Question 179. Should we pray to God alone?

 

Question 179. Should we pray to God alone? 

Answer. Since God alone can examine our hearts, hear our requests, forgive our sins, and grant the desires of all, and is the only object of faith and true worship, prayer, which is a special part of worship, should be offered to Him alone and to no one else.

There are many gods in the world with the name of God. God is a common noun, and it is translated into the language of each country. Therefore, it is impossible to know whether the god translated into the language of that country is the father of Jesus Christ. Even if each person says that the god they believe in is God, it can be a different god.

Therefore, prayers should be made only to the true God. It is true that the Israelites also worshipped and prayed to idols as God. God told the Israelites through the prophet Malachi that he had never received sacrifices.

Even today, Jews belonging to the Jewish religion in Israel believe that the God they believe in is the true God. However, Christians say that they are not the true God because they deny Jesus. Even in the Arab world, they believe that the God believed in by the descendants of Ishmael, the eldest son of Abraham, is the true God. They refer to God as Allah.

The true God is only the God whom Jesus calls Father. Most Christians today call the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit all God. They only say that they are three Gods in different positions. And they also say vaguely that God is one. Then, to them, God is not the Father of Jesus. Therefore, believers who believe in the Trinity cannot be considered to believe in the true God.

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