How Can Mary & The Saints Hear Prayers? Sam Shamoun

0:00 If he's Christian Pakistani Pakistani Mariam can understand his Udu language. Okay. If he's Christian Chinese and ask her, she can understand Chinese and she knows where he is. And when whenever and whatever uh supplication he asks whatever he needs whenever he he asks wherever he is not only one billions so we can see now that they're giving those dead people div the the divine qualities so decimate this guy whether they say that she is God or not they took her as god and that's

0:46 Oh, you see his arrogance. Are you ready for me to decimate this argument? You ready? Okay. Is it true that Mary must know all human languages in order to be able to pray for all the Christians who are asking for intercession? No matter where these Christians are, no matter their ethnicity, no matter their language. So if you have a Chinese Christian in China asking Mary to pray for him or her in Mandarin or Cantonese dialect, that means we're saying she understands Mandarin. And if you have someone in Africa doing, is that true? Absolutely not. And I'm going to use the Bible to

1:32 destroy him. Are you ready? You ready? One, post Revelation 5:es 9 and 10. Let me give you the biblical answer. Even for my Protestant brothers and sisters in Jesus who like I used to may reject the doctrine of the commun saints. Let me put them at ease and show them biblically it doesn't follow. Watch here. Revelation 59 and 10. Pay attention here. And they sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open this its seals. For you are slain and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every tribe, tongue, the languages, people, and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God, and we shall reign on the earth." Now,

2:18 watch what's going to happen here. Watch what's going to happen here. So John here's the four living creatures, 24 elders, glorifying the Lord Jesus for redeeming an innumerable number of human souls, numerable host of human lives can't be numbered from every tongue, language, nation, and tribe. Now before I then show you the other verse, let me show you that it's the Holy Spirit filling John, enabling John, empowering John to see heaven and see these realities. Let's go to Revelation 1:10. I was in the spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice as of a trumpet. Did you catch it? I was

3:05 in the spirit. Meaning the Holy Spirit filled me, enabled me, empowered me, and transported me to heaven to see these heavenly realities and witness these things. So notice John is telling you directly, I'm inspired by the Holy Spirit. Okay? Revelation 4:2, but we're going to read one and two. Revelation 4 verse two, but we're going to read one and two. Watch here. Pathetic argument these guys do. They're jokes. Revelation 4:2, but we're going to read verses one and two. After these things, I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here.

3:50 Come up to heaven and I will show you things which must take place after this." Now, who took him to heaven? Immediately. Immediately after I was summoned to heaven, I was in the spirit and behold a throne sat in heaven and one sat on the throne. Did you catch it? When God commanded him come to heaven immediately spirit took him immediately in a nancond come up. I was there. Twinkling of an eye the spirit took me. Another reference to the Holy Spirit empowering, enabling John, the Holy Spirit to see heaven, enter heaven, and see these realities. Revelation 21:10, but we're going to read 9 and 10. Revelation 21:10, but we're going to read verses 9 and 10. Watch

4:37 here. Watch here. Watch here. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the lamb's wife." Now watch here, verse 10. And he carried me away in the spirit, to a great and high mountain, showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. You see the role of the Holy Spirit throughout these visions. The angel says to John, "Come with me. Let me take you to the high mountain, show you the lamb's bride, heavenly Jerusalem. And then the Holy Spirit immediately took me with the angel and with the angel

5:25 carried me to that mountain. see the role the Holy Spirit has to play in order for John to see heaven, see Jesus visibly, see God the Father visibly, to see the things of heaven visibly, to see these events visibly, and to write them down. Okay? Now, what's the point? Cuz now, let's go to Revelation 5:13. Protestant brothers and sisters who love Jesus Christ, who are of the same household of faith. Here's the biblical response to this pathetic argument. How can Mary here or John here? They don't know all languages. They can't be omnisient. Well, here's the answer. Revelation 5:13. And every creature, not

6:12 some, which is in heaven. Every creature in heaven and on earth and under this, under the earth, and such are in the sea, and all that are in them. Man, he exhausts the language. Every creature in the entire creation on earth, beneath the earth, and the sea in heaven. Watch what he do. I heard saying, "Blessing and honor and glory and power be to him who sits on the throne and to the lamb forever and ever." Okay, I'm baffled right now. He heard every creature in heaven, on earth, beneath the earth, in the sea, all things in them saying, and he knew what they're saying. Even though he just got done telling you Revelation 5:9 and2 that there are creatures who speak

6:59 different languages, different tongues, from different tribes and nations, but he could hear all of them, understand all of what they were saying. What? one more time because I'm gonna explain you what the miracle is and I'm going to show you from the book of Acts. I've already discussed these passages. I'm going to discuss it again. And every creature, pay attention. Every creature, not some, which is in heaven and on earth. Well, those creatures on earth, they don't all speak the same language. And under the earth, and such are in the sea, and all that are in them. I heard saying, "Blessing and honor and glory and power be to him who sits on the throne and to the lamb forever and ever." I've already shown

