Apostle Paul prayed to Jesus

by hamsterbait 3 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  hamsterbait

  The WTBTS claims that Stephen's last words before the Sanhedrin killed him are not proof that we are allowed (at least not in their eyes) to approach Christ and make requests.

  Yet John 14:14 in the greek text says "whatever you ask me in my name I will do it" this is borne out in the Knox translation.

  Looking at Paul's words in 2Cor 12: 8 - 10

  "... I entreated the LORD that it might depart from me... v9: he really said to me... My POWER is being made perfect in weakness."

  The Lord gave his answer. Since it is the Lord's power, who is the Lord Paul had entreated?

  "that the POWER of CHRIST may like a tent remain over me"

  Never spotted this before. The bit about a tent also has shades of God spreading his tent over mankind. (at least to me.)

  The FDS do not allow anyone else to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but are they going to enter it, when they forbid approach to Christ - the only name under Heaven that can save us?

  HB
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  Narkissos

  Leolaia brought that point up a few weeks ago, I hadn't thought of that either...

  They could have avoided that by substituting "Jehovah" to "Lord" (that wouldn't have been any sillier than in Romans 10:13) but, strangely, they didn't.
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  Shazard

  This is known prayer from Paul. And actually how go you go THROUGH something without goint TO this something. Can you go through door without going to the door? Christ himself makes himself object of faith. Also he claims that one who believes in Him does not believes in Him (!!!) but in Father. Christ says to come to him, and more... Cor 5 (ending) claims that God was in Christ! So whenever you speak to Christ you speak to Father too, whenever you reject Christ, you reject Father, whenever you pray to Christ you pray to Father. They are one! :)
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  free2beme

  Maybe they should disfellowship him in some retroactive way.