“When I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, but he said to me, ‘You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God’ ”
Colossians 2:18
“Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,”
I don’t believe praying, i.e. asking for help and intercession from Angels and Saints in heaven is considered worship to most Catholic or Orthodox Christians. Worship is the offering of sacrifice to a deity, i.e. like the priests offered to God in the Old Testament times, or today in the Catholic Mass. Worship is reserved only to God. Asking for intercession to angels and saints is also consistent with Old Testament scripture.
You do not pray to created beings - you ask the CREATOR to dispatch angelic help. Intercessions to "saints" is praying to the dead, strictly forbidden by the Bible.
Yes, your religion which was created by a mentally ill person 500 years ago that removed. Who removed books from the real Bible, told you that you don't need God to be saved just interpret the Bible anyway you feel. Who after 1,500 years of scripture and tradition decided God got it wrong...Yes, you must be the protestant guru we must all believe...lol. You have no understanding buddy...look to Jesus' Church and be enlightened.
By Jesus' Church do you mean the church of Rome? The satanic, pedo, idol worshipers? No thanks. And Jesus is the only one I follow, not Luther or any other human.
Matt. 5:44-45 – Jesus tells us to pray for (to mediate on behalf of) those who persecute us. God instructs us to mediate. But are you saying beings that see the face of God in heaven can’t mediate for us?
I’ll check out your link. Thanks
Where does God instruct us to meditate or nominate heavenly beings to meditate on our behalf? We meditate on THE WORD - The BIBLE. We pray to Jesus and God the Father - anything else is false, unscriptural and forbidden as it leads to idolatry and false worship. I know, I was raised a Catholic and it took me a long time to see what I needed to. The choice is between worshiping in Truth and in Spirit according to God's word, or falling prey to man-made doctrine, distortions and lies. The most terrifying passage in the Bible is Matthew 7:23: Jesus said I never knew you, depart from me you workers of iniquity. Don't blindly follow tradition/inherited beliefs - question, investigate, pray to be led to truth.
5 Compelling Reasons You Shouldn’t Worship Angels https://becomingchristians.com/2018/09/10/5-compelling-reasons-you-shouldnt-worship-angels/
“When I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, but he said to me, ‘You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God’ ”
Colossians 2:18
“Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,”
I don’t believe praying, i.e. asking for help and intercession from Angels and Saints in heaven is considered worship to most Catholic or Orthodox Christians. Worship is the offering of sacrifice to a deity, i.e. like the priests offered to God in the Old Testament times, or today in the Catholic Mass. Worship is reserved only to God. Asking for intercession to angels and saints is also consistent with Old Testament scripture.
You do not pray to created beings - you ask the CREATOR to dispatch angelic help. Intercessions to "saints" is praying to the dead, strictly forbidden by the Bible.
Read this: http://www.mtc.org/rc_bible.html
Yes, your religion which was created by a mentally ill person 500 years ago that removed. Who removed books from the real Bible, told you that you don't need God to be saved just interpret the Bible anyway you feel. Who after 1,500 years of scripture and tradition decided God got it wrong...Yes, you must be the protestant guru we must all believe...lol. You have no understanding buddy...look to Jesus' Church and be enlightened.
By Jesus' Church do you mean the church of Rome? The satanic, pedo, idol worshipers? No thanks. And Jesus is the only one I follow, not Luther or any other human.
Matt. 5:44-45 – Jesus tells us to pray for (to mediate on behalf of) those who persecute us. God instructs us to mediate. But are you saying beings that see the face of God in heaven can’t mediate for us?
I’ll check out your link. Thanks
Where does God instruct us to meditate or nominate heavenly beings to meditate on our behalf? We meditate on THE WORD - The BIBLE. We pray to Jesus and God the Father - anything else is false, unscriptural and forbidden as it leads to idolatry and false worship. I know, I was raised a Catholic and it took me a long time to see what I needed to. The choice is between worshiping in Truth and in Spirit according to God's word, or falling prey to man-made doctrine, distortions and lies. The most terrifying passage in the Bible is Matthew 7:23: Jesus said I never knew you, depart from me you workers of iniquity. Don't blindly follow tradition/inherited beliefs - question, investigate, pray to be led to truth.
Praying to and worshipping are 2 different things
You do not pray to created beings. When you do it becomes an act of worship.
Actually, it is recognition that heaven actually exists and weare part of God's creation.