I'm a retired 66 year old woman living alone. Someone said they prayed for me. But she is a non- practicing Mormon. I searched for this message and found you. Please pray for me. I am living in a high crime area and crime escalates in the summer. Divine protection and peace over my life and that faith in the Lord will become stronger with every breath I breathe. Thanks so much my family in Jesus Christ.🙋♂️❤
I have doubted my salvation so many times, I feel God has let me go to live in those doubts. No matter what I pray or read I still have these doubts in my heart and mind. I get hung up on the verses in Hebrews. Please pray for me and I pray that God will still forgive me.
This sermon addresses those exact feelings and that exact Hebrews passage: www.fpcjackson.org/resource-library/sermons/pilgrim-s-progress-3-the-house-of-interpr
Pat Harvey - Hi Pat. Can I say that it is not 'your' salvation. It is God's salvation. God the Father purposed and planned it before the world was even formed. God the Son, Jesus Christ came into the world in human form to die and fulfill the will of God to take away sin by the sacrifice of Himself to the full satisfaction and glory of God. God the Holy Spirit is the power by which we come into the good of God's salvation, when we believe. He indwells us and joins us to Christ. Hence the expression 'a new creation in Christ Jesus' 2 Corinthians ch. 5 v 17. God has promised that if you believe you WILL receive eternal life and the forgiveness of sins. It is Christ who is your security. It is not how you feel within yourself and whether you fail or not. Christ cried 'finished' on the cross. God has accepted that sacrifice which was in your behalf. If you are referring to Hebrews ch. 6, read verse 9 and apply it to yourself. The other verses refer to Jewish professors who had seen all the wonderful works and things that happened at pentecost, etc. but were not converted even though they experienced so much by association with genuine Christians. Ask God to save you and don't doubt. He is faithful.
Pat Harvey read this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
The Great Commission 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but SOME DOUBTED.
There was an atheist who went hiking in the woods. As he goes deeply into the woods he encountered a bear. The bear attacked him but when he was about to be eaten he screamed, "God 🙏 please help me", there was a voice "do you have faith in Christ?". The atheist answered, "no, please just make the bear to be a Christian". The bear clasp its hands bow its head and whisper," God thank you for this food". And the bear ate the atheist. Without faith you can't please God. Ciao!!
I was an ex-JW and I was going to the kingdom hall when a angry German Shepard came towards me. I was dying of fear inside, I knew that the dog sensed it. It came up to me growling and his face was against my hand; I felt the dog's teeth. I prayed for that dog not to attack me. Our God Almighty, gracious Lord, spared me from that dog attack. I don't know what happened (now I know it was Jesus), the dog changed his mind and went away. If that is not God answering a prayer to a non-believer then I don't know what that is. I was going to a church that believe that the Father is the only way to salvation. I should of been attacked, but HIS GRACE saved me. Thank you Jesus!
"Cool story, bro" say the millions of people who died in horrible suffering, praying God for help. A dog didn't attack you, therefore God answered your prayers. I'm really impressed...
He does darn to answers prayers of nonbelievers /Non saved people . I wasn't saved once and I asked Him to please do something HE FREAKING ANSWERED IT! God does what He please and what His will is . He also can hear a non saved person pray for salvation .
Wow, so God actually _answered_ YOUR particular prayer yet ignores those of children being raped or starving to death? What do you think makes YOU so _special?_
Lol your funny 🤭🤭 , the thing about Him is He's so loving , and His love is perfect , now what we have to understand is every character of God is perfect , like His Justice and since God is always right if he judges us and were not saved He will condemn us , and since God is also a wrathful God , His wrath will be on us forever since He's eternal His punishment and His eternal life in Jesus is forever .
@@flashoftruth8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and (L)a thousand years as one day. 9 (M)The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but (N)is longsuffering toward [c]us, (O)not willing that any should perish but (P)that all should come to repentance. The Day of the Lord 10 But (Q)the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night,
@@johnnylopez9268 //the thing about Him is He's so loving// Really? And what do you find the most "loving" about some being that has the power to stop your sister from being raped, but just sits by watching and does nothing? Think about what you are attempting to defend here? Are you truly this morally bankrupt?
Yes,because one of my biggest answered prayers was answered when I was still not saved! I was just very broken! He rains on the just and one the unjust!
