Yeah.

And we spent quite a bit of time thinking about that yesterday.

Um, he rose from the dead, showing that death had no hold.

He had paid those wages in full.

He was exalted to the right hand of the Father, from which he's one day returning.

And that's exactly in summary what Paul teaches about the gospel.

In Romans 15, he says, "Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast to that word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain." And here he gets into the es- the essentials of the gospel.

Um, so question number two, why do Catholics go to confession instead of simply praying to God?