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Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab:
{Matthew 6:9-13}
Jesus said: pray like this.
Our Father in Heaven,
Hallowed be your name.
Your Kingdom come,
your will be done,
on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil.
For this is the Kingdom and the power and the Glory forever. Amen.

Babacele:
answer my question
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by Babacele: 12:51am On Jul 31, 2017
brocab:
{Matthew 6:9-13}
Jesus said: pray like this.
Our Father in Heaven,
Hallowed be your name.
Your Kingdom come,
your will be done,
on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil.
tell the world that you Pentecostals don't pray to Jesus, that you don't stand in public places to pray as against Christ advice. Quote from the Lord's prayer where Jesus said" pray to me; stand in public places to pray". Very simple ,and stop dodging now that you need to be really scriptural.

For the benefit of others after truth, I present below Jesus admonition on how to pray:



Matthew 6:5-15 New International
Version (NIV)
Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be
like the hypocrites, for they love
to pray standing in the
synagogues and on the street
corners to be seen by others.
Truly I tell you, they have received
their reward in full. 6 But when
you pray, go into your room, close
the door and pray to your Father,
who is unseen. Then your Father,
who sees what is done in secret,
will reward you. 7 And when you
pray, do not keep on babbling like
pagans, for they think they will be
heard because of their many
words. 8 Do not be like them, for
your Father knows what you need
before you ask him.
9 “This, then, is how you should
pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10
your kingdom come,
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab:
In Jesus name-I for one-don't pray the Lords prayer on the street corners.
The Lord said: go into your room and pray to the Father who art in Heaven.
It is the Pharisees-that were heard for their many words on the street corners, and the Catholic's are known as the modern day Pharisees, as we all know it.
{Matthew 28:18-20}Jesus said: all authority on Heaven and on Earth had been given to Me-then Jesus told His disciples-to go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey or that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of this age.
If this is what you call standing on street corners-witnessing to people about Christ-then you need to obey the commandments the Lord had given you.
And in Jesus name we pray to the Father who art in Heaven.
Babacele:
tell the world that you Pentecostals don't pray to Jesus, that you don't stand in public places to pray as against Christ advice. Quote from the Lord's prayer where Jesus said" pray to me; stand in public places to pray". Very simple ,and stop dodging now that you need to be really scriptural.

For the benefit of others after truth, I present below Jesus admonition on how to pray:



