A. The Jehovah's Witnesses believe the Lord Jesus is not God and so therefore should never be worshiped.
1. Reverent adoration should be expressed only to God. To render worship to anyone or anything else would be a form of idolatry...True Christians do well to direct their worship only to Jehovah God, the Almighty (Awake! April 8, 2000, page 26+27). Since "every prayer is a form of worship" (The Watchtower, December 15, 1994, page 23) this would mean that praying to the Lord Jesus is not allowed.
B. We have already seen elsewhere that Paul believed the Lord Jesus was to be prayed to/worshiped.
1. See "Call Upon the Name of the Lord - Praying to Jesus" (Romans 10:13; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Timothy 2:22): http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...the-Lord-Jesus
2. See also "Doxologies to the Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 4:18): http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...d-Jesus-Christwww.watchtower.org/bible/http://www.godrules.net/library/robert/robertphi2.htm
7. Holman Bible Dictionary: Kneeling was the posture of prayer (Daniel 6:10; Acts 7:60; Acts 9:40; Acts 20:3; Ephesians 3:14; compare 1 Kings 18:42), acknowledging a superior (2 Kings 1:13; Matthew 17:14; Matthew 27:29; Mark 1:40; Mark 10:17; Luke 5:8), or worship of God (1 Kings 8:54), Jesus (Philippians 2:10), or idols (1 Kings 19:18; Isaiah 66:3 where blessing an idol refers to kneeling before an idol)
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1. Reverent adoration should be expressed only to God. To render worship to anyone or anything else would be a form of idolatry...True Christians do well to direct their worship only to Jehovah God, the Almighty (Awake! April 8, 2000, page 26+27). Since "every prayer is a form of worship" (The Watchtower, December 15, 1994, page 23) this would mean that praying to the Lord Jesus is not allowed.
B. We have already seen elsewhere that Paul believed the Lord Jesus was to be prayed to/worshiped.
1. See "Call Upon the Name of the Lord - Praying to Jesus" (Romans 10:13; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Timothy 2:22): http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...the-Lord-Jesus
2. See also "Doxologies to the Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 4:18): http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...d-Jesus-Christwww.watchtower.org/bible/http://www.godrules.net/library/robert/robertphi2.htm
7. Holman Bible Dictionary: Kneeling was the posture of prayer (Daniel 6:10; Acts 7:60; Acts 9:40; Acts 20:3; Ephesians 3:14; compare 1 Kings 18:42), acknowledging a superior (2 Kings 1:13; Matthew 17:14; Matthew 27:29; Mark 1:40; Mark 10:17; Luke 5:8), or worship of God (1 Kings 8:54), Jesus (Philippians 2:10), or idols (1 Kings 19:18; Isaiah 66:3 where blessing an idol refers to kneeling before an idol)
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