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Why is Christ's suffering crucial for our prayers to be heard?

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Christ's suffering is crucial because we plead with God based on His afflictions, ensuring our prayers are approached through His sacrifice.

The significance of Christ's suffering in our prayers is rooted in the belief that our access to God is only possible through His afflictions. As the sermon emphasizes, our cries before God should be 'Lord, remember Christ' because it is His suffering that has satisfied the demands of justice and opened the way for us. When we pray in Jesus' name, we invoke His merit and sacrifice. Without acknowledging Christ's sufferings, our prayers would lack the necessary foundation to be heard by a holy God, as our very standing before Him relies on the redemptive work of His Son.
Scripture References: Romans 8:34, 1 Peter 2:24

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The Plea Of The Saints
Fred Evans · Mar 8, 2015
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