Jesus Prayed to the Holy Father
© 2015 by Tom Boynton (editing by Kathy Boynton)
God the Father is Holy. None can compare to Him. Prior to His sacrificial death at Calvary, Jesus, the Son, prayed to God, His “Holy Father:”
“And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are” (John 17:11).
God, who is holy, created man upright, but Adam and Eve, and all of their offspring, fell into sin and death through disobedience in the Garden of Eden. Only the redemptive sacrifice of God the Son, Jesus Christ, can remedy this heinous condition. His willing blood sacrifice was culminated with a miraculous resurrection to seal His great victory for His people.
“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:20-22).
Seeking salvation from anyone else is an affront to God. Because of this, Jesus warned against addressing anyone else in a manner befitting only to God.
“But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 23:8-9).
Even Elihu, while counseling Job during Job’s time of testing, understood that it was wrong to ascribe flattering titles to men.
“Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away” (Job 32:21-22).
Christ Jesus is the only mediator between God and men (1 Timothy 2:5). Only those who receive Christ as Savior shall be made alive. Jesus made it very clear that all who reject Him as Savior shall endure God’s eternal wrath.
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36).
Have you come, in repentance, to God the “Holy Father” through the only mediator, Jesus Christ the Lord?
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