If God didn't hear the prayers of unbelievers, there would be no believers. But God has a special relationship with His Children, that he does not have with the rest of humanity, and that relationship, through Grace, gives a different in the matter of prayer. We say "Our Father" because He is. The sinner cannot call God "Father" and his access to God is limited by his sin.
Good stuff! Thank you! That's why ever since I was born-again the prayer relationship was soooooo different compared to the the rest of my life. Glory to God!
Does God love unbelievers? One of the first signs of love is a willingness to listen. "Not one sparrow falls to the ground without God's knowing about it." Unbelievers are each worth more than many sparrows. It has been suggested that unbelievers can pray wih an open mind, as an experiment, to see if prayer works.
That first sentence was I all I needed in my search , ,he hears the movment of every atom , ,every cell in me screams gods will ,even though I'm owned by the devil unbaptised and feel we are all dammed ,I love love and God is love ,32years my heaven was everybody ,now I see no believers all I do is worry about my loved ones ,while the bad prevail an we good suffer ,I obsess on lake of fire wholeheartedly seeing no way out ,just the faith Jeshua saved us but never knowing till that day ,I am tempted to bleed and try the dark side but I will keep up the fight and do what I feel is right ,bless y'all folks
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. John 3:1-21 You Must Be Born Again 3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus[a] by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again[b] he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
I believe it’s up to God to decide wether he will answer our prayers or not and that he will not answer any prayers from a unbeliever if it doesn’t have to do with repentance and salvation
Anyone that would attempt to speak against this clear, concise, Biblical explanation, simply is completely ignorant of God's Word!! Thank you for the clearest explanation I have heard in over 25 years of preaching!! This is exactly the doctrinal position of God and has been mine ever since I trusted Christ in 1982!!! Every false religion or false preacher and every false Christian teaches you just need to be sincere with your prayers even while you reject Christ as your only Savior and God is obligated to hear you!!! What a prideful slap in the face a of God!! Even Jesus himself said in John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." and in John 6:44, “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.” It is impossible for God to be expected to hear and unsaved person's prayer until obviously they repent of their sins and accept Christ alone as Savior!!! You can't come to the Father without coming through Christ and you can't come to Christ unless the Father draws you to Christ!!! Christ is the focal point of salvation, because HE IS SALVATION and the whole focus of the Bible has always been and will always be the salvation of mankind through Christ alone!!! To think otherwise, is to validate the authenticity of false religions, of which we cannot and should not do!!! Christ made it all very clear!! After all ,he is GOD INCARNATE; HE SHOULD KNOW!!!
I came before God at breaking point after falling away from Him in my youth and early twenties.. I repented and shared my hurt and sorrow and what I was in need of. He answered - He answered but I did not recognise it and carried on with my worldy ways living in sin. Until I call it a hiding.. Not that I was there yet and 2 or so years later born again. But He answered my prayer.. He was waiting for me. God is faithful and true.. Jesus Christ the way and the light and life.
What about those who are in the middle of a sea alone and facing a huge storm then they pray and they are saved ? No Christians to pray for them? Stop finding ways to separate us from our lord, he is near hears listens and answers. That is a lord
"Behold, the LORDs hand is not shortened, That it cannot save. Nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God. And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear." ISAIAH 59:1-3.
I believe holding a false doctrine also interferes with hearing God or Him hearing you. That is why heresies are called damnable and are held by those who do not come to a knowledge of the truth. There is too little fear of the Lord in the land. Too many treat Grace as an Excuse to keep on sinning.
From reading some of the comments, I think a lot of people are misunderstanding his point. Does God hear the prayers of an unbeliever? Yes. God hears everything. He is fully aware of every word, thought, emotion and motivation. The real question is, does God heed and answer those prayers. If we look in the Bible we can see many examples showing that He often does. When the Ninevites fasted and prayed, God repented of the destruction He was going to bring. The point being made is that there is no ASSURANCE that God will answer those prayers. By all rights, because of the wickedness in all of our hearts which taints any prayer we could offer, God shouldn't heed them. That fact that He does at all is a demonstration of His mercy. He is not obligated to answer them, and there is no guarantee that He will. Nonetheless, He often does out of mercy. The only prayers that are guaranteed to be heeded are the prayers of those who are in Christ, because Christ is our intercessor who stands before the Father on our behalf.
"He is fully aware of every word, thought, emotion and motivation." - Then why does he ignore the mothers of babies born with terrible diseases, through no fault of their own? Why do some evil serial killers live, when good people die young? The list goes on and on and on with similar cruel and obvious injustices........Your god sounds awful!!!!!
