How do you pray to the trinity?

[YosefHayim]

Do you pray to certain persons for certain things?

Or since 3 is 1, do you pray to Jesus and the Holy Ghost when you say "Dear Heavenly Father," and finish the prayer to The Father and the Holy Ghost when you say "In Jesus' Name Amen".

 

[Kathi]

Do you pray to certain persons for certain things?

Or since 3 is 1, do you pray to Jesus and the Holy Ghost when you say "Dear Heavenly Father," and finish the prayer to The Father and the Holy Ghost when you say "In Jesus' Name Amen".

You pray to Jesus Christ or to all three.All three are God.

 

[evenifigoalone]

Well, they're all the same person, so...hmm, I never really thought about it.
I just pray to God, really. Have never specified which part of the trinity, though I guess I do "picture" Jesus seeing how He was human and knows what it's like to be human. But really, I guess you pray to all three? I guess all three parts play a role. To my understanding, the Holy Spirit is what's with us, communicates with us, Jesus is the mediator, and God the Father is who Jesus mediates to.

 

[Gary]

I pray to the Father in Jesus name.

Matthew 6
6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.


Jesus prayed to the Father, we are to imitate Jesus. I try to do what the bible teaches.

But that's just me.
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[Lewis]

Sometimes I will ask the Holy Ghost to empower me and convict me when I am wrong.

5 ways the Holy Spirit works in the life of a believer
http://theresurgence.com/2013/06/25/the-work-of-the-holy-spirit-in-the-life-of-a-believer

 

[Mike]

I pray to the Father in Jesus name.

Matthew 6
6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.


Jesus prayed to the Father, we are to imitate Jesus. I try to do what the bible teaches.

But that's just me.
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I agree. Also, when Jesus modeled prayer for His disciples, He instructed them to pray directly to the Father in His name. Perhaps we'll never fully understand the nature of one God who manifests Himself in three persons while in this life, but we have what we have straight from the mouth of the Lord.

When I was a child, I used to spread my prayers out among the three, because I didn't want any of them to feel left out. I was always sensitive to others' feelings. Even God's.

 

[JLB]

Do you pray to certain persons for certain things?

Or since 3 is 1, do you pray to Jesus and the Holy Ghost when you say "Dear Heavenly Father," and finish the prayer to The Father and the Holy Ghost when you say "In Jesus' Name Amen".

The Name of Jesus involves all of the Godhead.

If you pray to the Father in Jesus name, you will do well.


JLB

 

[Doulos Iesou]

Do you pray to certain persons for certain things?

Or since 3 is 1, do you pray to Jesus and the Holy Ghost when you say "Dear Heavenly Father," and finish the prayer to The Father and the Holy Ghost when you say "In Jesus' Name Amen".

The simplest answer.

You pray to the Father, through Jesus, by the Power of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus prayed to the Father and we should follow in that, and it is important that we pray through Jesus our great High Priest and Mediator. The Holy Spirit then empowers us to pray within God's will and have his Kingdom in mind.

 

[Blake]

I pray most often to Jesus in Whom the Father is well pleased and the Spirit testifies. But there are certain prayers I call upon the Father in Jesus name such as blessing meals or prayers of thankfulness, and certain where I call the Spirit, such as altar calls for God to draw souls in to Him.

 

[Malachi]

Well, they're all the same person, so...hmm, I never really thought about it.

I'm sure you mean "the same God", but not "the same person", since that would be Modalism. Three Divine Persons, but the same God.

Christ instructed us to pray to the Father in His name, so we pray to God the Father, through God the Son, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

That does not mean that we cannot address Jesus or the Holy Spirit directly, when the Holy Spirit leads us in that way. We should always remember that we are praying by the power of the Holy Spirit (Rom 8:14,26.27).

 

[Brother Mike]

Well, they're all the same person, so...hmm, I never really thought about it.
I just pray to God, really. Have never specified which part of the trinity, though I guess I do "picture" Jesus seeing how He was human and knows what it's like to be human. But really, I guess you pray to all three? I guess all three parts play a role. To my understanding, the Holy Spirit is what's with us, communicates with us, Jesus is the mediator, and God the Father is who Jesus mediates to.

There are not the same person, if you believe in Trinity. Oneness believe that.

I have a thead in the debate section where I posted the Original and true Trinity Doctrine.

Jesus said henceforth you shall ask me nothing, but ask the FAther anything in my name.

Jesus said this not long before Going to the Cross. In other Words Jesus was not going to be around much longer to ask.

Eph 2:18 kjva For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

Through Jesus we have access TO THE FATHER, through the Holy Spirit.

 

[tim-from-pa]

The simplest answer.

You pray to the Father, through Jesus, by the Power of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus prayed to the Father and we should follow in that, and it is important that we pray through Jesus our great High Priest and Mediator. The Holy Spirit then empowers us to pray within God's will and have his Kingdom in mind.

Well said according to scripture.

 

[Shimshon]

I'm wondering how you all would understand this verse in light of 'in Jesus name'?

John 5:43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me.

John 17:6 "I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world.

