Do those who have
died intercede for the living, as the grandmother in chapter one expected to do?
Not exact matches
Christ Jesus is He who
died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also
intercedes for us» (Romans 8:1, 34).
Whenever a child of God claimed by Christ at his baptism
dies, we the Christian faithful turn to the one who
died for us to greet us in our sorrow, to
intercede for us with the Father, and to strengthen us in hope.
He
died for us, rose again, and
intercedes as High Priest at the Right Hand of the Father.
Christ Jesus who
died — more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God and is also
interceding for us.
«it is Christ Jesus, He who
died, and more, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also
intercedes for us.»
Instead, he
died for us, and rose again from the dead, and now
intercedes for us at the right hand of God the Father in heaven!»
Paul is saying Jesus Christ is the only one who could condemn, but far from condemning anyone, Jesus
died for us and
intercedes for us!
The Marian theology (especially Wagner's suggested conflation of the goddess Venus with Mary), the knight asking for absolution from the pope, the theme of «works righteousness,» the notion that Tannhäuser is saved by Elisabeth who both sacrifices herself for him on this earth and then in the afterlife
intercedes before God on his behalf, and the fact that Tannhäuser himself is redeemed only to
die» all these are, to the conservative Protestant at least, distortions of Christianity.
He is to lead his people in prayer and worship, to
intercede for them, to bless them in the name of the Lord, and to teach and encourage by word and example, He is to minister to the sick, and prepare the
dying for their death.
The place of Christ's death and intercession (Jesus
died for all but
interceded only for the elect which I actually got from John Calvin)