Christians, do you pray to God or to Jesus?

Question

When you pray, do you pray to God himself or to His son, Jesus?

Answer 1

traditions differ from truth sometimes

Never to Jesus
Always to God

From Abel to Abraham/Isaac, prayers were to God with a burnt animal sacrifice, because after we fell, unfallen animals were closer to God than us. They didn't pray to the sacrifice, but to God in the name of the sacrifice.

From Abraham to Jesus, Prayers were to "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, since after those 3 generations Jacob was given the name "Israel" (victor of faith) Gen 32:28. Although the fathers of faith were seen as closer to God, prayers were not to them.

Jesus always reminded us God, the Father was the only one. The Father knows more of what we need and how to get it to us. Jesus was the sacrifice, so much higher than us, which is why when we pray in the names of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, it is so much better than an animal sacrifice.

Answer 2

Since Jesus is God the Son, what difference does it make?
We pray to God, with Jesus as the open door.

Answer 3

To most Christians, Jesus is God (I would say all, but there may be some sects that may treat them differently). To pray to Jesus is the same as praying to God himself. While this may seem be in conflict with the Lord's prayer; "Our Father" tends to lend credence that the Father is more important or powerful than the son, Jesus also said that "The father and I are one", linking Jesus and God together. Additionally, Catholics believe in the indivisibility of the trinity, which links the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Jesus is the main focus for Christians, as he came to Earth, became flesh, and sacrificed himself for our sins. Most Christians pray to Jesus, but again, to them they are one in the same.

Answer 4

Before Jesus Christ, people usually went to the priests who in turn went to the High Priest who asked God for them (sometimes they asked God directly, especially when there were not priests). Today Jesus Christ is our High Priest, so we can go to Him to ask God.

Jesus is not only a man, not only the High Priest, but also God Himself. This is how and why we now have direct access to God. It is also how we have an advocate with God, Jesus acts on our behalf so that we can be heard, even if we do not deserve to be heard. Jesus Christ is the only Way to God.

So the answer is, we pray to God through Jesus Christ (who, in turn, is God Himself).

Answer 5

The Father (God), Son (Jesus), and Holy Spirit are all three the same person - so it is okay to pray to either of the three. You can pray to God just as you would to Jesus, or to the Holy Spirit as you would to God.

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Answer 6

Pray to the Father in the name of Jesus.

Answer 7

I pray to Jehovah in the name of Jesus.
Jesus taught his followers to pray to “our Father in the heavens.” (Matthew 6:9) Our prayers, then, must be directed only to Jehovah God. However, Jehovah requires that we acknowledge the position of his only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus was sent to the earth to serve as a ransom to redeem us from sin and death. (John 3:16; Romans 5:12) He is the appointed High Priest and Judge. (John 5:22; Hebrews 6:20) Hence, the Scriptures direct us to offer our prayers through Jesus. He himself said: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)
For our prayers to be heard, we must pray only to Jehovah God through his Son Jesus Christ.

Answer 8

I pray to God through Jesus
There is not but one way to the Father and that is by me (Jesus)

Answer 9

To God in the name of Jesus

Answer 10

I usually pray to Jesus. And Jesus sometimes directs me to His Father & then I pray to Father God.

If we sin, it is best to confess our sin to Jesus, and He Is faithful & just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from it.

I have prayed more often to Father God since I read http://www.fathersloveletter.com back in early 2006.

To, me God is Elohim (plural of Alh). Elohim is God the Father, Word & Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is the connection to Father God, and the Word put on flesh and in His humanity atoned for our sins on the cross & raised from the death for us. The Word is Jesus Christ the Lord.

I worship God the Father, Word & Holy Spirit, and also the Resurrected Jesus Christ the Lord. God has highly exalted Him with the Name above all names, that at the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow & tongue confess, "Jesus Christ is LORD." to the Glory of the Father.