New Testament scholar Larry Hurtado writes, “To pray in Jesus’ name . . . means that we enter into Jesus’ status in God’s favour, and invoke Jesus’ standing with God.”19 You’re not Jesus. But if you’re a follower of Jesus, every single time you pray, you come before the Father clothed in the robe and crown of a ruler. In the eyes of heaven, you are filled with Jesus’ status and standing. When God won your authority back, God was winning prayer back.
