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| | :*[https://www.biblword.net/to-whom-should-we-pray/ Should we pray to Mary? (biblword.net)] "''Mary, like all the others prayed to God. ... It is Jesus and not Mary who intercedes for us''" | | :*[https://www.biblword.net/to-whom-should-we-pray/ Should we pray to Mary? (biblword.net)] "''Mary, like all the others prayed to God. ... It is Jesus and not Mary who intercedes for us''" |
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| − | :If Paul's urging intercession by others is ''not'' blasphemy, but is a teaching inspired by God, because it ''is'' in the Bible (2 Timothy 3:16-17), "and the scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35), then the '''teaching''' that there is no other intercessor for all men than Jesus Christ contradicts the Bible, and it cannot be a teaching of God, and on this basis (''[[sola scriptura]]'') ''those who teach'' that there is ''no other'' intercessor for all men ''cannot be of God'', and their teaching is blasphemy, born of [[ignorance]] of the scriptures (Matthew 22:29; Mark 12:24; Matthew 15:14; Revelation 22:11) "for some are quite ignorant of God. I say this to your shame" 1 Corinthians 15:34. This is not difficult or hard to understand (2 Peter 3:15-18). | + | :If Paul's urging of intercession by others is ''not'' blasphemy, but is a teaching inspired by God, because it ''is'' in the Bible (2 Timothy 3:16-17), "and the scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35), then the '''teaching''' that there is no other intercessor for all men than Jesus Christ contradicts the Bible, and it cannot be a teaching of God, and on this basis (''[[sola scriptura]]'') ''those who teach'' that there is ''no other'' intercessor for all men ''cannot be of God'', and their teaching is blasphemy, born of [[ignorance]] of the scriptures (Matthew 22:29; Mark 12:24; Matthew 15:14; Revelation 22:11) "for some are quite ignorant of God. I say this to your shame" 1 Corinthians 15:34. This is not difficult or hard to understand (2 Peter 3:15-18). |
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| | :Compare Revelation 5:8; 8:3-4; Acts 12:5; Romans 1:9; 8:26; 15:30; 2 Corinthians 1:11; 9:14; Philippians 1:19; 4:6; Colossians 1:9; 4:2-3; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 3:1-2; 1 Timothy 5:5; Philemon 4, 22; Hebrews 13:18; James 5:14-16; Psalm 141:2; Malachi 1:11. | | :Compare Revelation 5:8; 8:3-4; Acts 12:5; Romans 1:9; 8:26; 15:30; 2 Corinthians 1:11; 9:14; Philippians 1:19; 4:6; Colossians 1:9; 4:2-3; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 3:1-2; 1 Timothy 5:5; Philemon 4, 22; Hebrews 13:18; James 5:14-16; Psalm 141:2; Malachi 1:11. |
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| | :*[https://www.biblestudytools.com/classics/murray-ministry-intercession/god-seeks-intercessors.html God Seeks Intercessors - Murray Ministry (biblestudytools.com)] | | :*[https://www.biblestudytools.com/classics/murray-ministry-intercession/god-seeks-intercessors.html God Seeks Intercessors - Murray Ministry (biblestudytools.com)] |
| | :*[https://www.logosapostolic.org/bible_study/118-3-saved-dead.htm The Saved Dead go to Heaven at Death (logosapostolic.org)] ''This Evangelical Protestant author cites scripture to demonstrate that the saved are aware in heaven and pray''. | | :*[https://www.logosapostolic.org/bible_study/118-3-saved-dead.htm The Saved Dead go to Heaven at Death (logosapostolic.org)] ''This Evangelical Protestant author cites scripture to demonstrate that the saved are aware in heaven and pray''. |
| | + | :*[https://www.openbible.info/topics/supports-intercessory-prayer-to-saints 100 Bible verses supporting intercessory prayer to saints (openbible.info)] ''Both the living and the dead in heaven''. |
| | + | :*[https://www.catholic.com/tract/the-intercession-of-the-saints The Intercession of the Saints (catholic.com)] ''Citations from the early Church Fathers'' A.D. 100 to 500. |
| | + | :Compare 2 Peter 1:15 "And I will strive after my departure you may be able to recall these things." (see [http://biblehub.com/interlinear/2_peter/1-15.htm interlinear text of 2 Peter 1:15] and [http://biblehub.com/multi/2_peter/1-15.htm multiple versions of 2 Peter 1:15]) |
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