Abd_Yesua_alMasih
Puritan Board Junior
This has confused me a bit since becoming Reformed and I am wondering who is prayer supposed to be made to? Charismatics/Pentacostals can come up with a lot of answers but I am wondering what the Reformed/Biblical answer is?
My first thoughts are as follows (please correct me if I am wrong) - prayer is to be made to God the Father Almighty through (and in the name of) Jesus Christ who is our mediator. Is this correct? My support for such a view comes from - 1 Timothy 2:5 which says, "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, " Hebrews 12:22-24 in a condensed version says, "But you have come to ... Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant..."
Again when Christ was asked how we should pray he said, "Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." (Matthew 6:9).
What are your thoughts?
My first thoughts are as follows (please correct me if I am wrong) - prayer is to be made to God the Father Almighty through (and in the name of) Jesus Christ who is our mediator. Is this correct? My support for such a view comes from - 1 Timothy 2:5 which says, "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, " Hebrews 12:22-24 in a condensed version says, "But you have come to ... Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant..."
Again when Christ was asked how we should pray he said, "Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." (Matthew 6:9).
What are your thoughts?