My point is that the dead can hear us, full stop.
Let me ask you the Questions for once
Its always you that asks me the questions etc......
My turn, lets see how you do!
Why dont the Majority of Protestant churches use incence?
Where is Sola Scripture in the Bible?
where does it say clearly Tradition cannot be used or divine?
Where in the Bible does it clearly say statues cannot be used IN Worship?
Where in the Bible does it say the dead cannot hear us?
How do Protestants determine which books of the Bible are the Bible?
Which Church did Jesus Christ found in Matt 16:18? Remember, He said Church, not Churches in that verse.
After reading Luke 1:48, why do you not call the Mother of GOD, Blessed?
Why are there over 33,820* protestant denominations in existence today? Since Jesus Christ is 'Truth', why is there not just one? After all there was only one Church for over a thousand years. Whatever happened to 'One Fold with One Shepherd? What is the underlying reason for so many splits? Which one will you choose, as they ALL obviously cannot be the Church that Jesus Christ founded?
*World Christian Encyclopedia, 2001, a Protestant publication
Which verse(s) tell what books are the inspired books of the Old Testament? Same question for the New Testament?
Why isn't the Gospel of Peter, or the Gospel of Thomas in your Bible? Who had the authority for exclusion of these and other books from Holy Scripture?
Which verse(s) explain the doctrine of the Holy Trinity?
Which verse tells you that the revelation of Jesus Christ ended with the death of the last Apostle?
Why are you in a Church which cannot show that it is the Church which Jesus Christ founded?
Why do you not honor the Mother of GOD when Luther himself said, "When you have said She is the Mother of GOD, you have said it all?"
Abraham talked with GOD. GOD is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Abraham was a man, a created creature of GOD and was the leader of GOD's people. Why do you not believe the same GOD of Abraham, who is outside of time and therefore never changes, and must be the same GOD of today, cannot talk today to another created creature, the visible leader of His body, the Church? By the way, what scripture did Abraham use?
Why do you believe in individual interpretation of the Bible when the Bible clearly states that this must NOT be done?
Acts 8:27-39, 2Pet 1:20, 2Pet 3:16-18.
Why do you follow in the footsteps of Saul and persecute the Church which Jesus Christ founded? 1Cor 15:9.
Why do you take almost the entire Bible literally and then say that John chapter 6 is figurative, when it clearly does not say that it is? See 'John 6' elsewhere on this website.
I am awaiting at for your answers for all the above, please use at least ONE BIBLE QUOTE to support your claim otherwise you are not using your own method of Sola Scripture.
Peace