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Pastor Chris White says to all of you: HELLO MY FRIENDS. May the Lord bless you today.
HOLA MIS AMIGOS. Que el Señor los bendiga.
While there is no verse
which explicitly states, “You shall not pray to angels,” it is abundantly clear
that we are not to pray to angels. Ultimately, prayer is an act of worship.
And, just as angels reject our worship (Revelation 22:8-9), so
they would also reject our prayers. Offering our worship or prayer to anyone
but God is idolatry.
There are also several practical and theological reasons why praying to angels
is wrong. Christ Himself never prayed to anyone but the Father. When asked by
His disciples to teach them to pray, He instructed them, “This, then, is how
you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven…’” (Matthew 6:9; Luke 11:2). If
praying to angels were something we, as His disciples, are to do, this would
have been the place for Him to tell us. Clearly, we are to pray only to God.
This is also evident in passages such as Matthew 11:25-26, where
Christ’s prayer introduction begins with “I praise thee, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth….” Jesus not only begins His prayers by addressing the
Father, but the content of His prayers usually requests assistance that could
only be granted by someone with omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent powers.
Praying to angels would be ineffective because they are created beings and do
not possess these powers.
The case against praying to angels can also be made by reviewing John 17:1-26 where
Jesus prays on behalf of His followers, requesting multiple blessings on them
from God the Father, including sanctification, glorification, and preservation
of the saints. These three blessings can only come from the source that
presently holds them, and again, angels simply do not have this power. Angels
cannot sanctify us, they cannot glorify us, and they cannot guarantee our
inheritance in Christ (Ephesians 1:13-14).
Second, there is an occasion in John 14:13 when
Christ Himself tells believers that whatever we ask in His name, He will
accomplish because He pleads directly with the Father. Offering a prayer up to
angels would fall short of an effective and biblically guided prayer. A second
occasion in which Christ mentions that prayers must be offered up in His name
alone occurs in John 16:26. This
verse conveys the message that, after Christ’s ascension to heaven, He acts as
an intercessor to the Father for all believers. Neither angels nor any other
created being is ever depicted as an intercessor with the Father. Only the Son
and the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26) can
intercede before the Father’s throne.
Last, 1 Thessalonians 5:17 tells
the believer to pray without ceasing. This would only be possible if a believer
has access to a God who is always present and available to listen to the pleas
of every person at one time. Angels do not have this ability—they are not
omnipresent or omnipotent—and as such are not qualified to receive our prayers.
Prayer to the Father through Christ is the only necessary and effective means
by which we can communicate with the Father. No, praying to angels is
absolutely not a biblical concept.
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