Matthew 6:5-15 New International
Version (NIV)
Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be
like the hypocrites, for they love
to pray standing in the
synagogues and on the street
corners to be seen by others.
Truly I tell you, they have received
their reward in full. 6 But when
you pray, go into your room, close
the door and pray to your Father,
who is unseen. Then your Father,
who sees what is done in secret,
will reward you. 7 And when you
pray, do not keep on babbling like
pagans, for they think they will be
heard because of their many
words. 8 Do not be like them, for
your Father knows what you need
before you ask him.
9 “This, then, is how you should
pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10
your kingdom come,
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by Babacele: 1:35am On Jul 31, 2017
brocab:
In Jesus name-I for one-don't pray the Lords prayer on the street corners.
The Lord said: go into your room and pray to the Father who art in Heaven.
It is the Pharisees-that were heard for their many words on the street corners, and you are the Catholic's modern day Pharisees, as we all know it.
{Matthew 28:18-20}Jesus said: all authority on Heaven and on Earth had been given to Me-then Jesus told His disciples-to go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey or that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of this age.
If this is what you call standing on street corners-witnessing to people about Christ-then you need to obey the commandments the Lord had given you.
And in Jesus name we pray to the Father who art in Heaven.
you want us to be robotic - what you called ' obeying commandments', no problem. Just quote me for me in that prayer where Jesus said " pray to me Jesus" .
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab: 2:19am On Jul 31, 2017
Maybe if you read the scriptures yourself instead of relying on me, to answer them for you-you would have the answers, or maybe you are trying to trick me in your craftiness.
{Hebrews 1:6-9} Explains who Christ is: God said: to Jesus, Your Throne O 'God will last forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your Kingdom, You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness, Therefore God" You God, has anointed you. With all oil of gladness, more then Your companions.
.{Matthew 1:23} Behold the Virgin shall be with Child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they call Him Emmanuel which means God with us.
Babacele:
you want us to be robotic - what you called ' obeying commandments', no problem. Just quote me for me in that prayer where Jesus said " pray to me Jesus" .
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab: 2:31am On Jul 31, 2017
If you had read {John 17:20-23} you will know Jesus prays for us.
And if you read {John 14:13-14} What we ask in Jesus's name, Jesus will do.
{Matthew 21:22} And all things you ask in prayer, believing you will receive. {So when I ask-I say it, in Jesus name.}
Babacele:
you want us to be robotic - what you called ' obeying commandments', no problem. Just quote me for me in that prayer where Jesus said " pray to me Jesus" .
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by Babacele: 2:43am On Jul 31, 2017
brocab:
Maybe if you read the scriptures yourself instead of relying on me, to answer them for you-you would have the answers, or maybe you are trying to trick me in your craftiness.
{Hebrews 1:6-9} Explains who Christ is: God said: to Jesus, Your Throne O 'God will last forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your Kingdom, You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness, Therefore God" You God, has anointed you. With all oil of gladness, more then Your companions.
.{Matthew 1:23} Behold the Virgin shall be with Child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they call Him Emmanuel which means God with us.
1.The Lord's prayer you quoted to counter my pointing out the Christian tradition of praying for each other when I " holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners". True or false?
2 . You said begging Mary to pray to God for us is unscriptural and that the only biblical prayer is the Lord's prayer.
3. Since we must obey scriptural commandments according to, and since we all pray to Jesus whereas He has given us a prayer formula. So please Mr Pentecostal stop dodging and being crafty by just quoting for us where Jesus said " pray to me Jesus " in the Lords prayer.
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab:
You need to explain-with more details?
{John 17:20-23} Say's, Jesus prays for all believers.
I haven't a clue what you mean, Pray to me, Jesus" in the Lords prayer? Are you expecting Jesus to bow down before me,
and pray to me.

What are you saying-explain this madness.
{2 Thessalonians 3} Paul ask his brothers and sisters in Christ to pray for him.
Praying for the living-is what the Lord had directed us to do, but it aren't a direction from the Lord, when you pray to His dead Mother, begging Her to pray for you, it is unscriptural.
Praying to others, who are already dead, is dangerous-you maybe asking a demon to pray for you, this is why Jesus said: pray to the Father in Heaven. You believe there is One God-the demons believe and tremble.
Babacele:
1.The Lord's prayer you quoted to counter my pointing out the Christian tradition of praying for each other when I " holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners". True or false?
2 . You said begging Mary to pray to God for us is unscriptural and that the only biblical prayer is the Lord's prayer.
3. Since we must obey scriptural commandments according to, and since we all pray to Jesus whereas He has given us a prayer formula. So please Mr Pentecostal stop dodging and being crafty by just quoting for us where Jesus said " pray to me Jesus " in the Lords prayer.
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by johnw74:
Babacele:
1.The Lord's prayer you quoted to counter my pointing out the Christian tradition of praying for each other when I " holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners". True or false?
2 . You said begging Mary to pray to God for us is unscriptural and that the only biblical prayer is the Lord's prayer.
3. Since we must obey scriptural commandments according to, and since we all pray to Jesus whereas He has given us a prayer formula. So please Mr Pentecostal stop dodging and being crafty by just quoting for us where Jesus said " pray to me Jesus " in the Lords prayer.
your posts to brocab are not clear, but i will make two points

1.there is a diffrence between praying for people and praying to people, such as mary
praying for people is good, praying to people(who cannot hear you) is stupid but more importantly it is unbibical
Christians pray only to God, not to people who have died, as rc's do

2.bro is right, begging Mary to pray to God for us is unscriptural, that is: it is unbibical
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by Babacele: 8:59am On Jul 31, 2017
johnw74:
your posts to brocab are not clear, but i will make two points

1.there is a diffrence between praying for people and praying to people, such as mary
praying for people is good, praying to people(who cannot hear you) is stupid but more importantly it is unbibical
Christians pray only to God, not to people who have died, as rc's do

2.bro is right, begging Mary to pray to God for us is unscriptural, that is: it is unbibical
to we Christians there is nothing like death with the body of Christ ,and this mystery would continue to confound Sadducees and Pharisees .


