Rutashubanyuma
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Interestingly churches have abrogated to themselves power to pray for the deceased contrary to clear provisions of the scripture which says a man will be judged according to his deeds but churches, because of commercial interests achieved through the ironclad control of their congregation, have committed this great sin. By praying for the dead the churches have incited their congregations to keep on sinning because after you are dead the church says it has authority to wipe away all of your sin which is a lie. Such a wicked belief has strengthened the hand of enemy of God by falsely claiming sin has no grave consequences.
We know in one of the books of Old Testament called 2 Maccabbee 12:46, a Jewish king called Judas prayed for the dead who died in war because they trusted in witchcraft instead of God. Nowhere in this Book where it was said that their prayer to the dead was heard. In fact to be brutally honest the commandments of the Lord God Christ Jesus [emoji120] made it abundantly clear in Mathew 5: 23-26. It is written if you sinned repent and forsake it but if you don't you will not escape the wrath of God, henceforth, you will pay the full penalty arising from your sins. But all churches which pray for the dead never make reference to this verse because it rebukes them of sin because they have refused to believe in the Lord Christ Jesus [emoji120] (Read John 16: 8-10).
But in the both the Old and New Testament we are commanded not to pray for the dead read Hebrew 9:27, see also Luke 16:19-31 & Ezekiel 18:20. In Ezekiel 18:20, God says even His holy men cannot pray to the people who have refused to repent and forsake their sin.
The proponents of the prayers for the dead have even changed the prayer of the Paul the Apostle in 2 Timothy 1:16-18 claiming without proof he prayed for the dead but the gospel truth at that time Onispherous was alive rendering such claims founded on wicked imaginations of their hearts.
Praying for the dead is for unbelievers but believers follow Jesus Christ [emoji120] but never Jewish kings such as Judas of whom nowhere the scripture said he was holy but even if he was his deeds cannot disannul the word of God in Mathew 5:23 - 26. Paul the Apostle was against the prayer for the dead as shown in Hebrews 9:27. So, he could not have contradicted himself in 2 Timothy 1:16-18.
We know in one of the books of Old Testament called 2 Maccabbee 12:46, a Jewish king called Judas prayed for the dead who died in war because they trusted in witchcraft instead of God. Nowhere in this Book where it was said that their prayer to the dead was heard. In fact to be brutally honest the commandments of the Lord God Christ Jesus [emoji120] made it abundantly clear in Mathew 5: 23-26. It is written if you sinned repent and forsake it but if you don't you will not escape the wrath of God, henceforth, you will pay the full penalty arising from your sins. But all churches which pray for the dead never make reference to this verse because it rebukes them of sin because they have refused to believe in the Lord Christ Jesus [emoji120] (Read John 16: 8-10).
But in the both the Old and New Testament we are commanded not to pray for the dead read Hebrew 9:27, see also Luke 16:19-31 & Ezekiel 18:20. In Ezekiel 18:20, God says even His holy men cannot pray to the people who have refused to repent and forsake their sin.
The proponents of the prayers for the dead have even changed the prayer of the Paul the Apostle in 2 Timothy 1:16-18 claiming without proof he prayed for the dead but the gospel truth at that time Onispherous was alive rendering such claims founded on wicked imaginations of their hearts.
Praying for the dead is for unbelievers but believers follow Jesus Christ [emoji120] but never Jewish kings such as Judas of whom nowhere the scripture said he was holy but even if he was his deeds cannot disannul the word of God in Mathew 5:23 - 26. Paul the Apostle was against the prayer for the dead as shown in Hebrews 9:27. So, he could not have contradicted himself in 2 Timothy 1:16-18.