The answered prayer

Ade

John 14:12 "most assuredly, I say to you, He who believes in Me,The works that i do he will do also;and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.13"And whatever you ask in my Name, that I will do, That the Father may be glorified in the Son 14:If you ask anything in my name, I will do it"

I understand that we ask for our prayers to be answered through Jesus name as Jesus is the Amen.Many will give a different answer to this question from the Trinitarian/non trinitarian viewpoint.Jesus says here that He will answer your prayers if you ask in His name. Does this mean it is ok to request from Jesus during the prayer. Or should we just ask the Father in Jesus name.

all the best
Ade

TheKings

i have the same question...

but how i see it is it doesn't matter as long as your heart is in the right place.

Ade

Hi King,
I see what you mean as the scripture states that "That the Father may be glorified in the Son"
so this seems to say that either the Father or The Son will answer your prayers , but then we have Jesus telling us to pray to the Father.

all the best
Ade

TheKings

it would be like god not taking a look at a document he was mailed just because someone forgot to check a certain box .

Perry

Why did Stephen commit his spirit to Jesus at the momoent of his death instead of to the Father?

55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!" 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Ade

Thats an excellent point i hadnt considered Perry , many thanks .

its a similar point to Thomas saying "My Lord and My God" although some will discard this saying, he was pointing out that Jesus was the express image of God, that explanation seems out of context for the occasion.

Ade

TheKings

good points

bennyk

Why did Stephen commit his spirit to Jesus at the momoent of his death instead of to the Father?

See John 5:21,25-29.

proplog2

You need to liberate yourself from ALL magical thinking. I have never really had an unambiguous answer to a prayer. I have had things turn out exceptionally well after praying and I have had things descend into a tragic hell after praying.

Humans easily believe in the "follows after therefore caused by" fallacy.

Some people pray and the rapist gets scared off. Others pray and the rape proceeds.

buffalosrfree

Prayer is like being a friend of your thoughts. You mumble or say prayers in hopes that someone or something out there somewhere is listening to you, then one day you wake up and realize that the person or thing listening is just you. No one responds to your prayers, no one talks back to you,

How do you correspond with someone/something that doesnt communicate back to you. This nonsense that well god has the elders, or another witness, or you read something in some watchtower or awake that answers you question(s) as being you answer is just balogna.

How would you like it if talking confidentially to one of you friends and they don't respond back to you in anyway, you wouldn't be calling that person a friend for very long, We need feedback, being ignored isn't a sign of a friend.

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