@@sids5002 It is a common sentiment for people to feel that God is evil, malicious or unjust when calamities come that don't seem deserved in our eyes. Job experienced this. In one day he lost all his wealth and all of his children, then he was tormented with a physical affliction. Job examined himself to see if he could find some sin in his life that might have prompted his troubles, but he could find none. He then concluded that God must be unjust, because the wicked often prosper and the innocent suffer. God responded by giving Job a greater understanding of who God is. God is the creator of everything, the supreme and complete sovereign over all, who has the right to do whatever He pleases, and He owes no one an explanation for what He does. Job's answer was to say, "I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” This, really, is the root of the problem: we don't know who God is. We each have an imagination of who we think God is, but that imagination is inevitably drawn from within ourselves and is a reflection of our own corrupt hearts. This is why it is essential for us to allow the Scripture to reveal to us the nature of God, and not to rely on what we feel He ought to be. The Scripture repeatedly reminds us that God is vastly higher than us and beyond our comprehension. If any of us were to be given just a glimpse of God, as Job was, we would have the same response that he had: we would fall on our face, unable to comprehend how such a righteous and holy God would tolerate such miserable and vile creatures as we are. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. Every breath we draw is His clemency. If God were to give us what we actually deserve, we would all be immediately consumed by the fire of His wrath. Yet because He is merciful, we are not. When we look at the world, we see that it is full of pain, suffering and death, but we are largely blind to the corruption of sin. God created the world perfect, but it was man who brought the pain, suffering and death into the world by our sin. If we could truly understand how holy God is and how wicked we are, it would be impossible for us to ever think of God as awful or unjust. God is certainly not blind to the suffering and injustices in the world. He sees every sparrow that falls and every child that suffers. The Scripture promises us that the judge of all the earth will do what is right. The day will come when God will correct all injustices.
@@firemandave2208 again, you are literally condoning appalling violence and behaviour, and excusing it, due to confirmation bias. You want your God to be loved, so you use mental gymnastics to explain away anything in opposition to that. Would you excuse a human behaving like that? No. So it's even worse from an all powerful supposedly benevolent being.
@@sids5002 If there is no God, then there cannot possibly be objective morality. If there is no God, then good and evil can not be real and could only exist in people's imaginations. If that is the case, then you have no basis to judge anyone's actions, no matter what they may be. There would be no moral law to judge them by. On the other hand, if God does exist, then it is His very nature and character that defines good and evil. There can be no universal moral law without a lawgiver who has universal authority. This can only be God. So then, if that which is good is defined by the nature of God and that which is evil is defined by that which is contrary to His nature, then it is literally impossible for God to be evil or do evil. Whatever He does, by definition, is good - because goodness is defined by the nature of God. When anyone presumes to stand in judgement over what God is or is not allowed to do, they do so on the premise that there is some moral law that is both separate from God and higher than God. This too is impossible. If God were subject to something higher than Himself, He would not be God. So when you say that God would be evil if He were to do (fill the blank), what moral law are you using to make that judgement? What is the source of that law? What authority does that source have? God is the creator of everything that is. He holds it together by the might of His power. If God were to simply cease holding it together, the whole universe would dissolve into nothing. He made us and He has the right to do with us whatever He pleases. There is no one with the authority to question His actions. Yes, God is loving and benevolent. The fact that you and I are still living is evidence of that. He sends rain on the just and the unjust. He restrains the evil in men, so that we do not behave nearly as badly as we would. He has given us countless pleasures in life. Above all, He became flesh, dwelt among us, bore our sins on His shoulders and paid the full penalty for those sins on the Cross, so you and I might have eternal life if we believe in Him. That punishment which He bore on our behalf was demanded by His justice. It is God's Justice that people don't want to acknowledge. Everyone is more than happy to have a God who is loving and forgiving and kind. But people are not so eager to have a God who is holy and just and executes judgement on sinners. God is both, and whether this agrees with our sentimentalities or not is irrelevant.
