I was wondering if I am praying to God in Jesus' name: I was under the impression that they are the same. So if they are the same, why differentiate between the two, (ie: Jesus / God created the heavens and the Earth)?

Although the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are the three persons of the Godhead and although we can say of each of them that they are God, yet they work in various and distinct ways to do the work of God. The Son "proceeded forth and came from God" (John 8:42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
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See All...). Yet, they all work together as one so that "these three are one" (1 John 5:7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
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Now if all this seems difficult to understand, that is fine. Imagine how difficult it would be for an ant to explain to his or her ant friends the complexities of human life with only the knowledge and experience of ants. Well...it would be impossible. God is so far above us that we can only take what He has told us about Himself and take Him at His word. We may have a very elementary understanding of the concept but we are still far from any comprehensive understanding. It it just too high for us. We can say with the psalmist, "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it" (Psalm 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
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As to our prayers to God in the name of the Son (and other distinctions between the persons of the Godhead), let me comment. Generally speaking, references to God alone are references to the Father. So, to pray to God will usually refer to prayer to the Father. However, as I think I said in the article, there is nothing particularly wrong with speaking to the Son in prayer. It only changes the division of labor between the persons of the Godhead. It seems that in prayer, the Spirit intercedes to change the content of our prayer into acceptable requests (Romans 8:26-27 [26] Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. [27] And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
See All...) while the Son intercedes in our behalf at the right hand of God (Romans 8:34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
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