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Purgatorymake request? So I prayed to theGod of heaven. And I said untothe king . . . . And the king grantedme, according to the good handof my God upon me ."Acts 26:28-32 "At this Paul said[to King Agrippa] : 'I could wishto God that whether in a shorttime or in a long time not onlyyou but also all those who hearme today would become men suchas I also am, with the exceptionof these bonds .' And the kingrose . . . saying : `This man practicesnothing deserving death orbonds.'"Col . 4:3 "At the same timepraying also for us, that Godmay open a door of utterance tous, to speak the sacred secretabout the Christ ."Also : Esther 4 :16 : 5 :2 .Prayers of Wicked UnansweredProv . 15 :29 "Jehovah is farfrom the wicked ; but he heareththe prayer of the righteous ."Prov . 28 :9 "He that turnethaway his ear from hearing thelaw, even his prayer is an abomination."Mic . 3 :4 "Then shall they cryunto Jehovah, but he will not answerthem ; yea, he will hide hisface from them at that time, accordingas they have wrought evilin their doings ."ech. 7 :12, 13 "Yea, they madetheir hearts as an adamant stone,lest they should hear the law,and the words which Jehovah ofhosts had sent by his spirit bythe former prophets : thereforethere came great wrath from Jehovahof hosts. And it is come topass that, as he cried, and theywould not hear, so they shall cry,PurgatoryDEFINITION"Purgatory (Lat ., purgare, to make clean, to purify) in accordancewith Catholic teaching is a place or condition of temporal punishmentfor those who, departing this life in God's grace, are not en-286and I will not hear, said Jehovahof hosts ."Only Righteous Ones Among"Strangers" or "Dedicated"Ones Are Heard in PrayerProv. 15:8 "The sacrifice ofthe wicked is an abomination toJehovah ; but the prayer of theupright is his delight ."1 Pet. 3 :12 "For Jehovah's eyesare upon the righteous and hisears are toward their supplication,but Jehovah's face is againstthose doing injurious things ."Ps . 34 :15, 17 "The eyes of Jehovahare toward the righteous,and his ears are open unto theircry . The righteous cried, and Jehovahheard, and delivered themout of all their troubles ."Isa . 56 :6, 7 "Also the foreignersthat join themselves to Jehovah,to minister unto him, and to lovethe name of Jehovah, to be hisservants, . . . even them will Ibring to my holy mountain, andmake them joyful in my houseof prayer ."Acts 10 :30, 31 "AccordinglyCornelius said : `Four days agocounting from this hour I waspraying in my house at the ninthhour, when, look! a man in brightraiment stood before me andsaid : "Cornelius, your prayer hasbeen favorably heard." ' "1 John 3 :22 "Whatever we askwe receive from him, because weare observing his commandmentsand are doing the things thatare pleasing in his eyes ."Prov . 15 :8 "The sacrifice ofthe wicked is an abomination toJehovah ; but the prayer of theupright is his delight ."Also : Jer . 29 :12, 13 ; Matt. 7 :8 .