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NASB | John 16:26 "In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 16:26 "In that day you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf [because it will be unnecessary]; |
Subject: should we pray to god in the name of jes |
Bible Note: ANSWER: WE SHOULD PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS BECAUSE IT IS A NAME THAT IS SHARED BY THE FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AS WELL. JOHN5:43 JESUS SAID,"I HAVE COME IN MY FATHER'S NAME AND YOU DO NOT RECEIVE ME; IF ANOTHER COMES IN HIS OWN NAME,HIM YOU WILL RECEIVE. MATTHEW28:19 ...BAPTISING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. NOTE THAT THIS PASSAGE DISTIINCTLY MENTIONS THREE BEINGS,(THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT),YET IT DID NOT SAY BAPTISING IN THE NAMES BUT NAME(SINGULAR). JOHN14:26 JESUS SAID,"BUT THE HELPER,THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND IN MY NAME WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS,ETC. COLOSSIANS3:17 WHATEVER YOU DO IN WORD OR DEED, DO ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS. MATTHEW18:20 WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED IN MY NAME THERE I AM IN THE MIDST. PHILIPPIANS2:9-10 THEREFORE GOD ALSO HAS HIGHLY EXALTED HIM(JESUS)AND GIVEN HIM THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME. THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, OF THOSE IN HEAVEN,AND THOSE ON EARTH,AND OF THOSE UNDER THE EARTH. I DO HOPE THESE VERSES WILL BE OF HELP TO YOU. PTR. |