{"id":1200,"date":"2011-12-23T18:46:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T01:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.jimonline.org\/theosguy\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2011-12-23T18:46:09","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T01:46:09","slug":"praying-to-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jimonline.org\/theosguy\/2011\/12\/23\/praying-to-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying to Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a common question of whether or not it is right to also pray to Jesus, rather than just to the Father. Here is a passage from the New Testament that would indicate that it is appropriate to pray to Jesus.<\/p>\n

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“Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.”—John 14:13-14 (NASB) <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In addition, the following thoughts are from Wayne Grudem’s audio message, “Jesus as Prophet and Priest” at approximately 26 minutes into the message.<\/p>\n

Best to look to to Epistles of the New Testament.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. In Acts 7:59, where Stephen prayed “Lord Jesus receive my spirit.” The word “Lord” (kurios<\/em>) most often refers in the New Testament to Christ, while “God” refers most often, in context, to the Father.<\/li>\n
  2. In Acts 1, when choosing the the apostolic replacement for Judas: “Lord show us which one to choose.” Prayer to Christ (see 1 above re: “Lord”). <\/li>\n
  3. “Maranatha (Lord Come)” is a prayer to Jesus Christ (see 1 above re: “Lord”). See Rev 22:20 NASB and 1 Cor 16:22 NASB<\/li>\n
  4. Paul prays to the Lord in 2 Cor 12 (see 1 above re: “Lord”).<\/li>\n
  5. The epistle of Hebrews generally denotes Jesus as our mediator and high priest (e.g., Hebr 8:1, 6), and therefore it would seem appropriate for Him to receive our requests.<\/li>\n
  6. Anytime during the Gospels where someone made a request to Jesus to heal, raise from the dead, to save, etc. was the same as we consider of prayer requests (e.g., Mat 8:1-10).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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