Bible Question:
Searching and wanting to believe fully, but being a realist this comes with great difficulty. The bible is "The word of God" The bible says... "whatsoever you ask the father in my name you shall have so that the father... etc." We all know that this is not the case! thus 1 of 2 things can be concluded. 1. The bible is not entireLY word of God- SOME HAVE ADDED SOME NICETIES -God can not lie - thus if he said so it would come to pass - ALL THE TIME - BECAUSE IT DOES NOT COME TO PASS AS THE BIBLE STATES ONLY 2 CONCLUSIONS ARE POSSIBLE A.) THE BIBLE IS NOT THE WORD OF GOD AS GOD DOES NOT LIE... OR B.)JESUS NEVER SAID SO AND THUS THE BIBLE IS NOT TRULY THE WORD OF GOD.... PLEASE HELP ME UNWRAP THIS CANANDRUM... PLEASE DO NOT USE THE NORMAL CHRISTIAN CLICHES ABOUT LACK OF FAITH ETC I AM ANXIOUS FOR THE TRUTH. wE ARE TOLD TO TEST EVERYTHING BY THE SPIRIT - THESE THINGS WORRY ME. THANK YOU |
Bible Answer: Greetings, Are you referring to John 14:13-14? "Whatever you ask in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in my name, I will do it." I just happened to have done a lesson on this passage this morning in Sunday School. Jesus isn't proclaiming, as my Dad would call it, a "blab it and grab it" theology that is popular among liberal TV evangelists. Praying in "Jesus's name" isn't just saying "In Jesus's name, Amen" at the end of your prayers. Rather, it is more akin to praying in a manner that would befit and reflect Jesus Christ. In Matthew 6, Jesus gives the Lord's prayer as a model for us to pray by. Praying in a manner similar is what he is referring to. If you look at Jesus's prayers through the Gospels, they follow a similar pattern to the Lord Prayer in Matthew 6. There's no falsehood being proclaimed. As Doc stated, it's a case of taking a passage out of context. The context of John 14:13-14 is that Jesus is going to be an advocate on our behalf to the Father. This is reflected in 1 Timothy 2:5, where Paul calls Jesus the only mediator between God and Humanity. This passage in John 14 is also one of many passages during the last week where Jesus speaks about the Holy Spirit. As mediator, Jesus says he will pray to the Father to send the Holy Spirit as a helper and counselor. Jalek |