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Dec 18, 2012 · Many Christians pray to Jesus. But are they right to do so? It’s certainly a good question. I believe there are at least two sound reasons to pray to Jesus—-one theological and one scriptural. The theological reason is that prayer is talking to God.
- Graham Cole
Aug 23, 2022 · Jesus teaches us to pray to the Father. When his disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, this is how he instructed them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father…’” (Luke 11:1-2). In prayer, we are to address God the Father. This is to be the norm; it is the pattern Jesus gives us to follow.
- 1 Jesus and The Holy Spirit
- 2 Speaking Through Jesus
- 3 Christ’s Model Prayer
- 4 Stephen, Saul, and Ananias
- 5 Going Directly to The Father
- 6 The Prayer in Revelation
- 7 The Prayer in Hebrews
Hebrews 4:14-16 etc
When we come to the Father, Jesus the Son is our advocate and great High Priest. Jesus, together with the Holy Spirit, provides us access to the Father and to the throne of grace (Romans 8:26-27,34, 1John 2:1, Hebrews 4:14-16). When we correctly understand the work of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, we realise something important. They need to hear our prayers to intercede and advocate for us. Therefore, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, are all listening and responding when we pray...
Ephesians 2:18, Jude 1:20
Paul says, "Through Christ we, both Jew and Gentile, have access to the Father in one Spirit" (Ephesians 2:18). It is argued that we approach and engage with the Father through Christ and therefore we do not pray to Christ, but only through him. There’s a similar argument regarding the Holy Spirit. We pray "in the Holy Spirit" (Jude 1:20). So (the argument goes) we do not pray to the Spirit but only inhim. However this argument about prepositions misses the point we made earlier, that we come...
Matthew 6:9-13
When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, he began his model prayer with "Our Father in heaven…" (Matthew 6:9). It is said that this model requires our prayers to be addressed to God our Father alone. However Jesus attributed other things to his Father, without excluding himself from those things. When Jesus said to the Father, “Hallowed be your name”, that did not mean that only the Father’s name was to be hallowed. Likewise, when Jesus prayed to his Father, “Your kingdom come”, that did not...
Acts 7 to 9
Stephen, Saul, and Ananias experienced visions of Jesus. He spoke to them and they spoke to him. These were real conversations and took place after Jesus had ascended to heaven. They are recorded in Acts chapters 7-9. Some say that because these examples of men speaking to Jesus were about miraculous visions, they don't count as examples of normal prayer. However all prayer is miraculous. You are talking to God. That isn't a thing that takes place by natural laws. Furthermore, why should a mi...
John 16:1-28, cf John 14:14.
Jesus told his disciples that in a little while they would not see him, then in a little while again they would see him, and then he would go to his Father. This puzzled them, and they wanted to ask him about it, but they were reticent. Jesus knew this so he answered their question without being asked (John 16:16-22). Jesus said that when they saw him again they would rejoice. He also said, "In that day you will ask me nothing... in that day you will ask in my name but I do not say that I wil...
Revelation 4-5
In Revelation chapters 4 and 5, John was given a vision of a Lamb who took a scroll from the right hand of the Majesty on the throne in heaven. Then those who had been worshipping the Majesty fell down before the Lamb and worshipped him as well. They sang prayer songs to him, and ascribed the same power and honour and glory to the Lamb as to the Majesty on the throne. Each worshipper had a harp and golden bowls full of incense which, we are told, "are the prayers of the saints". The golden bo...
Hebrews 1:8-9
Hebrews 1:8-9 is quoted from Psalm 45:6-7. This is a prayer to Christ in ancient scripture. The Hebrew writer quotes it as the heavenly Father speaking to his Son. That is correct because the prayer is scripture and scripture is the word of God. Nevertheless the prayer, although inspired by God, was penned by a human being as a prayer to Christ. Now imagine you repeated that prayer and said, “Your throne O God is forever and ever”. Would you add a disclaimer, “I say this not to Christ, but to...
Jan 26, 2023 · Q: In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus appears to guide us to direct our prayers to the Father. However, I often hear Christians praying directly to Jesus. Is this wrong? Is it a misunderstanding of the Trinity?
Jesus himself says to pray to the Father: This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. So why don't Christians simply pray as Jesus taught? Jesus did say that if we pray "in his name" then we will be given what we pray for.
Jan 4, 2022 · The Bible allows for prayer to one or all three, because all three are one. To the Father we pray with the psalmist, “Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray” (Psalm 5:2). To the Lord Jesus, we pray as to the Father because they are equal. Prayer to one member of the Trinity is prayer to all.
Aug 29, 2014 · (Hebrews 4:14–16) “Pray to the Father in the power of the Spirit, in the name or by the authority and the merit of the Son. That is the Bible’s trinitarian prayer structure.” We only can come to God in prayer pleading for grace, because we have a high priest, which is why we pray in Jesus’ name.
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