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Are imprecatory prayers appropriate for the children of Abraham? If so, then they are appropriate for us, for Paul says in Galatians that we are all \u201csons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,\u201d and that if we \u201cbelong to Christ, then you are Abraham\u2019s seed, heirs according to promise.\u201d <\/p>\n
Are imprecatory prayers appropriate for the anointed one? If so, they are appropriate for us, since we are all anointed in the Anointed one, christs in the Christ. <\/p>\n
Are they imprecatory prayers appropriate for Jesus? If so, then they are appropriate to us, for Paul says that, in and with our Head, we the Body are Christ: \u201ceven as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.\u201d Paul says that we are the Bride of Christ, so joined to our husband that we are \u201cone flesh\u201d with Him even as husbands and wives are \u201cone flesh\u201d with one another. <\/p>\n
Paul knew something of the union of Christ and His church. When Jesus confronts him on the road to Damascus, he asks, \u201cSaul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?\u201d Paul knew from the moment of his conversion that an assault on the church is an assault on her Head. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Are imprecatory prayers appropriate for the children of Abraham? If so, then they are appropriate for us, for Paul says in Galatians that we are all \u201csons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,\u201d and that if we \u201cbelong to Christ, then you are Abraham\u2019s seed, heirs according to promise.\u201d Are imprecatory prayers appropriate for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-ot-psalms"],"yoast_head":"\n