I would also comment that praying to anyone else is making his ultimate sacrifice out to be insufficient for granting us access to the throne of grace. Seems rather insulting to Christ. Trampling underfoot the blood of the holy one.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
I’ve felt that all along. I believe God makes SOME allowance for SOME folks due to the attitude of their hearts and the teaching they’ve received—the amount of the Light of Jesus they’ve really received.
But at some point, He expects them to turn to Holy Spirit and listen to Him. That’s Scriptural truth evident for all who read it.
CHRIST ALONE DIED FOR OUR SINS. CHRIST ALONE IS WORTHY.
Yup, that's the blaspheming part I wrote about. You might as well say I want to pray to dead aunt Mabel rather than Jesus Christ. This also gives godlike powers to people like Mormons do. Hopefully, we will hear more about becoming gods of our own planets with many wives when the presidential race gets further along.
It all has to do with a skewed view of what the Bible says and what some churches tell people. To come to Christ, one must understand who He is. I've had dozens of conversations with people that come up with the most cockamamie ideas about why praying to a statue or a picture is Biblical, but they can't ever give me chapter and verse. One of the reasons Jesus came to Earth was to destroy the "traditions of men". You can't just make up some mumbo jumbo and call it God's Will. He was quite specific in who to pray to and how to pray. He even specifically said don't pray the same prayer over and over again and you can go to any Catholic church and get 10 "hail Mary's and a couple of "Our Fathers." This stuff is basic Christianity 101. I can't believe they read the Bible and don't pick up on this. I also bring up the fact that you can travel to some church in Timbuktu and pray over some hank of hair or a pile of bones and not even know for sure you are praying over the right hank of hair or bones. Praying to dead people gives me the willy's just thinking about it.