Saturday, May 16, 2009
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Jay's Library Thing:
Theological Word of the Day
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- Atheist Central -- Ray Comfort
- CreationWiki
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- GotQuestions.Org
- HeartCry Missionary Society
- Islam
- JW Files -- Research on Jehovah Witnesses
- Liberty Universtiy
- Living Waters
- Mormonism
- Northeast Poland
- Operation Smile
- Passing Through The Narrow Gate
- Relativism
- Spiritual Breakthroughs: Elmer Towns.com
- The Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry
- The Gospel For Poland
- The Voice of the Martyrs
- Theological Dictionary
- Theopedia -- An Encyclopedia of Biblical Christianity
- Woman With An Issue
Church Blog Theory
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Daniel,
Do you pray to Jesus?
Funny you should ask that, I was looking at that point. I’ll start off with a few questions;
What is prayer?
Who did Jesus pray to?
First question. This is taken from our reference work, Insight On The Scriptures, Vol. 2 p. 667
Prayer: Worshipful address to the true God, or to false gods. Mere speech to God is not necessarily prayer, as is seen in the judgment in Eden and in the case of Cain. (Ge 3:8-13; 4:9-14) Prayer involves devotion, trust, respect, and a sense of dependence on the one to whom the prayer is directed. The various Hebrew and Greek words relating to prayer convey such ideas as to ask, make request, petition, entreat, supplicate, plead, beseech, beg, implore favor, seek, inquire of, as well as to praise, thank, and bless.
Second.
Since we worship the only true God (John 17:3), we pray to the same One who Jesus prayed to. Simply because we ask Jesus for something does not mean we “pray” to him.
Any thoughts on Jah-Jesus?
I believe that your answer is no then.
We are only to pray to God. Throughout Scripture we see continuously that individuals “call upon the name of the LORD”.
Let us examine the Scriptures and see how God is prayed to:
To God--- Psalm 116:4-Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I beseech You, save my life!”
To Jesus--- 1 Corinthians 1:1-2, “Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,…”
To Jesus--- Romans 10:13, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
A different approach...
To God--- Luke 23:46, “And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit”.
To Jesus--- Acts 7:59, “They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”.
A quote from Psalm 31:5, “Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth”.
King David wrote that this was said to the LORD (YHWH) the God of truth”. Jesus prayed it to Father God.
Stephen knew this prayer was from Psalms (as he quoted it exactly), and he knew it was written by King David and that it was to the LORD God, Yet in Stephens hour of death, when he was full with the Holy Spirit (7:55), to whom did he pray? “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
The Apostles and believers of the early church prayed to Jesus Christ, I propose you do the same…
Hi, Jay.
I love your energy and dedication, not to mention the message. :)
I don't know what you mean by linking to you, but I will definitely be a follower. Is there some other way to link to you?
Michelle
http://womanwithanissue.blogspot.com/
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