@@firefighterdjk Morality comes from humans. There are differing cultures, who after working together, have agreed on slightly differing views on morality, but on ones that suit themselves and keep their populations happy. Some things are clearly objectively immoral, worldwide, like stealing and murder, and other things up for debate, of course. That in no way takes anything away from their existence or effectiveness, or even their morality. They are arrived at through experience, debate, democracy, peer review, parents, family, friends, strangers, good and bad people. There is no better way. If you assume a god gives morality, then you have a problem. Which god, for a start? Is the punishment the same for different cultures? Clearly not, as some countries have a death penalty, most don't. Who is right? Some who even follow the same religion, don't agree. Laws and morality are a combination of many things, and evolve to meet the demands of societies. That's why they change. Religious morality is defined only in old scriptures. Some of the things defined in those scriptures are now seen as outdated and others as now immoral. In civilised societies, we no longer stone people to death. We have a presumption of innocence until proven guilty, and have a rigid process for deciding those things on a case by case basis. If we were to rely on the bible, then all sorts of immoral atrocities committed by the god depicted there, would suddenly be deemed moral, which would be terrible. The god of the bible slaughters on a whim, hates gays, women and non-whites, and demands worship. Not something most people would condone.
Two times I prayed to God without believing. Both prayers were answered. The first prayer at age 28 was to enquire if God existed, and if God did exist for God to explain to me who or what God is. The second prayer aged 32 was to ask "If you are really there Jesus, help me!". Both prayers were answered in God's time. He revealed His true nature to me and He revealed the Gospel to me - that God sent Jesus Christ to die for sinners.
Ok...now can you prove both of those things happened to us? If not, I have no more reason to take you seriously then the man that is claiming he was _abducted by little green men_ last night.
I don't think I can agree with you, at least not if you say God doesn't hear our prayers if we don't pray in the name of Jesus. Before I was a believer I called out to God to show me if he existed. It wasn't to mock or challenge God. I felt hopelessness and despair and I asked God if he was real and if he could teach me the meaning of life, if there indeed was any meaning. I had mocked Jesus and God and Church and Christians and the Bible (without a cause, as it is written). I didn't know God existed, and I certainly didn't realize he was the God of the Bible, so I did not know how to pray in the name of Jesus. But he heard me and he drew me to himself and revealed his truth to my mind. That was in 1997, I believe, and I have believed in Christ Jesus ever since.
Give the glory to God and God alone! He it was that saved your soul and him alone. Rejoice that your name was written in the Book of Life before the foundation of the world and that God, in his perfect timing, gave you new life. The Holy Spirit gave you life and you were instantaneously united to Christ. Regeneration precedes faith! What you once loved you now hate; what you once hated you now love. Be grateful always... Read again: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6
Amen🙏🏽 , But maybe God "heard" your prayer, because He saw that you were truly looking for the truth. So indirectly, you were praying through Jesus. Because He is the truth.🤔
You said it yourself that you wanted to know the truth and the Truth is Jesus Christ. So you were looking for Jesus and God has also promised to show us the way (Psalm 32:8) .
Even Satan knows and believes there is a God. You can believe in God and not be saved. Without the blood of Christ, without repentance... there is no way to the Father.
To help you answer, Unbelievers doesn't always someone who's an atheist, but people from other religions too, such as islam, buddhist, catholic etc. They pray too, but not to the one True God. They don't believe in Jesus sacrifice and resurrection, that's why they are called the unbelievers.
Yes!!! In some instances God answers even the prayer of an unbeliever, if he/ she is in quest of the true God, he answers them by revealing the truth. But God didn't answer the prayer of those people who r convinced that their idol or gods (which doesn't exist) is the true God and has no desire to seek the true living God. Because when they pray they pray in the name of their idols or gods, which God abhors the most.
That is absolutely not true. So God didn't answer all the believers prayers before Jesus! What kind of logic is this? Why didn't he send Jesus right after Adam? So what happened to thousands of years before Jesus? Why would God do that?
@@fatincanada Let me tell you exactly why IT IS TRUE... Jesus said so... “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). Jesus has always existed..... He is God... Before His incarnation the same applies. Yes, peoples prayers were answered. By the same God. The OT saints were believers in the Father, Son, and Spirit. You cannot read Genesis 1 and not see that. He didn't “send Jesus right after Adam” because Jesus was already there, walking in the garden with Adam. Who do you think “God” was talking to that Adam heard His voice? God was talking to God..... THOSE ARE RED LETTERS...☝🏼 Inerrantly, Infallibly, true!!