In Math 22: 31-32 Jesus told the Sadducees thus
… 31 But concerning the
resurrection of the dead, have you
not read what God said to you:
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob?’ He is not the God of the
dead, but of the living.” So was Abraham, Isaac and Jacob on earth when Jesus said that?

Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners .....
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab: 9:03am On Jul 31, 2017
Brother you understood baba's question?
What is the confusion? What can't baba understand? It's simple, we pray to the Father, Jesus prays for us, and Jesus said pray for one another.
Baba's idea of prayer is unbiblical, baba prays "To" Mary or baba's begging Mary "To" pray for baba.
If babe was to pray for Mary-it still would have been unbiblical, Mary's dead, followed by the saints.
{Ecclesiastes 9:5} For the living know that they will die, But the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
johnw74:
your posts to brocab are not clear, but i will make two points

1.there is a diffrence between praying for people and praying to people, such as mary
praying for people is good, praying to people(who cannot hear you) is stupid but more importantly it is unbibical
Christians pray only to God, not to people who have died, as rc's do

2.bro is right, begging Mary to pray to God for us is unscriptural, that is: it is unbibical
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by blackbriar: 9:05am On Jul 31, 2017
brocab:
You said it, as clear as it sounds-you believe Jesus had original sin, also called ancestral sin, is the Christian doctrine of humanity's state of sin, resulting from the fall of man, stemming from Adam and Eve's rebellion in Eden, namely the sin of disobedience in consuming from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
This is what you are pointing Jesus too-calling Jesus a sinner-because He was born through a sinner, Mama Mary.
i still don't think you read my post carefully
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab: 9:07am On Jul 31, 2017
Then explain yourself clearly.
blackbriar:
i still don't think you read my post carefully
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by blackbriar: 9:12am On Jul 31, 2017
brocab:
Then explain yourself clearly.
like i said earlier....mary was full of grace(luke 1:28) grace from Original sin, which excluded christ from original sin.

dat was wat i wrote that and that has been my standing all along.
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab: 9:20am On Jul 31, 2017
But it still doesn't give us reason to pray "TO or For" the dead. God is the God of the living, God isn't the God of the dead
Mary no-longer has flesh and blood, Mary and the saints are in Spirit with the Lord.
{Hebrews 13:8} Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
{John 1:1} In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word is God.
We pray to the living-God is living..He is God, who is, who was, and who is to come.
Babacele:
to we Christians there is nothing like death with the body of Christ ,and this mystery would continue to confound Sadducees and Pharisees .


In Math 22: 31-32 Jesus told the Sadducees thus
… 31 But concerning the
resurrection of the dead, have you
not read what God said to you:
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob?’ He is not the God of the
dead, but of the living.” So was Abraham, Isaac and Jacob on earth when Jesus said that?

Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners .....
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab: 9:23am On Jul 31, 2017
That wasn't hard was it..
blackbriar:
like i said earlier....mary was full of grace(luke 1:28) grace from Original sin, which excluded christ from original sin.

dat was wat i wrote that and that has been my standing all along.
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by blackbriar: 10:09am On Jul 31, 2017
brocab:
That wasn't hard was it..
nope
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by Babacele: 10:57am On Jul 31, 2017
brocab:
But it still doesn't give us reason to pray "TO or For" the dead. God is the God of the living, God isn't the God of the dead
Mary no-longer has flesh and blood, Mary and the saints are in Spirit with the Lord.
{Hebrews 13:8} Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
{John 1:1} In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word is God.
We pray to the living-God is living..He is God, who is, who was, and who is to come.
so who is the dead here , even after it has been established that He is God of the living and that holy people are ever living member of the Christ body on earth and in heaven?

