Jesus Christ tells us how to pray to his Heavenly Father (Matthew 6:5–8)

4 min readMay 11, 2022

“Also, when you pray, you must not be as the hypocrites; because they like to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the broad ways to be visible to men. Truly I say to you, They are having their reward in full. 6 You, however, when you pray, go into your private room and, after shutting your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you. 7 But when praying, do not say the same things over and over again, just as the people of the nations do, for they imagine they will get a hearing for their use of many words. 8 So, do not make yourselves like them, for God your Father knows what things you are needing before ever you ask him” (Matthew 6:5–8).

Jesus Christ, indirectly, did not encourage to worship his mother, Mary (who was a virgin at the time of his conception) (Luke 1:34,35). Here is what is written about a homage paid by a woman to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ: “Now as he was saying these things, a woman from the crowd called out to him: “Happy is the womb that carried you and the breasts that nursed you!” But he said: “No, rather, happy are those hearing the word of God and keeping it!” (Luke 11:27,28). It is true that Mary was a “highly favored one”, to use the greeting of the angel Gabriel (Luke 1:28). The opportunity would have been entirely chosen, if it had been the case, for Jesus Christ, to mention the Marian cult. However, Jesus Christ never mentioned the Marian cult which has Greco-Roman origins, and therefore has no place in the Bible.
In a dialogue with a Samaritan woman, Jesus Christ spoke of “true worshipers”, which presupposes only one form of acceptable worship in the eyes of Jehovah God and his Son Jesus Christ: “Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for indeed, the Father is looking for ones like these to worship him. God is a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth” (John 4:22–24; 7:21–13).
“True worshipers” must worship God with “spirit,” or spiritually, without idolatrous religious objects, such as crosses, statues, images, or medals connected to Marian worship or others “saints”. If a Christian has such objects, he must get rid of them and destroy them (Acts 19:19,20). The Christian must worship God with the “truth” set forth in the Bible (John 17:17, 2; Timothy 3:16,17; 2 Peter 1:20,21). The Christian must not make gestures that are not suitable, biblically, before and after the prayer, such as making the sign of the cross. It is a non-biblical practice that did not exist in the time of the apostles. As the apostle Paul said, under inspiration: “Therefore, my beloved ones, flee from idolatry” (1 Corinthians 10:14).
Jesus Christ, indirectly, did not encourage to worship his mother, Mary (who was a virgin at the time of his conception) (Luke 1:34,35). Here is what is written about a homage paid by a woman to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ: “Now as he was saying these things, a woman from the crowd called out to him: “Happy is the womb that carried you and the breasts that nursed you!” But he said: “No, rather, happy are those hearing the word of God and keeping it!” (Luke 11:27,28). It is true that Mary was an “highly favored one”, to use the greeting of the angel Gabriel (Luke 1:28). The opportunity would have been entirely chosen, if it had been the case, for Jesus Christ, to mention the Marian cult. However, Jesus Christ never mentioned the Marian cult which has Greco-Roman origins, and therefore has no place in the Bible.
In a dialogue with a Samaritan woman, Jesus Christ spoke of “true worshipers”, which presupposes only one form of acceptable worship in the eyes of Jehovah God and his Son Jesus Christ: “Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for indeed, the Father is looking for ones like these to worship him. God is a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth” (John 4:22–24; 7:21–13).
“True worshipers” must worship God with “spirit,” or spiritually, without idolatrous religious objects, such as crosses, statues, images, or medals connected to Marian worship or others “saints”. If a Christian has such objects, he must get rid of them and destroy them (Acts 19:19,20). The Christian must worship God with the “truth” set forth in the Bible (John 17:17, 2; Timothy 3:16,17; 2 Peter 1:20,21). The Christian must not make gestures that are not suitable, biblically, before and after the prayer, such as making the sign of the cross. It is a non-biblical practice that did not exist in the time of the apostles. As the apostle Paul said, under inspiration: “Therefore, my beloved ones, flee from idolatry” (1 Corinthians 10:14).

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