Logical Answers to Consider When a Person Does Not Understand Jesus' Work of Intercession. (Click on a logic statement to view the links to the associated scriptures.)
To Whom Do You Pray...
Prayer directed to the Saints and Mary are effective, they intervene on your behalf.
The priest is the mediator between God and man.
Logical Answers to Consider:
Jesus Intercessor - Jesus is the only intercessor between God and man.
Isa 53:11-12, John 14:6-9, Rom 8:32-34, Phil 4:19, Col 1:19-20, 1Tim 2:5-6, Heb 9:14-15, 1Pet 3:18-20, 1John 2:1-2
Jesus Paid - It is Jesus who paid for the sins of the world.
Isa 53:4-6, Isa 53:11-12, Matt 20:28, John 6:51, Rom 4:24-25, Rom 5:7-8, Rom 8:32-34, 1Cor 15:3-7, 2Cor 5:14-17, Gal 3:10-13, Eph 1:5-7, Col 1:19-20, 1Tim 2:5-6, Heb 9:14-15, Heb 9:27-28, Heb 10:10-12, Heb 10:16-19, 1Pet 2:21-24, 1Pet 3:18-20, 1John 1:7-10, 1John 2:1-2, 1John 3:2-5, 1John 4:9-10
Jesus the Way - Jesus is the only way to heaven.
Luke 23:39-43, John 3:16-18, John 3:36, John 6:37-40, John 6:47, John 6:51, John 8:12-14, John 10:9-10, John 10:27-30, John 11:25-27, John 12:46, John 14:6-9, John 15:6, John 20:30-31, Acts 4:12, Acts 16:30-31, Rom 5:1, Rom 10:8-13, 2Cor 11:3-4, Gal 2:16, Gal 3:26, Eph 1:5-7, 1Pet 1:3-5, 1John 4:9-10, 1John 4:15-19, 1John 5:10-13
Miscellaneous...
Your prayers for the dead in purgatory will help them.
Must Do - There is one thing every person “must do” to be saved.
John 3:3, Acts 16:30-31
No Changing - There is no changing your future after you have died.
Prov 29:1, John 8:24, Heb 9:27-28, Rev 22:11-13
Own Belief - Your fate before God is based on your own faith.
John 3:16-18, John 3:36
Two Paths - There are only two paths for you after you die.
Matt 25:46, John 3:16-18, John 3:36
The priest can forgive you of your sins if you confess them and do penance.
God Forgives - It is God that forgives the repentant sinner.
2Sam 12:13, Psalm 32:5, Psalm 103:2-4, Psalm 103:8-12, Isa 1:18, Isa 44:22, Isa 55:6-7, Jer 36:3, Micah 7:18-19, Zech 3:4, Eph 4:32
Jesus Forgives - Jesus forgives those that come to Him in faith.
Mark 2:5-7, Eph 1:5-7, Col 1:13-17, 1Pet 2:21-24, 1John 1:7-10
Jesus Intercessor - Jesus is the only intercessor between God and man.
Isa 53:11-12, John 14:6-9, Rom 8:32-34, Phil 4:19, Col 1:19-20, 1Tim 2:5-6, Heb 9:14-15, 1Pet 3:18-20, 1John 2:1-2
Not Works - There is nothing you do to earn forgiveness.
Psalm 145:18-19, Isa 55:6-7, Luke 23:39-43, Rom 4:5, Gal 2:16, Eph 2:8-9, 2Tim 1:7-9, Titus 3:5, Heb 9:14-15
We use symbols as aids in worship.
God curses those who make images. Using images mean you hate God.
Exod 20:4-5, Deut 4:16, Deut 27:15, 2Kings 18:3-4, John 4:24