Mr Pentecostal is Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Mary Mother still alive in Christ?
So has Transition changed the divine gift of these holy persons to pray for us even when Revelation tells us that the elders,angels and saints in heaven still pray to God?
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by Babacele: 11:14am On Jul 31, 2017
brocab:
Brother you understood baba's question?
What is the confusion? What can't baba understand? It's simple, we pray to the Father, Jesus prays for us, and Jesus said pray for one another.
Baba's idea of prayer is unbiblical, baba prays "To" Mary or baba's begging Mary "To" pray for baba.
If babe was to pray for Mary-it still would have been unbiblical, Mary's dead, followed by the saints.
{Ecclesiastes 9:5} For the living know that they will die, But the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
so you don't believe Jesus ? don't be confused. I hope you know that Mary mother of God must be remembered by all generations (luke 1: 48)and so she is ever living ?

I repeat Jesus the final authority in Mat 22: 32-33
… 31 But concerning the
resurrection of the dead, have you
not read what God said to you:
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob?’ He is not the God of the
dead, but of the living.”
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab:
It is only your interpretation-I don't supposedly believe in Jesus, Mary is remembered-but she aren't prayed too.
{Hebrews 4:12} For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper then a two edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the Heart.
Do you understand-How simple this is-Mary isn't the Living Word of God. We pray "To and For" the living..
Babacele:
so you don't believe Jesus ? don't be confused. I hope you know that Mary mother of God must be remembered by all generations (luke 1: 48)and so she is ever living ?

I repeat Jesus the final authority in Mat 22: 32-33
… 31 But concerning the
resurrection of the dead, have you
not read what God said to you:
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob?’ He is not the God of the
dead, but of the living.”
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab:
You ask who are the dead-you are" dead in spirit-you haven't the slightest idea, about anything the bible has to offer.
Since you have this crazy idea, Mr Catholic-Mary and the saints are living fleshly beings, just like we are on earth, I will go next door and ask Mary the Mother of God-Queen of Heaven and of course the saints for some sugar, while I am over there, I might as well witness to them about Jesus, and ask them over for a bible study, and I pray none of them are Catholic-and hopefully we could pray together, all in the name of Jesus.
Babacele:
so who is the dead here , even after it has been established that He is God of the living and that holy people are ever living member of the Christ body on earth and in heaven?

Mr Pentecostal is Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Mary Mother still alive in Christ?
So has Transition changed the divine gift of these holy persons to pray for us even when Revelation tells us that the elders,angels and saints in heaven still pray to God?
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by emmanuelex1(m): 2:36pm On Jul 31, 2017
You said "We already know if I cant get any sense out from you-then it isn't my worth while trying to get any sense out from a priest."
Now you can see how you reason like a child of 16 years.
brocab:
I am on my way" and on my return, I will stop on the net-seriously you aren't expecting me to change my verdict-do you actually believe, for one second, I would change God's doctrine, for the Vaticans?
We already know if I cant get any sense out from you-then it isn't my worth while trying to get any sense out from a priest.
You both follow that same doctrine, that isn't scriptural, "So good bye...
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by Babacele: 9:28pm On Jul 31, 2017
brocab:
You ask who are the dead-you are" dead in spirit-you haven't the slightest idea, about anything the bible has to offer.
Since you have this crazy idea, Mr Catholic-Mary and the saints are living fleshly beings, just like we are on earth, I will go next door and ask Mary the Mother of God-Queen of Heaven and of course the saints for some sugar, while I am over there, I might as well witness to them about Jesus, and ask them over for a bible study, and I pray none of them are Catholic-and hopefully we could pray together, all in the name of Jesus.
It is obvious you don't believe in Jesus even though you flaunt His name, so how would not you disrespect the Mother of God? Thank you for the insults. By their fruits ye shall know them.
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab:
{Isaiah 1:2} behold My servant whom I up hold, My elect one in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him, He will bring forth Justice to the Gentiles, He will not cry out, nor raise his voice to be heard in the street.
With your silly interpretation, you say, I don't believe in Jesus-because I won't pray to His Mother?
It isn't an insult-I am speaking to you in love-you are spirituality dead, when it comes to the Word of God.
Of course your own refusal not obeying Christ and refusing His commands-is a death penalty-Judgement day is the day you shouldn't be looking forward too.
Unless one is Born again-he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.
Babacele:
It is obvious you don't believe in Jesus even though you flaunt His name, so how would not you disrespect the Mother of God? Thank you for the insults. By their fruits ye shall know them.
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab:
No it's common sense-of course you don't recognise it, call as you like, 16 years old-or a 116 years old-still the Word of God stands.
I wouldn't waste my time traveling either to the Vatican or to the local Catholic Church-when I can let my fingers do the walking and travel to the net, this way I can find everything I need.
Of course asking you-wasn't my best idea-but hey it was worth a shot, but the problem is, you still haven't found Christ, it is only Mary you focus on, she is your bible.
emmanuelex1:
You said "We already know if I cant get any sense out from you-then it isn't my worth while trying to get any sense out from a priest."
Now you can see how you reason like a child of 16 years.
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by Ubenedictus(m): 11:47pm On Jul 31, 2017
brocab:
It really wouldn't do me any good asking a priest-I don't believe your doctrine even exist. Thanks anyway.
There is information flying in all directions over the net, plus I have seen with my own eye's-the twist and the turns you Catholic's have shown, your disbelief towards God's Word, stands-so talking with another priest wouldn't make a difference, he/she will fill me in, with the unscriptural knowledge, just like you do.
And if you don't believe, neither will the priest believe.
Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct--as irrational animals do--will destroy them. Jude 1;10
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by Ubenedictus(m): 11:48pm On Jul 31, 2017
johnw74:
ha ha, u keep saying rcc compiled the new testament, and yet u don't believe the nt, or the ot, because they show rcc doctrines to be false

