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to . . . beg of thee . . . beg of someone . . .
request of someone . . .
to my mind, and I think the mind of most Prottys . . . when using the word
pray . . . is an exclusive term. We don’t see in Scripture . . . any uses of the word in the sense that we understand it to routinely mean—to apply to anyone—rightly, Biblically, Righteously—to anyone BUT GOD.
That’s the definition that we believe the whole counsel of Scripture contains, entails.
I know that Protestants look at the use of the word "pray" differently. For most of them I think it's because their thinking about the Incarnation and the new order wrought by Christ's sacrifice is deficient. I have friends. Some have died, others haven't. I am in communion with them, many members of one body, not a single part of which is 'dead'..
You know when, and if, the people you have summoned participate I will have to leave. Some of them are vicious liars filled with hatred and slander. But even if that were not so, I can't possibly address all the topics and arguments they will raise.
It makes me think this is not a discussion but a rumble pretending to be a discussion.