things aloud removes them from the realm of darkness and exposes them to light. If we are unwilling to confess them in detail then perhaps we are not fully repentant. There is much psychology creeping into the church these days. To hear a young person say that they are going into the bishop and intend to control the conversation means humility is lacking. This thinking is very disturbing and I wonder if it is prevalent with millennials? The bishop, as God’s representative, has a duty of care which includes helping people to become what God wants them to become. Yes there may be underlying reasons a person commits sin, but ultimately that sin, like an open wound, needs disinfecting so that it will heal. We are doing ourselves a disservice if we think we can control everything, including the methods God has put in place for our exaltation. This young woman’s opinions sound very much like the modern worldly woman who says my body is mine and I can do what I want with it. We are not our own. We are God’s children and he will have a holy people. Better to not drive our chariot so close to the edge of the cliff if we don’t want the consequences. We need to avoid the very appearance of sin like not being alone in a room or car with a member of the opposite sex. Of course that now just sounds old fashioned but there was a time when it didn’t used to.”
30allright via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/07/22