many false rcc doctrines of course differ to the Bible, and u don't care about that
u believe your satanic doctrines over God's Inspired word
u believe the writings of evil men who have made up doctrines that differ to the Bible
the Bible is rubbish to u, but of course the real garbage is the rcc anti Bibical doctrines.
Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct--as irrational animals do--will destroy them.
Jude 1:10
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by johnw74:
Babacele:
to we Christians there is nothing like death with the body of Christ ,and this mystery would continue to confound Sadducees and Pharisees .


In Math 22: 31-32 Jesus told the Sadducees thus
… 31 But concerning the
resurrection of the dead, have you
not read what God said to you:
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob?’ He is not the God of the
dead, but of the living.” So was Abraham, Isaac and Jacob on earth when Jesus said that?

Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners .....
you mean to we rc's there is nothing like death
radical islam loves death as well as u

abraham isaac and jacob are not dead spiritually
that doesn't mean they can hear your prayers

God lives in believers and He hears our prayers directly

u don't have God's Holy Spirit, that is why u pray to other than God
however the others don't hear u,
even if u did have God's Spirit in u, the Holy Spirit doesn't relay prayers to others,
He rightly expects prayer to Him only


the reason u cannot give any Bible scriptures supporting your satanic doctrines is because
God's word does not support satanic doctrines


The Bible nowhere instructs believers in Christ to pray to anyone other than God. The Bible nowhere encourages, or even mentions, believers asking individuals in heaven for their prayers.

Christians pray to God, heretics pray to people and angels
Heb 4:16  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

First Timothy 2:5 declares, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." There is no one else that can mediate with God for us
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by johnw74: 12:02am On Aug 01, 2017
More on praying to mary and other people

The issue of Catholics praying to saints is one that is full of confusion. It is the official position of the Roman Catholic Church that Catholics do not pray TO saints or Mary, but rather that Catholics can ask saints or Mary to pray FOR them. The official position of the Roman Catholic Church is that asking saints for their prayers is no different than asking someone here on earth to pray for us. However, the practice of many Catholics diverges from official Roman Catholic teaching. Many Catholics do in fact pray directly to saints and/or Mary, asking them for help – instead of asking the saints and/or Mary to intercede with God for help. Whatever the case, whether a saint or Mary is being prayed to, or asked to pray, neither practice has any biblical basis.

