The sinner is separated from Christ...and God does not hear the prayers of sinners. (Revelation, Jesus Christ)
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It's truely sad that some people think that God does not hear our prayers. Even the vilest of all sinners can be redeemed. God hears our soul longings, not words on a page. When the sinner longs with his heart for his salvation, God will grant Him his prayer. God is no respecter of person whether they are saints or sinners. He loves every single one of us.
If God did not hear the sinners prayer, even after that sinner repeatedly sinned, He would not be loving and merciful and not a God I would worship. God loves us. He adores us. We are not the sinful depraved creatures false teachers want us to believe. We are His most beloved creation on earth and He loves the saint as much as the sinner.
So sad when people don't know this. Shame on you for thinking and believing you are worthless and not deserving of His love.
Please read my post (#14) Brian...and especially where I say this:
This verse (John 9:31) has no reference to the prayers which sinners make for salvation.
God Bless you.
In Christ's love,
Verna.
Thankfully God gave me a partner and companion in life for 28 years now and was given to me while I had no real interest in living like you say people should. It was that act of Gods love that made me realize I was worthy while those in religion could not see it and judged me as a damned man.
I see the fight going on in you Verna, you actually know you are worthy, you know others are worthy, but religion still has a hold on you. Let it go and be free.
Hebrews 7:26, when read in context, is simply stating that Christ is our superior high priest who is himself set apart from sinners, in that he himself has no sin. That is why we need him as our high priest to intercede on our behalf.
He is sinless and therefore his intercession before God on the behalf of all sinners is perfect.
It is also interesting to note that when Christ taught the apostles how to pray, that he told them to pray for the forgiveness of our trespasses(sins) even as we forgive those who trespass against us.
People who believe that they do not sin do not pray as Jesus taught the apostles to pray, instead they pray like the pharisee prayed, being self righteous and sanctimonious they pray thanking god that they are not like sinners, and therefore they are not justified according to Christ.
Also, notice that Jesus was always in the presence of sinners, such as the tax collector with whom he supped. As a matter of fact he spent so much time with sinners that he was called a Harlot-monger and a winebiber by the self righteous pharisees who themselves despised others(Luke 18:9).
As a matter of fact every person whom Christ healed were sinners. The fact is even if you only sinned once in your life you are a sinner.
That is why Paul said that we even as Christians are no better than the very ones who reject the gospel and slander us.
Romans 3:9
What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin.
And so Paul said of himself in the present tense, that he was chief among sinners. Also remember that peter was obviously still a sinner when he walked with Christ as he tempted Christ not to die and was called Satan for that very reason and then after the death of Christ he denied Christ not once, not twice, but three times knowing full well he was lying and rejecting Christ for fear of death and also after Christ ascended as is proven by the fact that he hypocritically taught contrary to the gospel that we must observe the law before he was rebuked by the apostle Paul ... And God obviously heard the prayers of Peter even while he was still a sinner when he worked miracles in the name of Christ.
Don't let Verna's false teachings make you stumble people, know that God hears your prayers as Christ is our intercessor before him, faithful to intercede for us when we do sin.
1Jo 2:1
My dear children(in Christ), I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
Remember we were warned of the wolves that would come among the lambs, who would not spare the flock but who would greedily and hungrily and ferociously seek to devour us. Don't allow them to steal your faith, they are messengers of Satan who seek to make you doubt the fact that Christ has saved you.
Verna said, "I am not righteous...I am so unworthy, so wretched...it is the righteousness of Christ within me...it is His Spirit within me that gives me the power to be an overcomer."
Amen to that!
Verna, Hi! I hope you're feeling well. You put a lot of time, energy and typing into your threads and posts!
As I go through this world a sinner, I hope that God still hears my prayers. If I didn't think so, it would all be for nothing. I may as well quit praying and go do the things that I want to do, but don't because I'm a Christian now. I know that God sees Jesus when He looks at me since I accepted Him as my saviour. Not that we have a license to sin. Best wishes, "cityflair"
Verna, Prayer of Salvation ????????? , which bible are you getting that from .
Faith in His grace is the way of salvation Ephesians 2 verse 8.
I will say to you what i said to Twin Spin , if God could love us while we were still sinners(This is the greatest thing that as ever happened in the history of man) , answering any kind of prayer for a sinner is not diificult for Him
Verna said, "I am not righteous...I am so unworthy, so wretched...it is the righteousness of Christ within me...it is His Spirit within me that gives me the power to be an overcomer."
Amen to that!
Verna, Hi! I hope you're feeling well. You put a lot of time, energy and typing into your threads and posts!
As I go through this world a sinner, I hope that God still hears my prayers. If I didn't think so, it would all be for nothing. I may as well quit praying and go do the things that I want to do, but don't because I'm a Christian now. I know that God sees Jesus when He looks at me since I accepted Him as my saviour. Not that we have a license to sin. Best wishes, "cityflair"
cityflair...hi I am feeling a lot stronger now, every day gets better...thank you.
If you "don't do the things that you want to do" (which I understand that they would be the wrong things to do by the way you worded your response) then that would mean that you are not transgressing the laws of God (the Ten Commandments), which is sin; satisfying the lusts of your flesh and willfully sinning...? Am I correct? If I am understanding you correctly, and you are not doing these things, then your prayers are being heard!
Blessings to you dear friend,
Verna.
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