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NASB | Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:28 For we maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law [the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]. |
Subject: Evangelicals and Catholics |
Bible Note: Saints are not omnipresent. They can't hear you praying in United States as another prays to them in Africa. So someone’s prayers is going to be missed at best. At worst, since there is not any scriptural evidence that people in heaven can hear anything we say, everyone who prays to saints are missing out. There is not one scriptural basis for praying to anyone else than God Himself. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray did He teach them to pray to Mary, Saint Joseph, to Himself? No! He said pray this way, "Our Father..." If you feel you, the pope or any church doctrine has the authority to change that then your seriously mistaken. We are to pray to God in the name of Jesus. Ed |