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- Jesus says He and the Father are one; this means that God and Jesus are one, so there is no difference between praying to God and praying to Jesus. However, Jesus taught his disciples to direct their prayers to God the Father through Him—Jesus, who is God the Son.
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So when we are praying to Jesus we are praying to God, because Jesus is God the Father's Name "Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”" (John 12:28 NKJV)
- Introduction
- The Lord’s Prayer 2
- Jesus Accepted Prayers of Praise and Petition
- Concluding Remarks
- Bibliography
Once while doing a weekend seminar on the cults, I took a few students on a field trip to a Kingdom Hall. That Sunday morning, a Jehovah’s Witness leader gave the Bible lesson on prayer. One of his major points was that “Jehovah has not delegated prayer to the angels or to Jesus. Jehovah has reserved prayer only for himself.” After the service, I a...
Does the fact that this model prayer addresses the Father and not the Son mean that we are never to address the Son (or the Spirit) in prayer? No. By giving us a model prayer, Jesus did not limit our prayers to a certain structure or verbiage. Otherwise, we would need to eliminate using the words “in Jesus’ name,” since they do not appear in the Lo...
Some might say that prayers of praise to Jesus are legitimate while prayers of petition are not. I will argue that Jesusaccepted and still accepts both kinds of prayer. Take note of both in the examples shown below.
Because Jesus is so interested in having a personal relationship with each of us, we as Christians would make a serious mistake to feel as though we shouldn’t address the Son (and even the Spirit) in prayer. A personal relationship with Jesus naturally involves communing with Him, expressing commitment to Him, expressing one’s dependence on Him, as...
Barnes, Albert. Notes on the Bible. Retrieved 10-25-2011 from barnes.biblecommenter.com. Book of Common Prayer(1979 U.S.). New York: Oxford University Press. Clarke, Adam. Commentary on the Bible. Retrieved 10-25-2011 from clarke.biblecommenter.com/2_corinthians/13.htm. Holy Bible,New American Standard Version. Hurtado, Larry. 2003. Lord Jesus Chri...
- Dr. Mark Bird
When a Jehovah’s Witness says that we should not pray to Jesus because He is not Almighty God, we can counter that we should pray to Jesus because He is Almighty God, and thus One who expects expressions of worship.50
- Dr. Mark Bird
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
Apr 22, 2020 · Regardless of whether prayer does any good, if God commands us to pray, we must pray. It is reason enough that the Lord God of the universe, the Creator and Sustainer of all things, commands it. Yet He not only commands us to pray, but also invites us to make our requests known.
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.
Jan 26, 2023 · In Romans 8:26-27 it says: “the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans”. Astonishingly, this means we are somehow caught up as part of God’s triune life when we pray. Especially in Eastern Christianity, prayer is about being part of the inner life of God.
