EvienceOfFaith

According to the Bible, the goal of Christianity is ultimately to be reconciled to God, know Him, and be conformed to Christ.

@DrFrankTurek Denial of Jesus and His church.

What’s behind the surprising alliance between Islam, the LGBTQ+ movement, and the radical left?

@Pontifex And we can find this fact in the Scriptures?

Mary is the Mother of the whole Church. Everyone can turn to her with filial confidence, certain of being heard, protected, and loved. #GeneralAudience

People try and build their own own church to validate their sin but for that validation to happen they have to base it on something true. It’s a self deception. 2 Corinthians 11:3 “But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.”

Church of Satan in action.

🥹 I’M 57… AT 21 … I HAD AN ABORTION. ✝️ It wasn’t until I got saved in 2003 that it hit me HARD. 🙏🏼 THANK GOD for my wonderful pastor that helped me through the grief.. please pray for ALL OF US that made this HORRIFIC MISTAKE.

At least a few million free Bibles / New Testaments / Scripture portions are distributed in the U.S. each year, and possibly much more depending on whether you count full Bibles, New Testaments, Gideon hotel placements, prison/military/student distributions, church giveaways, apps, and ministries. Your argument is no argument at all.

Most Qur’ans are handed out for free This isn’t a business for Muslims

@metathomist James 5:16 “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.” There is no priest involved, and no mention of a church authority needed. Please stop adding to the Scriptures.

We confess to Jesus Christ, not to a man. The man (the priest) is the instrument by which we confess to Christ. And when we are absolved of our sins, they are absolved by Christ through the priest.

evelation 5:8 shows heavenly worship and the prayers of the saints being symbolically represented as incense before God. But it does not say Christians on earth are praying to the elders, Mary, or departed saints. The prayers are ultimately directed to God and offered before the Lamb.R The verse may show that heaven is aware of the prayers of God’s people, but it does not establish the practice of invoking saints or addressing prayers to them.

@Faith_Evidence @ComeHometoRome @farmingandJesus Why do the elders present the prayers of God's people in the heavenly liturgy in Revelation 5:8? According to you guys, they should only present their own prayers.

Protestants like new believer Lizzie here have to make excuses to not believe in Scripture. Catholicism, which for 2000 years has contained the fullness of truth, embraces and lives out Scripture. Protestantism has to pick and choose what they want to be true.

@Sacramentshow I asked for a simple example from Scripture where it instructs us or shows the apostles praying to departed people. There is none in the Bible I have.

You keep assuming the saints in heaven are departed from Christs body when Scripture says the opposite. God is not God of the dead, but of the living. Luke 20:38 And Revelation literally shows the saints in heaven presenting prayers before God. Revelation 5:8 So the real question is Where does Scripture say Christians in heaven suddenly stop being aware, alive, or able to pray?

Intercession explained. again.

@KR3Wmatic Because you have no prof of your beliefs. If you can prove something came out of nothing , than I will give you the floor.

Why do some Christians not understand that atheists like me are atheists NOT because we "want to sin" (we don't believe sin is real) or don't want to know a god, but just we aren't convinced that a god exists? Why can't they understand those reasons?

Or, here me out: You are just following the Scripture and not man made traditions. “And he said to them, ‘Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!”’ Mark 7:6–9

If you’re offended by Catholic teaching, it is highly likely that you are in a state of mortal sin and desire to justify it

The issue is that 1 Timothy 2 proves living Christians on earth should pray for others. It does not prove that Christians should address prayers to departed saints in heaven. Paul says: “I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people…” — 1 Timothy 2:1 Who is he commanding? The church on earth. Then he says: “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” — 1 Timothy 2:5 So yes, believers can intercede for one another because they are praying to God through Christ. But Rome’s practice is different. It is not merely “intercession.” It is invocation — directly addressing Mary or departed saints in prayer and asking them to hear and respond.

I literally quoted Scripture back to you. 1 Timothy 2 starts with Paul commanding intercessory prayer for others. Then later says Christ is the one mediator. So clearly Paul did not think intercession contradicts Christ’s mediation. You keep repeating the verse but not addressing the argument.

@Sacramentshow you are still refusing to acknowledge the scriptures to follow your doctrine.

Then by your logic Christians should never ask anyone to pray for them because Christ is the one mediator. But you already admitted believers can intercede for one another. So clearly one mediator does not mean no intercessors whatsoever. Otherwise all intercessory prayer between Christians would be unbiblical too.

@bullyb170 I'm sorry! What!?

In Islam we don’t disrespect women so I won’t give u a response you were looking for .. asalam u alaikum

@Sacramentshow It very simple my brother, it's right there in the Scriptures: Paul says there is “one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” — 1 Timothy 2:5. That is as clear as it gets. Anything you imply is adding TO THE SCRIPTURE.

@Faith_Evidence Your argument only works if the saints are actually dead in the sense of being separated from the body of Christ. But Jesus explicitly says the faithful are living to God. So why would death suddenly sever Christians from the body of Christ or make intercession impossible?

@Jvnior Does Allah have a son?

Wait till you find out Christ is Muslim.

Yes, Protestants believe in intercession among living believers. Scripture clearly commands Christians on earth to pray for one another. When Paul asks believers to pray for him, he is speaking to living members of the church on earth. When James says to pray for one another, he is speaking to believers in the gathered church. Those passages prove Christian intercession; they do not prove invocation of the dead.

@Faith_Evidence Then you already believe in intercession. Catholics are not saying Mary replaces Christ as mediator. We’re saying members of Christ’s body can pray for one another. The only question left is whether the saints in heaven are alive in Christ or not.

The issue is that Rome spent centuries trying to keep Scripture under institutional control. John Wycliffe’s followers translated the Bible into English, and in 1408 the Oxford Constitutions restricted unauthorized Bible translation and reading. William Tyndale later translated the New Testament from Greek into English, and in 1536 he was condemned for heresy, strangled, and burned. His crime was not merely “bad behavior.” His work threatened a religious system that did not want ordinary people testing doctrine by the Word of God Rome is all about power, not Jesus

The issue is that Rome spent centuries trying to keep Scripture under institutional control. John Wycliffe’s followers translated the Bible into English, and in 1408 the Oxford Constitutions restricted unauthorized Bible translation and reading. William Tyndale later translated the New Testament from Greek into English, and in 1536 he was condemned for heresy, strangled, and burned. His crime was not merely “bad behavior.” His work threatened a religious system that did not want ordinary people testing doctrine by the Word of God Rome is all about power, not Jesus

Catholics tried to keep the Bible out of people’s hands!!!💀

@Sacramentshow Yes. What is your point? And do not try and say they are intermediaries the same as Mary is in the Catholic doctrine. Trust me, you do not want to go there because I will ask for Biblical sources and you won't be able to give me any.

@Faith_Evidence Do you ever pray for people or ask others to pray for you?