Post by NativeMan (@EdoBoy)
@dvdmbang I appreciate your comment on my post earlier today on ASH WEDNESDAY, and I also appreciate your passion for protecting biblical truth. However, calling Ash Wednesday idolatry is a serious theological claim that requires biblical definition.
Idolatry, biblically, is the worship of something as God (Exodus 20:3–5).
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NativeMan: The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are not worshipped, prayed to, or treated as divine. They are a symbol of repentance, just as sackcloth and ashes were throughout Scripture.
The Bible clearly records God’s people using ashes as an outward sign of inward humility:
Daniel 9:3 — Daniel fasted in sackclo...
The Bible clearly records God’s people using ashes as an outward sign of inward humility:
Daniel 9:3 — Daniel fasted in sackclo...
NativeMan: Ash Wednesday stands within that same biblical pattern, a visible sign pointing to spiritual repentance. The ash has no power. It is not an object of devotion. It is a reminder of Genesis 3:19 and our need for grace.
If anything, dismissing a historic Christian practice as idolatry without biblical...
If anything, dismissing a historic Christian practice as idolatry without biblical...
NativeMan: It is interesting how some quickly label every Catholic symbol as “idolatry,” yet remain silent when oil, handkerchiefs, miracle water, or “prophetic items” are sold for money.
If ashes used as a symbol of repentance are idolatry, how is selling olive oil, miracle water, or “anointed” items not a gr...
If ashes used as a symbol of repentance are idolatry, how is selling olive oil, miracle water, or “anointed” items not a gr...
NativeMan: In conclusion, Ash Wednesday is a symbolic act of humility not idolatry.
Thank you my brother.
Thank you my brother.