@@sarahlynn4790 so those people in between Jesus and Adam, didn't have a clue that God has a son and they need to call upon God through his son 🤔 Then if Jesus is God and you guys believe that he died for 3 days before he was raised , then who took care of the earth , people and the universe for those 3 days🙄 I want a God who doesn't die Who doesn't sleep And doesn't get tired after he creates I want a STRONG God who I can rely on And Jesus is not a God He needed his mom to feed him, his people to support him and used to work as a carpenter to feed himself and his mom He was a human being not a God
@@fatincanada who says they didn’t know? There are MANY MANY OT appearances of Jesus. They knew. They also knew God was sending a Savior. They were believers by faith just like we are. They had faith in the coming Messiah, we have faith in the Messiah that already came, same Messiah. His name is irrelevant. You and I have no clue what His name will be when He returns (Rev. 19:12) I am still saved by grace through faith. You, have declared here that you are not. And you are by definition an antichrist according to scripture. God is a triune God. The God you have is one you’ve created in your mind, not the one of scripture. It doesn’t matter what you want, what matters is how God has chosen to reveal Himself and who He actually is.
John 9:31.. God does not hear sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him ". Without faith it is impossible to please God.
But it doesn't mean that we who are saved can't pray for them. Because that is what God require us to do is to pray for them, and to see in God's divine view that over 2000 years ago God put us all in Christ when Christ was crucified and resurrected us all up in Him in Christ to the heavens and sat us all down in Him in Christ on the throne. So we are to pray for the sinners even our families that are not saved but to see it in God's eyes that they are saved. For we are to be one with God and know that it is not the sinners who don't want to be saved but it is the enemy behind them that stops them from repenting, and believing in the Lord Jesus, and from them being baptised. That why when we pray for our loved ones who are not saved, we pray what it says in Acts 26:18 "To opened their eyes to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may received forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith. I know that when I was a sinner and unsaved someone pray for me and I believed it was my parents because they were moved by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit to pray for me and now I am saved I am in the same position to pray for my unsaved son and believed that he is saved for God's desired is the same as our hearts that we don't want to see anyone perish and not have eternal life.
@@mereannaranui1205 ".... there is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death". 1 John 5:16/17. Ezekiel 14:13-20.
It may have been pointed out, it may be that I am genuinely missing something fundamental. If I don’t believe, I don’t pray to anyone. We can talk about the efficacy and logic of prayer. But why pray to someone you don’t actually believe exists?
That is absolutely not true. So God didn't answer all the believers prayers before Jesus! What kind of logic is this? Why didn't he send Jesus right after Adam? So what happened to thousands of years before Jesus? Why would God do that
No! I reject that premise completely. I respect your articulation of your biblically arrived at point of view. I totally disagree. “ He who comes to GOD must believe that HE is, and is a rewarder of those who seek HIM.” “ Draw near to ME and I will draw near to you” GOD provided a Way back to HIM after the Edenic Fall to disobedience. GOD showed that it was now needful for MAN to sacrifice the 1st born of a Herd, to Atone for their sins. A portend to GOD’S own first born - yes- for sure- Jesus IS the good Shepherd The Way and the Door through whom we connect spiritually to his Father. Not knowing Jesus but praying to GOD for HIS guidance and help, is NOT Unanswered! There is a lot more at work in the Celestial Domain of Jesus’ present Residence at his Father’s right hand than we can possibly know.! GOD “ catches “ MEN with HIS Word- either picked up by hearing or reading … it always “ bears fruit and does not return to GOD void “… if Jesus is not known prior to bending down and praying to THE GOD in Whom we live and move and have our being …. Then GOD is the One Who Leads us there to him. He and The Father are one. Of one MIND. All the peoples of OT times who came to GOD with open honest hearts, were heard and answered. Long before Jesus was physically manifested as The Word made flesh. It is MAN ( such as the views expressed in this video ) who puts Limits snd restrictions on the ways people can not come to GOD. HE knows those who are HIS. Their names are etched into the palm of HIS Hand. Saul was killing every believer in Jesus. Yet Jesus did not limit Saul from coming to personally know Jesus, and his reflected Love which flowed through him from GOD. LOVE covers a multitude of sins. Insisting on a limiting view of “ right ways to come to God “, needs caution, for reasons that we as human beings are very vulnerable to self righteousness. And Conditional Love. The Pharisees had that problem. Their “ Right Ways “ put limits on the work Jesus did: no