Friends, we never ever pray for someones soul to rest in peace once they depart from the land of the living. That is a catholic and non biblical tradition. Please read below excerpt from one of the articles I came across. Let us follow only sound Biblical doctrines. The link with such a practice as praying for the dead should immediately alert us to the unscriptural meaning of Rest in Peace. The praying for the dead as so commonly practiced in the Roman Catholic Church is inextricably linked with the doctrine of purgatory, and the belief that their prayers can continue to be of benefit to those who have died. A prayer from the Liturgy of Hours includes these words and is described as a partial indulgence for souls in purgatory. (The wealth that the false notion of purgatory generates for the Church of Rome is such that it is never likely to dismiss it!) The Bible however knows of no such place as purgatory, but teaches that at their death the souls of believers immediately pass into glory, and those who have rejected. Our prayers are of benefit to no-one once they have passed from this scene of time, indeed King David upon the sickness of his child prayed and waited upon the Lord, yet when the child died he arose and left off his praying. Although we may say it innocently, and with good intentions, to wish someone to rest in peace in but a prayer for the dead, nothing but Romish superstition.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:42:42 +0000
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