Don't they count, also?
2007-04-30 15:02:03 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christians generally pray to God in Jesus' name. He is our mediator.
2007-04-30 15:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by conni 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
True Christians generally don't pray to Jesus, they should be praying to God thru Jesus. This is done because Jesus serves as a mediator between God and humans. We recognize that praying to God is our means of communicating with Him. Psalms 65:2 refers to God as being the "Hearer of Prayer" and Psalms 66:19 mentions how it is God that has heard and paid attention to prayer. At Matthew 6:9 Jesus gives instruction and example of how ones should pray. Starting a verse 10 of the same book and chapter Jesus gives us a model prayer to follow and it is addressed to his Heavenly Father, not himself. Mark 11: 24, 25 helps us to appreciate that it is God that answers our prayers and so likewise it would make sense that He is one that we are directing our prayers to (or communicating with.)
On another note, Jehovah God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are not a Trinity. Trinity is a word that was never found in the Holy Scriptures. Jehovah and Jesus are two individual beings and the Holy Spirit is God's active force. Deuteronomy 6:4 refers to our God as being ONE God, not three. Colossians 1:15 mentions that Jesus is the firstborn of all creation and so this lets us know the He was created by God. At John 14:28 Jesus acknowledges that God is greater than he is and holds a much higher position than that of Jesus. And Psalms 104:30 helps to see that God's Holy Spirit is his active force in which he directs to carry out his purposes, it is not an individual being.
2007-04-30 15:38:33 · answer #2 · answered by sweetheart25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acutally Christians Do.
The most common rotation, that I have atlest seen or heard, is the common use of OhFatherGod. Now as this is repeated, one is pretty much adressing the Trinity. Oh as the Spirit, Father as Jesus, and God as,,,,, God.
Plus any one is of the other. It is not really 3 seperate dieties, but just an extension of 1 whole. Like a Nerve cell has an Axon, Dendrite, and A Cell Nucleus. The Axon could be Jesus, a Dendrite, could be the Holy Spirit, and the Nucleus God.
2007-04-30 15:06:24 · answer #3 · answered by Panda WafflesZilla 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not all Christian believe in the Trinity. They believe in God and Jesus but not necessarily the Holy Spirit. I know Catholics believe in the Trinity but I'm not sure what other Christian denominations believe in the Trinity. Catholics pray to all three members of the Trinity and they all are equal so they all count.
2007-04-30 15:10:01 · answer #4 · answered by whalenfree 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is setting on the Fathers right side, making restitution for our prayers, we pray to the Father in Jesus' name. Jesus receives the prayer, and then presents it to the Father, as a lawyer would in court.
2007-04-30 17:19:57 · answer #5 · answered by Auburn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'They' are 'He'. The trinity refers to God in three forms .. Father .. the Son .. the Holy Ghost. It's all the same person. Like the water analogy. Water can be in the form of water, ice, or steam .. .but it's all still water. I've heard people pray to "Father" or "Jesus" or "Lord" .. there's many variations.
2007-04-30 15:06:56 · answer #6 · answered by Alicia 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because Jesus told us to pray to the Lord God our Father in Heaven in the name of Jesus. To put it in a paraphrase, He who goes to the Father in My name, to him it shall be given. Of course this would be as long as you pray in accordance to God's will. Although there are times when it seems that God even gives what we ask for when it isn't good to teach us that it is better to follow God's will instead of our own. But, I digress. I hope this answer helped.
2007-04-30 15:09:15 · answer #7 · answered by celticwarrior7758 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because all three Jesus, God, and the Holy spirit are considered one, so if you pray to Jesus you are praying to all three which is why Christianity is considered as having only one God not multiples.
2007-04-30 15:07:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I pray to the Father, the Lord(which coud be either) Jesus and Christ. I usually don't pray to the Holy Spirit. Although I never thought of it. I pray for the Holy Spirit but not too him. Good question. I think I'll try it.
2007-04-30 15:06:29 · answer #9 · answered by linnea13 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
actually they mostly pray to the Father, sometimes pray to the Son and occationally pray to the Spirit
probably because thats about the relative amounts of examples of prayer in the new testament... where usually the prayers are to the Father
of course there is always the sign of the cross where they say "in the name (singular) of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit ... Amen" which is according to the great commission in Matthew
2007-04-30 15:06:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