7:44 how this verse shows that Jesus is not a creature. He's uncreated. He's eternal, almighty God, equal to the father. But that's not the focus of the passage for this session. Okay? You don't lie. John could understand what every human creature on earth was saying even though they didn't speak the same language. Because the miracle isn't that he knows all languages. Here's the miracle. The miracle is the Holy Spirit can take all the different languages and make them sound the same in the same language for John to understand. That's the miracle. In other words, you can speak Swahili and the Holy Spirit

8:31 will help me understand it in English so I can understand what you're saying because I don't understand Swahili. That's the miracle. So you don't need to know all languages. All you need is the God who knows all languages because he created all languages to make the languages same sound the same in your language so you can understand what do you think the gift of interpretation is all about what that Paul talks about 1 Corinthians 12 1 Corinthians 13 and 14 if someone speaks in tongues let someone interpret because if there's a gift of tongue there's a gift interpretation But Paul, how can he? Because the spirit

9:17 will help that man know what that man is saying because he's going to allow him to hear hear that language in his language. You got it now. Hit that like, guys. Make these videos go viral. Everyone got it now? Did it make sense? Before I move on to Acts two, this is why I came kicking and screaming into embracing the doctrine of communion saints. I didn't want to believe it. I tried to find ways to

10:02 refute it. Honestly, God knows if I'm lying. God knows if I'm lying. I wrestled and agonized with this doctrine. And the more I tried to refute it, the more I saw I'm opposing it, not for any good biblical reason or historical reason, just because as a Protestant, I was taught it can't be true. But my prayer has been, God, make me a biblicist to accept anything the Bible teaches, even if it goes against something that I've been taught. Do you get it? Honestly, I'm not lying to him. When I answer the door, if I'm I agonized because I could see the weight of these arguments and I could see my objections

10:48 being destroyed biblically. And then I said to myself, why am I fighting it? I know many Protestant brothers, sisters are upset with me now. But come on, my brothers, my sisters, all the objections you're using, I use. Here are their reputation. Are you truly being biblical? Do you truly want to be a biblicist? Then wrestle with these messages because there is no good argument against community of saints. There's none. There isn't. I'm being honest. There isn't. There's none. The argument that you must be omnicient, omnipresent to your prayers, that's a lie because Revelation 5:13 decimated that. It decimated it. Come on, man. Let's be

11:34 honest to God. Let's be honest to scripture and to the early church that the Holy Spirit was working through for the glory of Christ. Come on. Honestly, what do we got for for opposing it? What do we gain? If it's biblical, historical, let's accept it. Right? So, do you see how Revelation 5:13 decimated this guy's argument? It's not that John understood all the languages. It's the Holy Spirit that filled John made all these languages sound the same in the language that John understood. So you don't need to be omnisient. All you need is the omnisient

12:20 God to inform you in your language they're asking for your intercession. Right now, let's unpack Acts chapter 2. Acts 2:es 1-4. Let's read, guys. And thank Protestant for helping me to help you. When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place, the unified church. Pay attention now. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven. So they they heard a sound audibly as of a rushing mighty wind. By the way, this is a play on words. Pay attention to the rushing mighty wind. It sounded like wind. And it filled the

13:06 whole house where they were sitting. Now watch three and four. Watch three and four. Then there appeared to them. They saw now visibly. It appeared to them with their eyes. They saw something visibly. What did they see? Appeared to them divided tongues. They saw what looked like tongues. But these tongues were of fire. Fire. in the shape of tongues. fire in the shape of tongues. And it was on top of each of them. So each of them was seeing on the other fire in the shape of tongues on each of them as they heard the sound of rushing wind. Okay? One sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance. Okay? Let's unpack

13:53 this. Okay. mighty wind. The word puma in Greek means spirit, wind or breath. Notice the word for spirit is also the word for wind can mean breath. So they heard a wind because that's the sound of the spirit coming. You catching it? Just like Jesus said, the spirit goes wherever it wants, right? You don't preserve where it perceive where it comes from or where it goes. So too are those born of the spirit. But anyway, catch it here. Okay. Second thing, they saw fire in the shape of tongues. Visible fire and shape of tongues on the head of each of

14:39 them as a visible sign. The spirit has come filling them. In other words, they saw the Holy Spirit appear as multiple tongues of fire. So here's the Holy Spirit appearing visibly in the visible form and shape of fire in the shape of a tongue. Why in the shape of a tongue? Because now he's going to give them the ability to speak all different languages, tongues. So far with me? Now let's read. 5 verse 5-13. And there were dwelling in Jerusalem, Jews, devout men from every

