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NASB | Hebrews 4:16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 4:16 Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God's gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment]. |
Subject: Mediator |
Bible Note: Brian - Saints: who are they? The living who are the called of God, the redeemed of the church? That's how the New Testament commonly uses the word. Or the dead who have been "canonized" by Rome? .... A problem of semantics, perhaps? In the examples from Scripture that you cite, Brian, I don't see that they lend any authority whatever to your argument. They were neither deceased nor beatified. ...... Since this is a Forum that subscribes to the doctrine of sola scriptura, perhaps you would like to cite scriptural instructions, not church tradition, for praying to beings other than the triune God. --Hank |