St Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...
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Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the Divine power of God, cast into hell Satan and all other evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
St. Michael, place your Shield of Truth over the heart of this nation. By the power of God, design circumstances which will reveal the evil in every heart. Make our nation secure once again through sound leadership and justified enforcement of law. Amen.
Lord, may truth and righteousness be victorious.
Show me in the scriptures where it says to pray to angels and saints and then I will recant my statement. Bonus points for any commentary on idolatry. Otherwise, if you see a brother or sister straying from the path of righteousness, it is your duty as a Christian to try to correct that behavior.
In Revelation, John has a vision into Heaven and sees the Angels and Saints praying for the people on Earth, and offering our prayers to God.
Revelation 8:3-4
Revelation 5:8
St. Paul in Hebrews writes that we're surrounded by a "great cloud of witnesses."
Hebrews 12:1
St. Paul also tells us to make prayers for one another. If we are to pray for each other here on earth, how much more the Saints and Angels in heaven?
Thank you for this reply. And I accept that the saints have a part to play here, but nowhere in the verses you provided, does it say the saints bring our prayers to God.
Revelation 6:9-11, John describes a vision where he sees the martyrs crying out to God, praying for those on earth.
Revelation 5:8 and 8:4, the incense represents the prayers of us on earth, being brought up to God by an angel.
The visions which John sees in this part of Revelation shows how the Saints and Angels offering our prayers and their own prayers to God is part of the Heavenly liturgical worship.
Revelation 8:4 is interesting. I will pray and research. Thank you for taking the time to try to help me understand this.
Show me in the scripture where it says scripture is the only basis for Christianity? Oh wait, you can't. Because it doesn't. In fact, the Catholic Church canonized the very Bible you try to to claim contradicts it. This American protestant stuff gets so boring after a while.