healing on the Sabbath. Jesus failed in keeping THEIR “ right ways”. And was crucified for it. ( purposed by his FATHER ). The title of this video is: does GOD hear the prayers of the unbeliever? Unless I’m far too literal here, this “ unbeliever’s prayer to GOD ( I assume ?) Would require faith to conceive of a GOD who can hear and a GOD who can answer. Indeed WILL answer! Your privately chosen example of little girl asking for a drink but forgetting her manners, is a prerogative for you to use. A better example would be, the little girl coming to you, to ask for your help. She tells you her difficulty, with some timidity but believes IN your ability to help her. Will you turn her away, because she does not yet know that you have a SON, who can teach her how to live, and love, and show her who YOU really are? Will you let her struggle along her life till she figures out it’s YOUR Son she “ must “ approach first - like a Legal Process…. Was Jesus not showing the Jews that prior to him teaching about who GOD really is, there were “ thieves and Robbers….”? Was Jesus not saying: don’t trust those who have gone before him? Such as The Pharisees. In psalm 77 ( I think ..) it says 70 times GOD is LOVE…. HE created you (&me )… and knows how many hairs are on our heads, our hearts and thoughts. HE will never INSIST on Manners- HE will guide and teach and HIS Patience will NEVER Run out…
Yes he does. Our side neighbour is south Indian hindu. There was a time in her life where she did not have money to pay for her children's fees. She had 2 children. She just did not ask anyone . And eventually her health started deteriorating. Eventually, she went to our local church and she cried out loud and at that point of time there was praise and worship in the church. The next day there was an unknown person who paid her children's fees for the whole year and with this all her tensions vanished. She gave her testimony. And she was beaming with happiness.
I understand what the preacher is trying to relay. If you understand the authority, relationship & benefits of the sacrifice that was made to save your soul, then you can see clearly why the speaker takes this position in not being able to definitively say to an unbeliever, "God is going to answer this prayer!" Jesus layed down his life so that all who willed to come, would be accepted. The problem is not will Jesus hear/answer the prayer, but the greater question is will the unbeliever accept Christ. This is more important than any thing any of us can petition God for. I do believe God will/does answer unbelievers prayers, if he chooses to, but the goal/agenda of this is so that men can see, repent and trust in God. I would never tell an unbeliever not to pray, because the fact that they are willing to pray is a sign that God could be turning their heart. I would show support by praying with them, share what Jesus did for us all, and hope that God opens their heart to see their greater need.
I Remember the day when I was not born again I use to pray and fasting ,God used to answer my pray then I give my life to Jesus Christ,now this day I have prayed and fasting God doesn't hear my pray why, people explain for me.
Hi nyangoma...may be I can try and help...listen this time when you were not born again I want you to understand that God was good because of his faithfulness but not your prayers to sustain you up to the point of coming to be saved...now when you got saved it is not that he doesn't answer your prayers he is just taking time to prepare you to handle his blessings and he won't give you what you want but he will give you what you need coz he knows better...instead of praying for so much things kindly seek his will for your life because his will Carrie's his provision for you and its accurate and very precise.
Sr.Jhon Macartur, stiffness , self righteous and our actions are not sufficient to achieve the honor to be in front of god , by the Grace of god in the name of Jesus Christ is how we get there , it feels like you are doing the same that the Sanhedrin (rabies) did in the time of Jesus . It’s about the heart , the temple is inside .
Hey, brother. If a person wants to be taken in by the Lord then that person has the grace of Christ in them and will most certainly be heard. God put it in their heart in the first place. That person has nothing to worry about. If you pray for someone who doesn’t know God and doesn’t care, God may then go and put that grace in their heart and “draw them.”
True believers are not in churches, churches are followers of Jesus Christ. True believers are not in temples, synagogues or mosques but in the spirit of God the creator. God is not exclusively for the worshippers in places of worship but for those who worship Him in spirit from anywhere. Worship places will soon become irrelevant and empty.
But if he prays to God though normally he wouldn't it shows he is a believer but maybe he feels unworthy and such a sinner and hasn't made prayer a habit. God's mercy is so Great that he sends rain on the just and unjust hoping they'll come to him.
Rodney Allen read this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
Prayers made with Jesus, even by believers still go unanswered. There is a process of purification and sanctification that believers must go through to even have a chance of having a prayer answered. This is too much for most believers.
