Prayer is inherent to the life of all believers, as part of the exercise of faith; however, prayer is not a specific “gift” precisely because it is inherent to all, and is commanded.
Read I Corinthians 12. Your post is also “BAD theology”; if you are going to assert something, then be less arrogant, take the time to explicate it, and support it from Scripture.
You may actually have had a valid point to make, but you did so very badly - I suspect, because you were more interested in being snarky than edifying.
:: prayer is not a specific “gift” precisely because it is inherent to all, and is commanded. ::
Doublin’ down on The Law, eh Cowboy?
God promises to hear our prayers through our Faith in the crucified and risen Son. Promises are *pure* Gospel, never Law. See that prayer comes from Faith, not something we do (Law). The Law can only convict, not save.
So, no we are not *commanded* to pray. If we were commanded, we would fall far short of that command like with the other commandments. But, those commandments were fulfilled by Christ’s salvific work such that we need not weep in despair attempting to hold them inviolate. The Law if fulfilled in Christ. How then would you twist Scripture to cause Christ to fulfill some obscure Law to pray?
What then of the moaning and groaning of the Spirit who prays on our behalf when we can’t find the right words to speak to our loving Father? Are we not told that the Holy Spirit prays for us. Oh, oh! Who then upholds this Law to pray. Obviously we fall short but the Spirit intercedes.
Prayer is not a Law nor is it commanded. It is a gift to us by the Holy Spirit BECAUSE of our Faith in Christ. That, my friend is the sweet Gospel by which we are all saved.
Woe to those who preach the Law and call it Gospel.