#Praying
#Jesus
#Michael

Some who believe in the Trinity, who believe Jesus is the second “Person” of “God” according to a tradition (not according to a text…), attempt to cause doubt in the minds of those who instead believe Jesus is the human “last Adam,” who became “lower than the angels,” and who believe before doing so he was “the Great Prince” of his people Israel, “Michael.”—1 Corinthians 15:45; Hebrews 2:9; Daniel 10:23; 12:1; Jude 9.

How do Trinitarians attempt to cause doubt in this way? At times by asking the question, “Do you pray to or through Jesus…or Michael?”

The problem with this question becomes immediately apparent simply by asking the same question and changing one name for another, “Do you pray to or through Jesus…or the Word?”

This is because Trinitarians rarely, if ever, pray in the name of “the Word,” even though that is explicitly said to be one of Jesus’ names (Revelation 19:13; John 1:1). Asking them this question exposes the true intent behind their question. Otherwise, Trinitarians would never ask, “Do you pray to or through Jesus…or Michael?” They would already know the answer if they were honest with themselves about whether they pray in the name of “the Word.”

Even if Trinitarians do pray using “the Word” rather than or in addition to “Jesus,” I am going to argue this evening they must not then limit their question only to the name “Jesus” on the positive side. The question should then be, “Do you pray in the name of Jesus and/or the Word, or Michael?” or something similarly making plain the Trinitarian does not only use “Jesus,” either.

If a Trinitarian admits to using both “Jesus” and “the Word” when praying to God, this should alert anyone familiar with the Bible to the fact the Trinitarian may not understand why we use “Jesus” as part of our prayers at all. Therefore, we will review this issue and whether Christians should ever pray directly to Jesus, versus through him to the Father.

Join me this evening as we show from the Bible and not from any other source, there are very clear and good reasons for using only “Jesus” in our prayers, and it has nothing to do with “Michael” or “the Word” being appropriate or inappropriate names for him in the proper context of his existence and in his role in fulfilling, not his own will, but the will of the God who sent him, Jah, the Father.—John 5:43; 6:38, 44; 7:16, 29" class="scriptRef">28-29; 8:16, 26, 29, 42; 9:4; 11:42; 12:45, 49-50; Revelation 3:12; 19:1-6.

To watch my videos about Jesus and Michael as the “Angel of Jaho(h)-ah” and the biblical “Archangel,” see this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpGn2SXupSYMrrubLiSGuo-2604ECXeuB

To watch “The Bible and the Trinity in Conflict” videos see here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpGn2SXupSYPWidVY6iWGGK0CsjCZIrxG

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