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Praying in his name is not the same as praying to him. You can pray to the almighty God in the name of Jesus but that does not mean you're praying to Jesus.

Jesus's claim to deity by requesting prayer in His name and to Him is understood by His committed followers (Acts 7:59) Only God is worthy of worship. The congregants of my churches - Church of S'pore and New Creation - address God in their worship and prayer services as Almighty God, Dear God, Lord Jesus, Gracious Father, Lord of all life, Christ, Loving Father.

Your relentless questioning and erroneous statement apropos of this issue show your intolerance toward Christians who pray to the Lord Jesus. By your own admission, you have difficulty grasping the holy trinity. We believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ but you don't.

The natural people - those whose minds have not been enlightened by the Holy Spirit - scoff at us. What we do doesn't always seem logical to them. The Bible tells us the natural or carnal mind doesn't understand spiritual things (1 Cor 2:14). It's difficult for their finite minds and hardened hearts to grasp and believe. A hardened heart relates closely to spiritual blindness, for it's with the heart that we perceive spiritually.