And what do you think happens if you don't confess your sins to a priest before you die?
You go to hell.
Why confess to a priest? Instead of confessing indirectly to God via some self-appointed third party, why not just confess to God directly?
You cannot forgive yourself. You need a priest to forgive your sins or speak to your father directly. Don't overestimate yourself.
Then why does the bible say you can ask for forgiveness for your sins? Oh, and the priest can't forgive you, only the Lord can.
Because you can.
You can ask for forgiveness but you cannot forgive yourself.
Only the Lord can forgive you, not the priest. If you believe the priest has to power to forgive you, you are worshiping a man and not the Christian Lord.
The Christian lord is the pope.
A priest can forgive you as he receive mandate from the pope to confess you.
, the pope has self-appointed himself authority over God who gets forgiven or not.
, the pope has self-appointed himself authority over God who gets forgiven or not.