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FAQ # 226
QUESTION 226 : Who answers prayers?
Its basic to any religion to identify who ultimately
answers prayer. For thereby we ascertain who God is. In John 14:14, Jesus
said he answered prayer:
"If ye ask anything in my name I will do it."
The Greek is even better:
"If you ask ME anything in my name I will do it."
Yet in John 15:16 the Father (a supposed "distinct
person" from the Son in Trinitarianism) is said to answer prayer.
The Bible conclusion is obvious, Jesus taught that He Himself was the
prayer answering Father in his divine nature. This is confirmed by the
verse which reads:
The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
John 14:10,
...and that certainly includes answering prayer. This
is also proven by John 14:13 which says,
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I
do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Dr. Boyd's response to
all this is just an echo of the standard old Trinitarian theory that the
"two persons" are in charge of answering prayer,
"both the Father and the Son
in distinct capacities, answer prayer -- namely the Father performs all
activities through and in him" (Boy, p. 89).
In other words, the Father actually answers prayer;
the Son is the instrument he uses -- the activities are performed through
him. Jesus flatly contradicted this theory when he said:
At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not
unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: For the Father himself
loveth you, John 16:26-27. It is all the direct work of the divine nature
of Christ, which we have seen is the Father, and no one else.
Dr. Boyd says what was true of the "incarnate
Son" on earth, is true of the "incarnate Son" in Heaven
(Boyd, p. 89). Well, the incarnate Son on earth said that He could do
nothing of Himself in Heaven also! So who answers prayer? It has to be
the Father. Yet Christ said that He Himself would answer prayer; so the
Father must be Christ's divine nature, his other "self." It
is therefore the Father in the Son who is answering prayer, and not "two
distinct Persons," -- of whom one is on record as saying he can do
nothing!
TRINITARIAN BIBLE TRANSLATORS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT
IN THEIR TRANSLATION OF THE GREEK WORD KAI, THUS OBSCURING THE FATHERHOOD
OF CHRIST IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
{Source: Ross Drysdale}
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