Yes, JR, they teach that too. The point here is that the WTS teaches that all people must pray through Jesus only, not saints or Mary, and they base this on 1 Timothy 2:5 where it says Jesus is the only mediator and thus he is the only one we can pray through. If Jesus is only the mediator for 144,000, then who do the rest of mankind pray through?*** w97 2/15 28 Agreement Between "God's Temple" and Idols in Greece? ***
Furthermore, in a very clear way, the Scriptures rule out the idea of praying to "saints" in order for them to act as intercessors with God. In his model prayer, Jesus taught that prayers are to be addressed to the Father only, since he directed his disciples: "You must pray, then, this way: Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified." (Matthew 6:9) Jesus further stated: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it." And the apostle Paul stated: "There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus."John 14:6, 14; 1 Timothy 2:5.
Furthermore, in a very clear way, the Scriptures rule out the idea of praying to "saints" in order for them to act as intercessors with God. In his model prayer, Jesus taught that prayers are to be addressed to the Father only, since he directed his disciples: "You must pray, then, this way: Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified." (Matthew 6:9) Jesus further stated: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it." And the apostle Paul stated: "There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus."John 14:6, 14; 1 Timothy 2:5.