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"There to have ye asked nothing in My Name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in My Name..."
{ John 16:24-26 }.
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Back in the Old Testament, they couldn't ask anything in the Name of Jesus, because the time hadn't come to do so. But then He told them that when the time came, they would have to ask the Father in His Name.
There are folks who teach that when we pray, Jesus takes our prayers to the Father and starts begging Him to do something about them. Them the Father, after a lot of begging and cajoling, eventually says, "Alright, alright, Son, because of You, I'll do it !" No way sir! Jesus expressly said He wouldn't do that, it's right there in the Bible!
"At that day ye shall ask in My Name and I SAY NOT UNTO YOU THAT I WILL PRAY THE FATHER FOR YOU"
{ John 16:26 }.
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Did you see that? He's telling us He doesn't have to talk to the Father on our behalf and He lets us know why - "...the Father Himself loveth you." The Father love you Himself; He doesn't need anybody talking to Him on your behalf. That's why Jesus isn't praying to the Father on your behalf. Instead He says. "Don't come through Me, go by yourself, because the Father loves you.
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