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FAQ: Is it wrong to attempt communicating with God's son?
REPLY: Jesus encouraged prayer to himself on numerous occasions, for example:
● Matt 11:28-29 . . Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest.
● John 4:10-14 . .If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a
drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.
● John 7:37 . . On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a
loud voice: If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
When Jesus says come and/or ask he expects the hearers to contact him with an
appropriate response.
● John 5:39 . . .You diligently study the scriptures because you think that by them
you possess eternal life. These are the scriptures that testify about me, yet you
refuse to come to me to have life.
In point of fact, Jesus' superior urges folks to contact His son.
● John 6:44-45 . . No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws
him, and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets: "They will
all be taught by God." Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from Him
comes to me.
NOTE: In the letter to Hebrews, Jesus is portrayed as the new covenant's high
priest. Now it would be a fine kettle of fish if I was never permitted to communicate
with the one man in Heaven that I'm confident has God's ear.
I have inoperable end-stage esophageal cancer. Radiation and chemo have slowed it
down, but haven't stopped it. When I complete my walk thru the valley of the shadow
of death, I hope to have enough presence of mind remaining to speak up the same as
Stephen did in his last moments.
● Acts 7:59-60 . .While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed: "Lord Jesus, receive
my spirit".
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