by Samuel Prasanna on December 18th, 2005

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According to the Bible, should we pray to Jesus or directly to God?

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by Anonymous on December 21st, 2005
Prayers are to be directed to our Heavenly Father, as instructed in Matthew 6:9, and they are to be said in the name of Jesus Christ, as instructed in John 14:13-14.
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by Designer4theking...loves her kitties on September 18th, 2008
No one comes to the Father but thru Jesus Christ.
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by thatsJustme on December 19th, 2007
we pray THROUGH Jesus. Jesus said "anything you ask in my name , it will be given". In Christ's name we pray.
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by RavageBeauty on March 9th, 2006
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Matthew 6:9
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by Thom64 on December 20th, 2005
Jesus told us in Matthew 6:9 "This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven...'"

Jesus instructs us to direct our prayers to the Father who is God.

In another passage believers are encouraged to request things of Jesus giving a precedent for prayer to Jesus.

John 14:13-15 (NIV) "And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name..."

Neither trinitarians nor "oneness" theologies see any problem reconciling the two.
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  by Answers101 on March 19th, 2006
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by jalex137 on December 19th, 2005
If your prayer is in faith, with an attitude of humility and repentance, depending on the sacrifice of Christ to atone for your sin, it doesn't matter. You are free to address any person of the Trinity, as They are in perfect communion (which is how the Three are One in my understanding), with no rivalry. Your prayers, and anything else you do, are mediated and perfected through Christ's atonement. His Blood covers the fact that even your prayers are tinged with sin, and He presents a perfected prayer on your behalf to the Father. The Holy Spirit helps also by praying on your behalf things you don't even know to pray for yourself. (Romans 8:26-27)
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- good answer
  
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  by wfbrad on December 20th, 2005
- Basically, you're supposed to pray to God in Jesus' name because Jesus is our Saviour & through Him we're saved.
  
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  by Answers101 on February 17th, 2006
- It does not make any sense, how?
  
  My opinion is that:
  
  God created Jesus.
  
  God is most high that does not need any human to assist him as a partnership, if so then that would be God and Jesus together, which God Himself Said: I am the only one God worship me Alone. Jesus did not say that. so Jesus is nothing comparing to God, Jesus is just God's creatures.
  
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  by Becool1935 on December 23rd, 2007
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by Answers101 on March 4th, 2006
You pray directly to God through Jesus, our Saviour and mediator for our sins.

I hope this helps to answer your important question!
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- but if jesus is God what is the difference? thus the confusion if you believe in the trinity!
  
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  by autumn leaves on December 17th, 2008
- i am not of the trinity belief, but there are references that the Holy Spirit is our prayer mediator..HE intercedes,God's Helper, which is God too but we aren't to address the Holy Spirit as only God sends the Helper, Comforter...I am a believer of the Godhead, ONE GOD, 3 distinct personalities..with HIM , all things are possible....
  
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  by thatsJustme on February 19th, 2009
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by Revelator on February 6th, 2006
According to Bible we should pray to God Almighty through Jesus's Name. Only through Jesus. One God One Mediator. No Trinity or triethism......
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- If there is no trinity or Trithism, then why does the Lord's prayer end with "in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen." ?????
  
  Looks pretty clear to me that we are taught in this prayer that all three are important (and in that order).
  
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  by bluebell on August 22nd, 2008
- John 10:30 "I and my Father are One"
  Tritheism. We don't believe in three gods, we believe in one eternal being, God, whose being supports three consciousnesses which we call Persons.
  And the Trinity is an essential part of Christian doctrine! Without it there is no salvation! Jehovah's Witness, Mormons, and Unitarians will be cast into the fiery pits of hell where the shrieking never ceases and the wormwood twists in agony. Hell is destruction; you will enter a state of Having Been a person, eternally seperate from God.
  
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  by GreatScottie on October 24th, 2008
- It is true that the Bible does mention or put the Father, the Son and the holy spirit together.Matthew 28:19 and 2 Corinthians 13:14 are instances of this. Neither of these texts says that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are coequal or coeternal or that all are God. We need to examine closely what the Bible really says and as I have previously mentioned there is no scripture that says that God and Jesus are equal in the way the trinity doctrine states.
  
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  by Anonymous on February 20th, 2009
- The trinity doctrine teaches that the Father, the Son and the holy spirit are all co-equal in eternity, power, wisdom but what does the Bible say. Search as you may, you will not find one scripture that uses the word Trinity, nor will you find any that says that Father, Son, and holy spirit are equal in all ways, such as in eternity, power, position, and wisdom. Not even a single scripture says that the Son is equal to the Father in those ways—and if there were such a scripture, it would establish not a Trinity but at most a “duality.” Nowhere does the Bible equate the holy spirit with the Father.
  
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  by Anonymous on February 20th, 2009
- The one they added at 1John 5:7 to try to prove the Trinity comes close though. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1John5:7-8;&version=31;77;51;72;47;
  Jesus clarified things at John 17:3.
  http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Cor8:5-6;John17:1-3;John10:34;Psalms82:6;Psalms83:18;&version=49;15;9;16;77;
  
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  by Texasescimo on April 4th, 2009
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by Randoley on August 3rd, 2009
They are the same person, so it doesn't matter.
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by solomon_revival on July 28th, 2009
"Jesus said: No one can come to the father except through me"

This refers all sort of forgiveness,previleges,blessings, protection and everything else.

