I am saying that according to the LORD, he does not listen to the prayers of sinners. He does listen to the prayers of the righteous, such as in the case of Elijah. Apart from that, you are on your own. You can make war on your own terms with depression and disease, for your "shepherds"...
You are not alone.
We grow up being taught otherwise.
Not like you. You can't know everything, even if you tried. ;)
Pay no mind to that, I am just being devilish .
...but yes, God's reservoir of knowledge is vastly superior. It's unlimited.
However, it's not an opened reservoir, that takes in...
I reject your claim, not the Bible.
You made a claim. Pulled a few scriptures out the Bible, which does not support your claim. Declare that they do,
That's not how it works.
That's the same thing the cult members like David Koresh, and Jim Jones did. It's the same thing crooks like Jim Baker...
I was going to leave this thread after reading the few comments on it. Something told me to answer the point you bring up. Because it is a good one. And one who doesn't know the Bible or its promises or why the world is the way it is can rightly bring out a point such as yours.
Why doesn't God...
So then how do we interpret these verses,
Proverbs15:29 The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
1st Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Unfortunately, the apostles modified this one. It's a major bummer.
1 John 5:14-15 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, no matter what it is that we ask according to his will, he hears us. 15 Further, if we know he hears us respecting whatever we are asking, we know we...
I see much of that scripture as being from the perspective
of the individual person. I don't think God actually shuts
anyone out or forgets anyone.
If Psalm 139:7-12 has anything to say about it, one can't
be outside of His presence even if they tried. :)
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But it does says that our reward is with Him. It is important that God remembers us, because God can blot us out of His memory at anytime. That is why the ones that He listen to like Ishmael, that He will here there pleads (prayers), that they must pray for those that are lost, the ones that God...
A book is a book is a book... they are all written by people with an agenda... Whether the agenda is to write a story for the sole purpose of entertainment... Or to provide a means to political and social influence.
If I quote Action Comics #1, does that prove that Superman was a real person?
Jesus would often seek a private place to pray, and he recommended that his followers do the same. The Bible says: On the occasion of his being in a certain place praying, when he stopped, a certain one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us how to pray . . . He said to them: Whenever...
I don't see how that commentary, as long as it is, at all has anything to do with the quote. Are you saying Paul's epistle to the Corinthians trumps and negates Proverbs15:29? I don't care how so-called "Christians" respond to unanswered prayer, Proverbs15:29 is quite clear, you must be...
He hears the prayer of the righteous. The biblical definition of righteous is one who obeys his commandments and statutes. There's the problem with why most people's prayer fails. Biblically speaking.
The Lord is close to those who call upon Him,
The baptism of the earth and the other earth change mentioned in Psalms.
Psalms 145:18
"The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth."
Psalms 46:1
"God is a refuge and strength, a very present help in...