![Chad Roedema Profile](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1842586340874919937/yf7MfTlB_x96.jpg)
Chad Roedema
@Chad4328
Followers
3K
Following
41
Statuses
66K
Just an opinionated Reformed Christian. TULIP is my favorite. NO DM's
Dorr, MI
Joined June 2023
I can't remember Jesus or His word saying this nonsense anywhere and this is idolatry. Exodus 20:4-6 [4] āYou shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. [5] You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, [6] but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
1
0
5
Pat's following is huge and God gets all the glory
Cleveland Browns QB Jameis Winston just led Pat McAfee and his team in a prayer live on TV š (via @PatMcAfeeShow)
1
1
1
To God Be The Glory. I am honored to partner with Calvin in a small way and blessed to see God using the Holy Spirit to calling His elected children home. All for Gods glory and their good.
18 men just bowed their knees, and prayed with me on the basketball court in Duval County Jail, downtown Jacksonville, Florida. They repented of their sins, believed in Christ, and made a commitment to follow Jesus. Gang members, drug dealers, and broken men of every kind, born again, washed clean, made new. What an honor it is see the love of Jesus transform their hearts. Keep praying my Christian warriors. Jesus Christ is doing great things.
0
0
3
Many will dispute and say this is bogus, but they did a thorough job. Is Praying to Mary or the Saints Biblical. Got Questions #4 There is absolutely no scriptural basis to pray to anyone other than God alone. There is no need to, either. Jesus, our Intercessor, has it covered. No one in heaven can mediate on our behalf except for Jesus Christ. Only God can hear and answer prayer. The temple veil was torn in two (Hebrews 10:19ā20); the child of God on earth has just as much access to Godās throne of grace, in Jesusā name, as anyone in heaven (Hebrews 4:16).
0
0
1
Is praying to Mary or Saints Biblical Got Questions part #3 No saint can take Jesusā place: āThere is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesusā (1 Timothy 2:5). There is no one else who can mediate with God for us. Since Jesus is the only mediator, Mary and the saints cannot be mediators. Further, the Bible tells us that Jesus Christ Himself is interceding for us before the Father: āHe is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for themā (Hebrews 7:25). With Jesus Himself interceding for us, why would we need Mary or the saints to intercede for us? Whom would God listen to more readily than His only begotten Son? Romans 8:26ā27 says the Holy Spirit is also interceding for us. With the second and third Persons of the Trinity already interceding for us before the Father, why would we need to have Mary or the saints interceding for us? No saint can take Jesusā place: āThere is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesusā (1 Timothy 2:5). There is no one else who can mediate with God for us. Since Jesus is the only mediator, Mary and the saints cannot be mediators. Further, the Bible tells us that Jesus Christ Himself is interceding for us before the Father: āHe is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for themā (Hebrews 7:25). With Jesus Himself interceding for us, why would we need Mary or the saints to intercede for us? Whom would God listen to more readily than His only begotten Son? Romans 8:26ā27 says the Holy Spirit is also interceding for us. With the second and third Persons of the Trinity already interceding for us before the Father, why would we need to have Mary or the saints interceding for us?
0
0
2
Is praying to Mary or the Saints Biblical part#2 The same is true for another traditional Catholic prayer, āHail, Holy Queen.ā This prayer explicitly calls Mary a āmost gracious advocateā: āHail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To you we cry, the children of Eve; to you we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this land of exile. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us; lead us home at lastā (from A Book of Prayers, 1982, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc.) Praying to Mary and the saints in such a way is unbiblical. Even in cases in which Mary or a saint is simply being asked to pray on oneās behalf, the practice has no biblical basis. The Bible nowhere instructs believers in Christ to pray to anyone other than God. The Bible nowhere encourages, or even mentions, believers asking individuals in heaven for their prayers. Why, then, do many Catholics pray to Mary and/or saints such as Gertrude, Rita, Sylvester, Vincent, Agnes, etc.? Why do they petition the dead and request their prayers? Catholics view Mary and the saints as āintercessorsā before God. They believe that a saint, who is glorified in heaven, has been perfected in love (including love for us) and has more ādirect accessā to God than do earthbound sinners. In Catholic thinking, prayers delivered by a saint are more effective than our praying to God directly. This concept is blatantly unbiblical. Hebrews 4:16 tells us that believers here on earth have direct access to God and can āapproach the throne of grace with confidence.ā
1
0
4
My boast is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 [26] For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. [27] But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; [28] God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, [29] so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. [30] And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, [31] so that, as it is written, āLet the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.ā
0
0
1