In Matthew 24, who exactly is taken and who is left behind?

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corechristianity.com. First up today, let's go to Amanda in Springfield, Missouri. Amanda,

what's your question for, Adrial? Yeah, I wanted to find out. When we are praying, do we pray

to God alone or can we pray to Jesus?

Great question, Amanda. We can certainly pray to Jesus. We can pray to the Father, the Son,

and the Holy Spirit, any of the persons of the Holy Trinity. Now ordinarily we pray to the Father

through the mediation of the Son. Jesus Christ is our mediator, our great high priest, and by the power of the Holy Spirit. But that doesn't mean that we can't approach Jesus in prayer, saying, Lord Jesus, have mercy upon me, or whatever

it is that we're praying. And of course, there's evidence for this in scripture. Jesus himself

said in John chapter 14, verse 12, truly, truly I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do

the works that I do, and greater works than these will he do. Because I am going to the

father, whatever you ask in my name, this I will do that the father may be glorified in the

son. If you ask me, anything in my name, I will do it. And of course, we see examples of this

in the book of Acts. I think of Stephen. As he's being

stoned to death in the book of Acts, crying out to Jesus in prayer. And so there is absolutely

nothing wrong with praying to Jesus. I think the reason that ordinarily in scripture you have

prayer addressed to the Father through the

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