Assalam.alykam i need a response to.this.........
God is our loving Father. We pray to Him.. We also pray to His beloved Son, Jesus Christ, God the Son. . We can see from Scripture that Jesus Christ receives prayers. The Holy Bible shows us that Jesus Christ was the God of the Old Testament, the God of Israel and of all the former prophets of Israel.. . Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior was with God the Father from the very beginning before He created anything . The Word, who was with God at the beginning, became flesh, the Word Who was God became Jesus Christ. .
The Holy Bible tells us of Stephen who became the very first recorded martyr of the Apostolic Church. "And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit’" . As Stephen lay dying because of his bold preaching of Jesus Christ being God, Stephen called out not to God the Father but to Jesus Christ, God the Son, his Savior. Stephen had a relationship with both God the Father and with God the Son, the Word Who became Jesus Christ. Our Lord and Savior Jesus accepted worship from others. When Jesus Christ appeared to His disciples after His resurrection, "…they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him" .
Jesus Christ continuously stated in the Holy Bible that He, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and the Father are one in thought, attitude and purpose .One God. Since His resurrection, the glorified Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of God the Father.
Jesus Christ is God, as God the Father is God. The Holy Bible tells us that without Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, the veil between humans and God the Father would not have been lifted .Jesus Christs Holy Blood on the cross lifted that veil that separated The Father from His creation.
We must realize that even when we pray to God the Father, we are so doing by the authority of His Son, Jesus Christ. The Holy Bible says, "And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him" .Peace.