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To: Campion
You'd better take it up with St. Paul, because, in his epistles, he keeps asking people to pray for him.

I already did that...

Doesn't he understand that he's not supposed to do that?!?

You might notice that the Apostle Paul never prayed to anyone other than the Lord...No saints of souls in Heaven, no saints on earth, and no angels...

Paul never asked anyone's soul who rose to Heaven to pray for him, to intercede for him...

When Jesus and Lazarus went to Abraham's Bosom, the bad guy apparently couldn't communicate with Lazarus, who was on the other side...

22 posted on 04/26/2009 4:27:57 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: Iscool
Paul never asked anyone's soul who rose to Heaven to pray for him, to intercede for him

But according to you, he shouldn't be asking anyone to pray for him; he should be going to Christ directly. That's what you said before.

It would seem that, if it's wrong to not "go to Christ directly," then it's just as wrong whether the person you go to Christ through is here on earth or in heaven.

After all, it doesn't say "boldly approach the throne of grace, or approach timidly through an intermediary -- but be sure the intermediary is on earth," does it?

If you're going to use that passage from Hebrews to reject intercessory prayer, then it rejects all intercessory prayer, including that of one believer on behalf of another here on earth.

When Jesus and Lazarus went to Abraham's Bosom

Say again? I think you'd better re-read that parable.

Also, the "bad guy's" inability to communicate with Lazarus is irrelevant, since the "bad guy" wasn't alive and on earth at the time.

25 posted on 04/26/2009 7:02:25 PM PDT by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed Imposter")
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