Is any athlete really worth this much? Dez
Bryant has agreed to a five-year, $70 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys,
ending the threat that Bryant would hold out and potentially miss games this
season. The contract includes $45 million in guaranteed money. The deal was reached
just before the deadline for the franchise-tagged players to sign a long-term
contract. Bryant had indicated he would
sit out regular season games if he didn't get a contract by the deadline, which
would have been a disaster for Dallas. While Bryant got the long-term contract
he so desperately wanted, this deal is a big win for the Cowboys. But as a
football fan it really makes me wonder, is it for the love of the game or is it
just about the money.
DOES GOD APPROVE OF MANKIND COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD? BY STEVE FINNELL
ReplyDeleteDoes God approve of the dead communicating with the living?Does God approve of the living communicating with the dead? Does God sanction conversations with the dead through mediums? Does God give men the option of talking and petitioning the dead through prayer? Are dead saints aware of those who are alive? Can dead saints hear and answer prayers? The answer is no, no, no, no, no and no.
1. Does God approve of the dead communicating with the living? No
In the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, or as some believe is a fact, instead of a parable, the rich man was denied that Lazarus could return to testify to his living brothers. God does not approve of the dead communicating with the living. (Luke 16:19-31)
2. Does God approve of the living communicating with the dead? No.
1 Samuel 28:7-20......15 Now Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul answered, "I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I called you, that you may reveal to me what I should do." .......(NKJV)
A. Saul used a medium at Endor to bring Samuel up. That was a sin.
B. Saul could not pray to Samuel to ask for advice. The dead cannot hear the living nor do they know what the living are doing. Saul could not pray and ask Samuel to intercede for him with God.
3.Does God sanction conversations with the dead through mediums? No.
Deuteronomy 18:9-12.......11"or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.12 "For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from from before you.(NKJV)
Conversations with the dead through mediums is sinful.
4. Does God give men the option of talking and petitioning the dead through prayer? Can dead saints hear and answer prayers? Are dead saints aware of the living? No, No, and No.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know they are alive; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten. (NKJV)
Job 14:21 10-21 But a man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last and where is he?....21 His sons come to honor and he does not know it;They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.(NKJV)
The dead are not aware of the living. The dead are not Omniscient. The dead cannot answer prayer. The dead are not Omnipotent.
Samuel could not hear Saul from the grave, he had to be brought up my a medium. Saul also had no power to answer prayers.
Dead popes, the Virgin Mary, nor dead family members are aware of the living and even if they were, they have no power nor ability to grant or answer prayers. The only way to communicate with the dead is through mediums and that is a sin.
Only the living can offer prayers for the living. Even then, the living have no power to answer prayers.
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Marcelus I can't agree with you on this one, I feel as though the money that the players receive goes into direct correlation with their performance on the field. Although the numbers that go into the contracts are a bit outrageous, the organizations they work for are worth billions of dollars so they can compensate their employees.
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