Subject: Praying to Mary isn't worship? |
Bible Note: Matt 17:1 Six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves. Matt 17:2 And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. Matt 17:3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. Matt 17:4 Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." Matt 17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!" Deut 4:24 "For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. I must disagree, look at these passages. God does not want us to put the focus on any of His servants He wants the focus to be on Him. Now some have said, “We do a lot of things not in the Bible” and that is what I see wrong with a lot of religion today. We have not learned the lesson from Nadab and Abihu who were destroyed for offering fire that God had not commanded. Don’t get me wrong I don’t say this to be like I’m going to heaven and no one else is. It is not my job, nor is it any mans job to stand at the gates of heaven and say, “Your in, your out, your in, naw on second thought your out.” However I think we should take a strong look at what God finds pleasing and what He does not. Then try to do what pleases God and less of what pleases us. I just don't see how praying to Mary, Moses, Paul, or any mortal would please God. We should follow every prayer in the Bible and pray to God only! |