Why do people pray to jesus instead of his father in heaven,GOD?

Question

If I was god and i gave my only son to die by the hands of idiots to remove sins from man, Well that doesnt even make any sence for god to do that.
For god could do that with out putting his son through that he's god!
But saying he did do that isnt god the one making the sacrafice giving his only son to die a horrible death.
And you dont thank god that he would give his only son?
Thats not right.
I think the bible has been altered to do the oppisite offend god.
The bible says have no graven images so what do we do, carry a crusified jesus around and put life size ones in the church complete with blood and nails.
Thats not right.

Answer 1

some people believe god and jesus are the same ,

Answer 2

Well, you know, I dont' want to reply you in a way that might feel over zealous, but have you ever read the Bible at all? God's ways ar mysterious. They are not definite like science. Nobody can predict God, nobody know when he strikes or will do the things he will do. He works under no one. Let's not forget that although God's Son may be dead in the flesh, he is alive in the Spirit. All God needs to do now is just look over his right shoulder and His Son is there. Right where he should be. Basking in His Father's glory.

Answer 3

God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit/Ghost are all the same entity. They comprise the Holy Trinity. People just choose which ever suits their particular need. God is the Big Guy, The Creator. Jesus is called His son, but is really God made flesh, subject to all the same fears and weaknesses that we as human experience. The Holy Spirit is what we call God when he enters our heart and souls when we confirm our christian beliefs. He is central to the idea of Faith and the ability to live the faith and spread the good word.
God, incidentally is also known as the Word. But mostly people pray to either God or Jesus.
The idea of the Holy Trinity is one of the sacred mysteries of the Christian Faith.
So in essence people praying to Jesus are praying to the form of God that has been through Human temptation just like ourselves and who has walked here on Earth in flesh like ourselves. Perhaps they feel closer to that form of God?
AS to your further comments you may have a point to make but it would help if you were to do a spell check before submitting your question! Good luck with your quest for the truth.

Answer 4

John 14:6 Jesus answered: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." I guess if that's what Jesus wants then that is what Jesus gets. Who am I to tell God he's wrong.
God sent His son to die because He's God. God, by His nature, is absolute in all His ways. He is perfectly Holy which means that He can not allow those that rebel against Him to remain in His presence. Man rebelled so man had to be removed from His presence.
But God loved His creation "Man" and He wanted to have them with Him in Heaven. Besides being Holy God is also Just. This means that everyone must receive the punishment or reward that his actions merit. For man that would be eternal separation from God (Hell).
In order for His loved creation to be with Him He needed a substitute sacrifice to take the punishment that man deserved. That Substitute Sacrifice was Jesus. Jesus was and is God and He came of His own free will. (John 10:15 "just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep.") No one forces God to do anything. If He hadn't done it of His own free will it wouldn't have happened.
Those that wish to accept, of their own free will, this sacrifice as their "atonement" may by believing that God did this for them and then telling God that they believe and accept it.
They also need to ask God to forgive them for their rebelliousness (sin) that caused God to have to come and take their punishment.
Simple but very, very hard to do, because people really, really want to go their own way.

Answer 5

All prayers are addressed to God the Father through Jesus. This is quite ok. We need intermediaries. Jesus is God's own Son. What is really important is that you pray.

Answer 6

As no one of us can really understand God.
Jesus was sent as a mediator between God and man.
Man has not understand Jesus, who was and is trying to tell us something: God, Love, Life, Death etc.
Last words were out from Jesus: My Father in Heaven forgive them as they don't know what they are doing.
Very strong words to say, being on your last breaths.

Answer 7

You need pastoral help for you to have the bible explained to you correctly. As for your question it's in the bible we are to pray to god through his son Jesus Christ. Everything is through Jesus that's how god made it. Not all churches do as you say. You truly need religious help.

Answer 8

People pray to Jesus instead of His Father becaues they do not study their Bibles! In Luke chapter 11, the disciples ask Jesus how to pray. He replies, "When you pray, say this, "Our Father, ... Many (if not all) of our "high churches" repeat this model prayer each Sunday, but do they ever think about it? I have to wonder! I suspect that in most cases, it is just a mindless recitation of words.

Paul tells us that we can come boldly to the throne of grace. Whose grace gave us Jesus? It was the Fathers!

I've even heard pasters pray "in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost". This is completly inconsistant with scripture. We are to be praying in the name of Jesus, but it does not mean tacking some mystical phrase on to the end of our prayers! It means that, as Christians, we are representitives of Him and are to be praying in accordance with His will. That is what it means to be praying in the name of Jesus. How can you pray to the Father as a representitive of the Father? That dosn't even make sense! And as far as praying in the name of the Holy Spirit...where did that come from? No where in scripture is there even some obscure referance to praying in the name of the Holy Spirit!

So, people pray to Jesus out of ignorance. And in most cases (not all cases, it does take time to learn, but why aren't the churches teaching) it is willful ignorance!

Answer 9

OK idiot - if you actually read your bible you will know that Jesus said - right before his persecution and crucifixion that the only way to get to his Father is through him!

"Nobody get's to the Father, except by me and who so ever believes in my Father, also believes in me!"...

Answer 10

I can only tell you that you are thinking from ahuman perspective but not a spiritual one. So what I can tell you is that Gods ways are mysterious and he is full of compussion so he doesnt do things like we do.