15:25 nation under heaven. Acts 25-13. Guys, focus with me, please. Okay? And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together and were confused because everyone heard them. Now, this is key. Listen. Read carefully. Everyone heard them speak in his own language. That is key. You got to understand what you just read. Everyone heard them. They heard the group speak in their own language. Now I'm going to tell you what the miracle is. Same miracle that the Holy Spirit did on John. Okay? Then they were all amazed and marveled saying to one another, "Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? They have the Galilean dialect because they're from Galilee. How is it that we

16:12 hear each in our own language in which we were born? How is it that I'm hearing them speak in my dialect, you're hearing them speak in your dialect, you're hearing them speak in your dialect, but they only know the Galilean dialect. Now, watch here though. Where were they from? Nine all the way to 13. Watch here. Arthians and me. That's Persia. Elilummites, right? Persia, Iraq, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Capidosia, that's Africa, Pontis and Asia, Friia and Pamplayia, Egypt and parts of Libya, adjoining Sirene, Sirene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and procelites, meaning Greeks who converted to Judaism. Greeks who converted to Judaism. Watch here, right?

17:00 Greeks and Arabs, even Arabs, Jews from Arabia, so much for Muhammad. We hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God. So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "Whatever could this mean?" Now I want you to watch verse 13. Verse 13. Watch here. Others mocked, saying, "They are full of new wine." Okay, let's get them eat. Let's get them eat. Notice what the miracle was. When Peter broke out in praise of God and John broke out praise of God, this man who let's say spoke Swahili heard all of them speak Swahili. That man who spoke Arabic heard all of them

17:45 speak in Arabic. That man let's say who spoke Latin heard all of them speak Latin. In other words, it wasn't that Peter was speaking all these languages at once. That's not the miracle. The miracle is when Peter broke out in praise, filled the spirit, the spirit made that man hear him speak in Swahili. Made that woman hear him speak in Latin. Made that one hear him speak in Spanish. That was the miracle. The miracle is similar to John in Revelation. Just like John heard all these people in all these languages speak one language, his language, they were hearing each one

18:31 of them, the entire group speak their language. So if I spoke Latin, I heard them in Latin. But if he spoke Greek, hearing them in Greek. If he spoke, hey man, they're speaking Latin and they're speaking it perfectly. If this guy is saying, no man, they're speaking Greek. That was the miracle. But now let me show you another point that many people miss. Another miracle that the people miss. Here's what they miss. Acts 2:13. We're going to read it again, but now with 14 and 15. Acts 23 and 15. Watch here. Watch here. Reread 13 now with 14 and 15. Read

19:18 with me. Others mocking said they're mocking. They're full of new wine. They sound like they're drunk. Someone who just drank new wine and they're drunk. Keep in mind what they just said. Watch here. But Peter standing up with the 11 and raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea and all of you who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and heed my words, for these are not drunk as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day." Now let me break down the miracle guys. It does not make sense for some of them. It said some of them not all of them thinking that they are drunk off of wine if they could hear them

20:03 speak their dialect perfectly. This reaction only makes sense if there were some who weren't given the gift of the Holy Spirit, the grace of the Holy Spirit to hear them speak in their dialect. So that they were hearing them speak like a drunken man speaking gibberish and slurring because how does a drunken man sound? A drunken woman sound when they're drunk out of their mind. You get it? So notice the confirmation of the point. There were some whom the Holy Spirit had not graced to hear them speak in their dialect perfectly. So all they heard was gibberish and stammering. That's the

20:53 miracle. You get it? You got it. That's why some said it said some, not all. Acts 2:13. Read it again one more time. Let it sink in. Acts 21:13. Yes, it's okay. Go. Don't. Yeah, I know you need attention. No, he's not trying to stab me, guys. Acts 213. So it can sink in. Others Others, not all, mocking said they are full of new wine. Now guys, please justify and explain to me why would they say they're full of new wine if they're hearing them speak their language perfectly. Is that what you

21:39 say? If someone speaks perfect English and say, "Man, dude, you sound like a drunkard who's who's drunk with wine." Does that make sense? Or does it make sense that these individuals were not given the gift of the spirit, the grace of the spirit to hear them speak their dialect perfectly? So that for them it sound like they were stammering, speaking gim gibberish. Ah that's the miracle. So like John in Revelation 5, the miracle of Pentecost is the group of Jesus's followers all filled with the

22:25 spirit to break out in praise of the living God. And each person enabled by the Holy Spirit, the grace Holy Spirit to hear all of them praise God in their particular dialect or tongue perfectly. Just like John heard all peoples of all languages speak the praise of God and the lamb in his language by the same Holy Spirit. Okay. Now did we demolish this guy's objection? Is this objection demolished now? Do you get the reputation of his objection from scripture?

23:11 So if anyone tells you, well, how can any saint in heaven hear all these people in all these languages? Are you saying that John understands Swahili Uru Spanish? You saying he's No, no, no, no. That shows you're an ignorus, biblically illiterate, and you don't know the power and the wonder of the triune God. It's not that John hears all these people speaking their languages. It's that the Holy Spirit reveals to John in his language. This is what they're asking. That's the miracle.