Praying to the Dead

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Verses

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  1. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
  2. Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
  3. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  4. When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
  5. Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  6. You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
  7. When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.