"In the name of Jesus Christ"

[Rain]

27 minutes ago, Calm said:

Came across this…

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/inspiration/how-to-pray-in-a-way-god-can-answer?lang=eng

Is this how you (those reading this post) view the meaning of “in the name of Jesus Christ”?

I am trying to remember how I taught prayer to my Primary kids.  I don’t believe I did it this way though I taught prayer was a way to help us learn what God wanted for us.

This is closer to how I taught it and I hope this is the message the kids actually got.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/magazines/friend/2013/08/fr13aug47-how-to-pray.pdf

Also this:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2012/07/how-to-pray-and-seek-answers?lang=eng#title1

If I remember right it was on the flip chart I used as a missionary in 1989.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong.  I wonder if it was in the prior lessons.

And yes, I'm primarily looking at prayer, but interested in the others as well.

Edited September 10, 2023 by Rain

[InCognitus]

10 minutes ago, Rain said:

And yes, I'm primarily looking at prayer, but interested in the others as well.

Joseph Smith used it, not as a closing, but as a formal pronouncement in a discourse on June 30, 1843, and Orson Hyde used it as a closing to a letter on July 17, 1841, and Lucy Mack Smith used it to close her 1845 History.   So I think it was used commonly enough for some to feel comfortable in using it.  

[2BizE]

Why are all talks supposed to be finished with this line when they are not actually prayers?

[bluebell]

12 minutes ago, 2BizE said:

Why are all talks supposed to be finished with this line when they are not actually prayers?

Ask Gramps explained it this way--

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All prepared talks are a testimony of an aspect of the Gospel. All testimony is to be given in the name of Jesus Christ and testified to our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Our baptismal covenant as explained in Mosiah 18:9 states: “And to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in”.

Giving testimony of gospel truths in the name of Christ is also showing “by what authority” we are conveying the message by. The authority comes from Jesus Christ, with whom we have a covenant relationship. We are speaking to that relationship as why we are speaking to others, versus our own name. If we are speaking on our own, without divine authority being expressed, then we are saying these things of ourselves, and not of the Lord who has sent us to give these words.

 

 

[tagriffy]

On 9/11/2023 at 12:18 PM, bluebell said:

Ask Gramps explained it this way--

 

I like this explanation. It is similar to the reason Muslims will start a speech with the Basmala.