PRAYERS TO THE FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST
like this: O my loving heavenly father! I come to you in the matchless name of Lord Jesus Christ. Right now cleanse me by the blood of Jesus and listen to this prayer(there is every possibility to be defiled)............(add your requests or prayers) and (say at the end of prayer) I ask this prayer in the name of Jesus. Amen
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by Anonymous on February 19th, 2009
Pray with your whole heart, your whole mind & your whole soul. You can direct your prayers either to Christ the Savior or God the Father for they are One. Remember that Christ said "My Father & I are One" ((John 10:30). It is not the technicality that matters, it is the prayer of the heart that matters most. Peace.
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by Anonymous on December 16th, 2008
We should pray BOTH to Jesus (God the Son) and to God the Father. Look at the following examples:

Jesus taught us to pray to the Father in the "Lord's Prayer" look at Matthew 6:9, Luke 11:2 "Our Father in heaven..."

Jesus also told us to pray to him: John 14:12-17

Here Jesus tells us that if we pray to Jesus (whilst he is with the Father) then we will be more effective on earth than Jesus was in the gospels. That is Jesus has chosen to work on earth through people who pray. As an example of what pray can do, we received the Holy Spirit only after Jesus prayed that we would.
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by Mephistopheles on October 24th, 2008
Does it make a difference? The results are the same: nothing
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by Occams Electric Razor on September 18th, 2008
wwjd?
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by wfbrad on December 20th, 2005
Jalex is right. When you pray to the Father, or Lord, or Lord God or however you start your prayer it is addressed to God. Jesus, Jehova and the Holy Spirit all hear the prayer. It does not matter which name you use, they are all God.

Now there is only one way to the Father, and that is through Jesus Christ. I believe that this is talking about for salvation, and not prayer, but arguments could be made either way. Without being under the blood of Christ, God will not even listen to your prayer, as you are stained with sin. He cannot look on sin.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The Bible also says that Jesus is there making intercession for all of His Saints, as mediator.

1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

This is speaking of obtaining forgiveness. Then there is the beautiful verse in Hebrews,

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

That is where God sits, freely bestowing forgivness and Grace on His repentant children. When you ask with a contrite heart, God gives it.

Do these verses prove that Jesus hears all prayer? Yes. God is a Trinity though, if Jesus hears it so do the others.
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by Breakfast on February 19th, 2009
Read the Bible if you are looking for an answer "according to the Bible". Trust noone.
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by beautifful88 on January 13th, 2011
IN JESUS NAME I READ IT DONT KNOW THE SCRIPTURE
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by Nelvan on February 12th, 2011
AFTER THIS MANNER
(Mt 6:9) Jesus instructed that prayer should be after this manner, Address the Father in heaven, with reverence to His name. Pray for the coming of His kingdom, His will to be done here on earth, ask and be thankful for His daily provision and continued forgiveness along with the ability to forgive others, seek daily deliverance from evil, recognizing that we are citizens of His Kingdom, operating under His power, and are to glorify Him by our lip and life forever. Amen
Nelvan Evans
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by mhinkle87 on January 13th, 2011
We are to pray to the Father in Messiahs NAME.

Acts 4:12 "And there is no deliverance in anyone else, for there is no other NAME under the heaven given among men by which we need to be saved."

And what is his name? His name is Yahushua not Jesus. The name Jesus actually derived from the name of the greek goddess of healing Iesous.
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by answerbag on July 23rd, 2010
Who exactly is Jesus? An angel? A Prophet? Just a good man? A created being but one that is lower than God? A great article from the Bible which explains who Jesus is...

http://willfults.com/who-is-jesus/
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by nick batchelor on March 3rd, 2010
Neither. We do not pray directly to God but "in Jesus name," in other words "through" Jesus. This is what the Bible unites to tell us.

Jehovah bless!

Nick
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by Neodarwinian49 on February 12th, 2011
What possible difference would it make?
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by Shernise_D on February 23rd, 2011
God and Jesus is the same thing... They are one. Stop going on website to find your answer its in the bible. The bible says that there is One Lord, One Faith and One baptisim.. God is called Lord and Jesus too is called Lord. God is the spirit where Jesus is God wrap in humanly flesh God couldnt send himself to save his ppl because he is a spirit. Read the Holy Bible you can learn the real facts from it...
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by That Woman over there on November 6th, 2008
Jesus told his disciples that when they pray, they are to pray, "Our Father, who art in Heaven..."
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by MrJosh on October 24th, 2008
When I was a kid, I was taught to pray TO god THROUGH Jesus, sort of like an intermediary. They I was told to have a personal relationship with god. Just another one of the problems that couldn't be reconciled.
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by singingpunter on October 24th, 2008
Stephen prayed to Jesus, Acts 7:59. Also, Paul prayed to Jesus in 2 Cor 12:8-12. John prayed to Jesus in Rev 22:20.
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by Jorell on September 17th, 2008
You can pray to the father OR Jesus.

The KJV reads John 14:13-14

"13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

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In correct translation, John 14:14 reads, "if you ask ME in MY OWN name, I will do it."

The repetition in the KJV is confusing without the correction.

First he says, if you ask the FATHER in MY NAME, I'LL do it.

Second he says, if you ask ME in MY OWN NAME, I'LL do it.
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by nick batchelor on March 3rd, 2010
Neither. We do not pray directly to God but "in Jesus name," in other words "through" Jesus. This is what the Bible unites to tell us.

Jehovah bless!

Nick
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