11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
25 O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. 26 And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."​

How do you understand this? “I have come in my Father’s name”
And how do you understand "that they may be one as We are"? It seems to me that we are not talking about being the same 'entity' here. Or do we become part of God when we believe?

Do you think the fathers name is the same as the Messiah's? If Jesus is God, is God Jesus? Did he reveal himself to us this time as 'God our Savior'? Yehoshua? Is this not 'His' Name revealed to us through Messiah?

 

[Doulos Iesou]

I'm wondering how you all would understand this verse in light of 'in Jesus name'?

John 5:43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me.

John 17:6 "I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world.

11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
25 O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. 26 And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."​

How do you understand this? “I have come in my Father’s name”
And how do you understand "that they may be one as We are"? It seems to me that we are not talking about being the same 'entity' here. Or do we become part of God when we believe?

Do you think the fathers name is the same as the Messiah's? If Jesus is God, is God Jesus? Did he reveal himself to us this time as 'God our Savior'? Yehoshua? Is this not 'His' Name revealed to us through Messiah?

The Father is not Jesus.

 

[Malachi]

Do you think the fathers name is the same as the Messiah's? If Jesus is God, is God Jesus? Did he reveal himself to us this time as 'God our Savior'? Yehoshua? Is this not 'His' Name revealed to us through Messiah?

Please review the thread on "Will the real Trinity please stand up". It should answer some of your questions.

The name of God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is YHWH (Yahweh). It is also "I AM". Therefore the name of Jesus is YESHUA or YAH-SHUA = God our Salvation. And Jesus said "Before Abraham was, I AM". But Jesus (the eternal Word) is not God the Father. See John 1:1-3 and Hebrews 1:8-12. He was "with" the Father, and He is also "in" the Father, yet He is distinct from the Father. And He is also God. This is "the mystery of God" or "the mystery of the Godhead". This is beyond human reasoning.

 

[Shimshon]

The Father is not Jesus.

That did not answer the questions. But I see you understood the ramifications of understanding the plain reading of the texts I quoted.

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

The Father is not Jesus.

This is vague.
Jesus is God.
If I were to pray to Jesus instead of God the Father, would my prayers not be answered?
The answer is they would be answered, because I prayed to Jesus for years and got my prayers answered before I understood anything else.

 

[Shimshon]

Please review the thread on "Will the real Trinity please stand up". It should answer some of your questions.

The name of God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is YHWH (Yahweh). It is also "I AM". Therefore the name of Jesus is YESHUA or YAH-SHUA = God our Salvation. And Jesus said "Before Abraham was, I AM". But Jesus (the eternal Word) is not God the Father. See John 1:1-3 and Hebrews 1:8-12. He was "with" the Father, and He is also "in" the Father, yet He is distinct from the Father. And He is also God. This is "the mystery of God" or "the mystery of the Godhead". This is beyond human reasoning.

Yes, to me the trinity doctrine is beyond human reason. He is God who is the father but he is not the father. He came in the name of the father but his name is not the same as the fathers........ this exemplifies the craziness of this doctrine to me.

 

[Brother Mike]

This is vague.
Jesus is God.
If I were to pray to Jesus instead of God the Father, would my prayers not be answered?
The answer is they would be answered, because I prayed to Jesus for years and got my prayers answered before I understood anything else.

It's not vague. The post is about Praying to the Trinity. The Trinity doctrine does not believe Jesus is God the Father, or the Creator. The Oneness and Modalist Doctrines believe that.

Yes, to me the trinity doctrine is beyond human reason. He is God who is the father but he is not the father. He came in the name of the father but his name is not the same as the fathers........ this exemplifies the craziness of this doctrine to me.

Trinity states there are 2, later in 381ad it became 3. All of tthe same essence of God.

Much later all 3 become 1 God in the modern versions of the Doctrine. But all 3 are their own person. ?????

However, the Athanasian Creed, (much newer) Said these 3 become 1.

The Part on how they end up just 1 God is called the mystery of Christain Faith.

The Mystery on how they become 1 God is added in the doctrine, and does not need explained at all.

In fact it's beyond human reasoning. The Souther Baptist state it's to hard for Finite man to understand.

Methodist say it's a puzzle.

Cathloics say it's a Mystery.

So..................... The mystery part is already in the Modern Trinity Doctrines, and hence since it's part of the doctrines themselves, then it can't be explained. If the ones that make the doctrines can't explain it, we don't even stand of chance of explaining it.

A Modalist or Oneness Person will attempt to explain it, but they are not Trinitarian.

 

[Malachi]

this exemplifies the craziness of this doctrine to me

The correct term would be "mysteriousness" or "incomprehensibility". Certainly not "craziness", which would be blasphemy. I am not suggesting that that was your intent. However, it is critical that we choose our words carefully when speaking of the Godhead.

Also, to the "natural" man the things of God are "foolishness". But to the "spiritual man" they are the things of the Spirit (1 Cor 2:9-16), which are frequently incomprehensible even to regenerated Christians. Infinite and eternal God cannot be comprehended by finite and mortal man in all of His fulness.