The Bible nowhere instructs believers in Christ to pray to anyone other than God. The Bible nowhere encourages, or even mentions, believers asking individuals in heaven for their prayers. Why, then, do many Catholics pray to Mary and/or the saints, or request their prayers? Catholics view Mary and the saints as "intercessors" before God. They believe that a saint, who is glorified in Heaven, has more "direct access" to God than we do. Therefore, if a saint delivers a prayer to God, it is more effective than us praying to God directly. This concept is blatantly unbiblical. Hebrews 4:16 tells us that we, believers here on earth, can "approach the throne of grace with confidence."

First Timothy 2:5 declares, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." There is no one else that can mediate with God for us. If Jesus is the ONLY mediator, that indicates Mary and the saints cannot be mediators. They cannot mediate our prayer requests to God. Further, the Bible tells us that Jesus Christ Himself is interceding for us before the Father: "Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them" (Hebrews 7:25). With Jesus Himself interceding for us, why would we need Mary or the saints to intercede for us? Whom would God listen to more closely than His Son? Romans 8:26-27 describes the Holy Spirit interceding for us. With the 2nd and 3rd members of the Trinity already interceding for us before the Father in heaven, what possible need could there be to have Mary or the saints interceding for us?

Catholics argue that praying to Mary and the saints is no different than asking someone here on earth to pray for us. Let us examine that claim. (1) The Apostle Paul asks other Christians to pray for him in Ephesians 6:19. Many Scriptures describe believers praying for one another (2 Corinthians 1:11; Ephesians 1:16; Philippians 1:19; 2 Timothy 1:3). The Bible nowhere mentions anyone asking for someone in heaven to pray for him. The Bible nowhere describes anyone in heaven praying for anyone on earth. (2) The Bible gives absolutely no indication that Mary or the saints can hear our prayers. Mary and the saints are not omniscient. Even glorified in heaven, they are still finite beings with limitations. How could they possibly hear the prayers of millions of people? Whenever the Bible mentions praying to or speaking with the dead, it is in the context of sorcery, witchcraft, necromancy, and divination—activities the Bible strongly condemns (Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:10-13). In the one instance when a "saint" is spoken to, Samuel in 1 Samuel 28:7-19, Samuel is not exactly happy to be disturbed. It is clear that praying to Mary or the saints is completely different from asking someone here on earth to pray for us. One has a strong biblical basis; the other has no biblical basis whatsoever.

God does not answer prayers based on who is praying. God answers prayers based on whether they are asked according to His will (1 John 5:14-15). There is absolutely no basis or need to pray to anyone other than God alone. There is no basis for asking those who are in heaven to pray for us. Only God can hear our prayers. Only God can answer our prayers. No one in heaven has any greater access to God's throne than we do through prayer (Hebrews 4:16).
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by johnw74: 12:10am On Aug 01, 2017
brocab:
Brother you understood baba's question?
What is the confusion? What can't baba understand? It's simple, we pray to the Father, Jesus prays for us, and Jesus said pray for one another.
Baba's idea of prayer is unbiblical, baba prays "To" Mary or baba's begging Mary "To" pray for baba.
If babe was to pray for Mary-it still would have been unbiblical, Mary's dead, followed by the saints.
{Ecclesiastes 9:5} For the living know that they will die, But the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
there confusion comes from their god satan

1Co_14:33  For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

peace bro smiley
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by johnw74: 12:20am On Aug 01, 2017
blackbriar:
like i said earlier....mary was full of grace(luke 1:28) grace from Original sin, which excluded christ from original sin.

dat was wat i wrote that and that has been my standing all along.
Luk 1:28  And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

mary was blessed among women because God chose her to be the mother of Christ
show from the Bible how that disolves her from original sin
Re: Why Do Catholics Pray With The Rosary, And Bow To Mary's Statue? by brocab:
I suppose slandering to you, is the Word of God-it is not us, but you, and your partners in crime-it is you, that don't have the knowledge to understand the truth about Christ, it is you, who prays "Not to the Father in Heaven, but rather pray directly to Mary and the saints, these are your keys to glory.
{Hebrews 11:6} Now without faith, it is impossible to please Him [God] for the one who approaches God must believe that He exist, and that He [God] rewards those who seek Him.
So while you prefer to seek after Mary and the saints, instead of God-you are missing out on His reward, God has stored for you.
Ubenedictus:
Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct--as irrational animals do--will destroy them. Jude 1;10
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