[Shincheonji Teaching] Why do we need to Pray?

Shincheonji Teaching,

'Why do we need to Pray?'

 

Main reference: Mt 6:5-13, 1 Tm 4:5

why do we need to pray?

Jesus taught his disciples what to pray for and where to pray, when he saw hypocritical people during his first coming. Jesus told his disciples not to babble like the hypocrites because the Father God already knew what they would need even before asking. The prayer Jesus taught them at that time was the Lord’s Prayer. The saints of God, therefore, need to pray to the Father with the content of the prayer the Lord Jesus taught to them. It is a known fact; this Lord’s Prayer is recited and quoted habitually by almost every single church today. It is, however, difficult to perceive the meaning of this prayer and even more so to believe and act upon its content. Believers seem to think that all it takes is for them is just to recite it with their lips.

Just as the main references testify, both Jesus and the disciples spoke about how we can be sanctified with the word and prayer (1 Tm 4:5). There is also another passage where it asks us to pray without ceasing (1 Thes 5:17).

Prayer is something for which God’s saints are able to ask of God. When we pray, we must pray in the place and with the prayer Jesus taught to us. The first priority that needs to be considered before praying is to know ourselves and examine whether or not we are qualified to ask and pray to God for something.

In Isaiah 1, God refused to accept the offerings and the prayers from the people of the Tribe of Judah in Jerusalem, who were distinguished from others as the most holy people among all of the 12 tribes of Israelites. Considering this fact, how can we be so sure that God will accept all the prayers from us just because we pray to him? We must first resolve what has to be resolved before praying. Only when we do this first, will we be able to receive what we pray for. The scriptures show us how our prayers are likened unto the incense offered and lifted up to God (Rv 5:8, Rv 8:4). Will God accept prayers that are not like incense to him?