Jesus will hear the prayer of a sinner because he came to seek and save the lost also he knows the heart of man wether he is truly seeking help and deliverance or if man just want a prayer to do evil, so yes Jesus does answer prayers of wicked people such as myself but my pleading was a prayer of to do what is right and the cry of my heart was hating all my evil sins and the sins of the world and he answered when i have yet never knew him at the time he personnally came to me and showed up himself.
When we say unbelievers we're saying those who doesn't believe in Christ. Because the bible tells us "if we Don't accept the son it means we also don't accept the father, so they're non believers who prayers and God answers their prayers and you will see believers who believe in the son yet their prayers are not been answered. So does that makes God to be fair? Yes he's fair and everything he does, he does it for purpose, read malachi 3:14-18 and we also read the book of ester, Ester 6 How the king honerd mordecai.
I disagree with him about the sincerity part.If you are sincerely coming before God with an open mind, and a willing heart,I believe there's a good chance that he will answer. That's how he came into my life and saved me. However,if you are coming before him as if you somehow deserve or have earned it, then I do believe he'll view it as abomination. However,a contrite heart and a broken spirit,he will not deny. That's what I personally believe but to say God's heart is only tickled by an earnest prayer, and sincere heart, from an unbeliever,I think that's a stretch.
That's how He answered me as well. I legit came and asked for something and I said "God please if your listening stop my light from blinking" and it did ! I know I shouldn't really asked for signs but I wanted to make sure He was listening ☺
The only way for anybody to be heard is to hear. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. And consistently the only word that gives faith is the word of salvation through Jesus Christ. Through him only do we have hope for God to hear us who are unholy and sinful without the Holy Spirit who sends our prayers to God
Amos 9:7 “Are you Israelites more important to me than the Ethiopians?” asks the LORD. “ He’s the Father of everyone who humbles himself and approach him with humility.
There is a different from a wicked person and an unbeliever. Being jewish and knowing hebrew... God will answer who God feels like answering. The fact is God doesn't have to do anything. This is the reason King David begged God not to turn his ear off. David knew God will turn an ear in many situations. Moses is a prime example. Moses didn't get to enter Israel based on a mistake he made. He prayed to God and asked. God still didn't give what was asked. You could make the argument Jesus didn't live at that time. You can even make the argument that David was an Israelite so he had favor. Either way regardless God is who God is. Everyone is seen and heard. God chooses to answer based on things that only God knows and sees. There is love in all of it. There is also Justice. There is also peace. There is also retribution. There is also life. There is plenty of hope to go around as well. I could make a years worth of videos on this topic alone with biblical proof translated from hebrew to English vice versa. For those who don't pray. Pray... Seek truth.. you may find it.
@@kervinrobinkneshoa7213 Jesus is the word of God , my friend. He was from the beginning. See John 1, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Then see John 1:14 , the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. This is talking about Jesus. You can read the gospel of John for better understanding. Good day and God bless !
I have heard testimonies where an unbeliever prayed and God answered it... that's how they came to Christ. You are saying that was the providence of God not the prayer? Does that match what we know about the character of God?
Michelle Blank read this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
But Yeshua didn’t come until over 2000 years from Adam and God was still answering prayers. So what do we do with that. This disqualifies all those before Christ
I need Gods help so much its starting to become unbearable . im often telling God I cant live up to his standards and that's critical regardless of what anyone says . Having victory over sin is on the person we are expected to have victory on our own with no help from God and that's the problem ,,many Christians love to say God helps ect but he actually in my expierence does not other than to say not to do it theres no tangible support offered by God
Rob oshea Do you trust Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? Either Gods lying or your lying . He says seek me and truly you’ll find him. What reasons do you really go to God for?
You're right and wrong. Faith in GOD is where salvation is, but I do think some sins he lets us work on ourselves, and some he helps us to overcome. I'm not sure why but it seems true in my experience in walking with GOD.
MyLifeForAuir87 Isaiah 64:6 KJ21 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
I believe that providence of God or the goodness of God leads to repentance as states in Romans 2:4. However, in John 9:31 We know that God DOES NOT listen to SINNERS, but He will listen to the one who worships Him and does His will, him He hears. Just to name a few of God’s attributes as well as who He: He is Good, Mercifully, Faithful, Kind, Compassionate, Gentle, Holy, Pure, Righteous, and a Consuming Fire 🔥. The safest and best decision one can make is to believe that God sent His Son Jesus Christ in the for of flesh to die for the forgiveness of all our sins. And by doing that Jesus became that precious gift to us as. So the best thing to do is to believe accept that gift and like a life accept to the Holy Bible. Then one won’t need to worry if God will answer their prayers. God always answer prayers with a Yes, No, or Wait. Whatever the answer is it is ALWAYS to best answer.
