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1 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62746 | ||
John, "Using your logic one could pray to old Uncle Bob (who we are sure is in heaven because he was such a good man) to intercede on our behalf." That is exactly right John. In fact we might even have asked Uncle Bob to pray for us while he was here among the saints on earth. Why should we stop asking for his prayers when he is even closer to God. Emmaus |
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2 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | glory777 | 62751 | ||
Emmaus- You could ask anyone to pray for you. However we were specificaly told to pray for each other. Old Uncle Bob, even if he is with the Lord, is not omnipresent, and if you think he can hear every prayer request you and every other person who may ask him to ask the Lord for a favor for you as his own personal request, you are giving him the power that only God has, and, specifically, the role that Jesus has with the Father. My mother passed away not too long ago. Do I believe she is "watching over me?" If she is, then the glory of the Lord must not be too impressive. Also the angels must not be doing their jobs. The angels have always been the ones to do the Lord's bidding, not those who have died. And they can't be in two places at one time, according to scripture. Can they hear more than one person praying at one time? How many churches are praying to Micahel? How many individuals? Which one is he standing by to hear it? Again, they are not God. To understand why it doesn't make sense to pray to anyone other than God, a good example would be if someone came to my husband and asked him if I had any thread that he could use. My husband wouldn't have a clue where it was and so would not have the power to get it for them. Now if that person came to me directly, I could get it for him, or give him a yes or no. What sense would it make not to go directly to the throne of grace and make our request known? We are to be bold, not go around every way, not trusting the Lord to know His own mind. I am sorry if I sound harsh. I just feel I was mislead for many years. Debbie |
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3 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62755 | ||
Glory, I think it is safe to say that if Uncle Bob is in heaven that he has much greater capacities than we do here as he is now a "partaker of His divine nature" in an even more radical way. I think it also safe to say that the saints in heaven pray in conformity to God's will and Christ's prayer as He is ever interceeding for us before the Father. Prayer for one another, here or in heaven, is one way in which we "conform ourselves to Christ." Do you think you mother in heaven loves and cares for you less because she is in the presence of God or more? If we love God, do we not love what and whom He loves even more the closer our relationship with Him becomes? Emmaus |
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4 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | glory777 | 62773 | ||
If what you are proposing is true, then she is always here and can hear everything I say and do. Even if I do something that would make God displeased, she sees that. Would that not cause her pain? I thought scripture says there is no pain in Heaven? The only ones we know of that scripture tells us about, who died and who returned and we know thier reactions was Samuel (give me others, if I missed any)and he was not happy about it, nor did he show any concern about his relatives here on earth. I don't know how those in Heaven view us living, I think their joy is just to be in the glory of the Lord. When we join them, they will remember and recognize us, but anything we have done on this earth will be as nothing to them, the hurt we have gone through or have caused will not be known to them. The joy will be that there will be one more worshipping God truly in spirit and in truth. Anyway, all this is moot, seeing as scripture can tell us nothing concrete about this. I do resent the time that is spent praying to others when it could be time praying to God and being in His presence and developing a closer relationship with Him. Debbie |
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