What God Says About Quid Pro Quo. Part [17] 12/29/2025 (Evening thought)

James 5:16 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.

The God of heaven clearly states the condition upon which pardon and forgiveness are to be offered and even then, God ultimately has the final word in the matter. Thus, for mortals to come along and change the terms and conditions is the equivalent of sitting in the seat of God, or trying to play God. But here comes quid quo pro which removes those terms and conditions laid down by The God of the universe.

And quid pro quo now offers pardons carte blanche, where you don’t need to confess anything, you don’t need to return what was robbed, and you do not need to make changes in habits and practice. According to quid pro quo, as it occurred in church back in the dark ages, all you needed to do was to grease the hands of the person who supposedly had the power to pardon, and you can go on your merry way, without repentance or a change of heart.

[The Great Controversy pp 127] As Tetzel entered a town, a messenger went before him, announcing, “The grace of God and of the holy father is at your gates.” He declared that by virtue of his certificates of pardon, all the sins which the purchaser should afterward desire to commit would be forgiven him, and that “even repentance was not indispensable.”

James 5:15 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.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

What God Says About Quid Pro Quo. Part [16] 12/28/2025 (Morning thought)

1st John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

In other words, it is the prerogative of God alone to decide whose sins are pardoned, and whose sins are retained. This is the reason why the power to grant pardons and forgiveness was never given to man for God knew that it would inevitably be abused, and misused in cases where quid pro quo is practiced. And so said so done, because as the early Christian church gradually departed from the pure principles of truth, the demons of quid pro quo entered.

And they wreaked havoc on what was meant to be good when applied in harmony with scriptural instruction. The God of heaven clearly states the condition upon which pardon and forgiveness are to be offered and even then, God ultimately has the final word in the matter. Thus, for mortals to come along and change the terms and conditions is the equivalent of sitting in the seat of God, or trying to play God.

Ezekiel 33: 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die; if he turns from his sin, and  he does that which is lawful and right; 15 If the wicked restores the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Ezekiel 33:16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!