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Idolatrywe do not see, we keep on waitingfor it with endurance ."Prayers to "saints" (as to Mary)not authorizedJer . 7 :18 "The children gatherwood, and the fathers kindle thefire, and the women knead thedough, to make cakes to the queenof heaven, and to pour out drinkofferingsunto other gods, thatthey may provoke me to anger ."See "Worship of Mary" .Direct prayer only is allowed;images not neededJohn 14 :13 "Also, whatever itis you ask in my name, I will dothis, in order that the Fathermay be glorified in connectionwith the Son ."John 15 :16 "No matter whatyou ask the Father in my namehe might give it to you ."Matt . 6 :6, 9 "You, however,when you pray, go into your privateroom and, after shuttingyour door, pray to your Fatherwho is in secret ; then your Fatherwho looks on in secret will repayyou . You must pray, then, thisway : `Our Father in the heavens.'"See "Prayer" .Bowing before men or even angelsas "relative" worshipforbiddenActs 10 :25, 26 "As Peter entered,Cornelius met him, felldown at his feet and did obeisanceto him. But Peter liftedhim up, saying : `Rise ; I myselfam also a man .'Acts 14 :11-15 "And the crowds,seeing what Paul had done,raised their voices, saying in theLycaonian tongue : `The godshave become like men and havecome down to us!' And they wentto calling Barnabas ` eus', butPaul `Hermes', since he was theone taking the lead in speaking .And the priest of eus, whose178temple was before the city,brought bulls and garlands to thegates and was desiring to offersacrifices with the crowds . However,when the apostles Barnabasand Paul heard of it, theyripped their outer garments andleaped out into the crowd, cryingout and saying : `Men, why areyou doing these things? We alsoare human creatures .' "Rev. 19 :10 "At that I fell downbefore his feet to worship him .But he tells me : `Be careful! Donot do that! All I am is a fellowslave of you and of your brotherswho have the work of witnessingto Jesus . Worship God .' "Images Unable to Help in Timeof JudgmentDeut . 32 :37, 38 "And he willsay, Where are their gods, therock in which they took refuge ;which did eat the fat of theirsacrifices, and drank the wine oftheir drink-offering? Let themrise up and help you . Let thembe your protection ."Ps . 115 :4-8 "Their idols aresilver and gold, the work of men'shands . They have mouths, butthey speak not ; eyes have they,but they see not ; they have ears,but they hear not ; noses havethey, but they smell not ; theyhave hands, but they handle not ;feet have they, but they walknot ; neither speak they throughtheir throat . They that makethem shall be like unto them ;yea, every one that trusteth inthem ."Jer. 10 :14, 15 "Every man isbecome brutish and is withoutknowledge ; every goldsmith isput to shame by his gravenimage ; for his molten image isfalsehood, and there is no breathin them . They are vanity, a workof delusion : in the time of theirvisitation they shall perish ."See "Caesar's Things to Caesar".