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What is the role of prayer in salvation?

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Prayer plays a vital role in salvation as it is how believers ask God to work in the hearts of the spiritually dead.

In Ezekiel 37, after God commands Ezekiel to prophesy to the dry bones, He also instructs him to prophesy to the wind, which represents prayer. This indicates that while the proclamation of the Word is essential, prayer is equally crucial in seeking God's intervention to bring life to the spiritually dead. The reliance on prayer acknowledges human impotence and the need for divine action, illustrating that God, in His sovereignty, chooses to engage in the work of salvation through the prayers of His people. Ezekiel's obedience to pray emphasizes a believer's duty to seek God's power to make the Word effective, highlighting that without God's action, all preaching is in vain, as stated in Psalm 127:1.
Scripture References: Ezekiel 37:9, Psalm 127:1

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