doesnt listen to sinners? then who among us doesnt sin? who did Jesus give his life to save? who needs saving and prayers to be answered? the sinners!!! and thats everyone who ever lived!!! you likely meant non believers...of course non believers wont pray to God everyday...still its not something you can surely know God will avoid them...i believe The Lord is alot more loving and accepting than we can ever be....in fact the whole existance of God and Jesus and holy Spirit is all about unconditional love isnt it? Thats why we are told to love our enemies isnt it? The one thing i got from a lifetime of prayer is to love others like we would like to be loved and forgiven...the Golden Rule...no?? Only religion tries to scare us all into hell....but they dont even practice what they preach...i openly believe and trust in the trinity....but not at all in religion!....its between me and my God....Just like it is on your last day....its you and the Lord...not you , the priest or assembly and The Lord! Religion makes you only feel unworthy and or guilty to the point you doubt His love for us....i dont believe that...and no amount of pedo priests will change that....and as far as my money...its to keep me and my children alive in this hard life...but i also am giving to those in need and try to help best i can....the super rich catholic religion are the ones who should be helping those in dire need....but they dont....in fact they have a million excuses to never give back the monies they took from the very people they quickly condemn to an eternal hell of torture....wake up people....religion is the true evil....a sheep in wolf's clothing 100%. They even refuse to pay taxes and have murderes more people in the name of God than all wars combined!!! and that all ok with you? Wow....wake up and believe the facts...not their stories or fire and brimstone....they dont believe their own lies...otherwise they would stop doing what they do!!!!
What if their prayer is in line with God’s will? What if their prayers are in line with God’s will for them? What if their prayer is in line with God’s will for them and they ask in Jesus‘ name? Wouldn’t that answered prayer help their unbelief? I was to understand that don’t even the dogs get the crumbs? If said person was really an unbeliever, would they even be praying? I’m not trying to be a wiseguy, I just want to know.
I believe the Pastor here answered all that. Jesus is the way to God. God did does here and God is merciful. For a person to be saved, the Church has to pray and ask God to deal with the lost person. Then that person must cry out for salvation and God will save them. Hope this helps. And we must believe and obey the the Word of God in every way.
@@toniaparks7726 but an unbeliever would hardly be concerned about any of those things. What if the person doesn’t belong to or ever even belonged to a church. Maybe their parents were hippies or something. God won’t call a person out of the world if that’s His will? He can’t make an irreligious person soften his heart and hear Him? I’m just saying that Almighty God alone is absolutely sovereign and there is no limit to His power and authority over His own creations. So, in some cases, the church has a role in helping an individual, but not in every case. I understand that God wants relationship with individuals. Sometimes an individual can’t be reached by church, but I believe that His will be done in our lives. Even outside the fold.
@@michaela.haynes4545 God is compassionate and full of mercy. The fact that anyone comes to Him is an act of mercy. He convicts the dinner, we repent and believe the Gospel. If you hear His voice harden not your heart. This what the scripture commands.
There was a woman of the time that the church leaders and pastors The pastors of the time said that woman's a dog But she knew but even the dogs eat from the crumbs of the table
What about these? Got questions posted these as answers to unbelievers prayers Hagar asked God to protect her son Ishmael (Genesis 21:14-19). God not only protected Ishmael, God blessed him exceedingly. In 1 Kings 21:17-29, especially verses 27-29, Ahab fasts and mourns over Elijah’s prophecy concerning his posterity. God responds by not bringing about the calamity in Ahab’s time. The Gentile woman from the Tyre and Sidon area prayed that Jesus would deliver her daughter from a demon (Mark 7:24-30). Jesus cast the demon out of the woman’s daughter. Cornelius, the Roman centurion in Acts 10, had the apostle Peter sent to him in response to Cornelius being a righteous man. Acts 10:2 tells us that Cornelius “prayed to God regularly.”
I tried reading the verses you mentioned and these are the things I've noticed: Hagar did not ask God to protect her son. God heard the voice of Ishmael. besides, Ishmael was the son of Abraham and God promised that he will be a nation. With Ahab's story, God mentioned to Elijah that humility was the reason the disaster did not happen. Ahab did not pray but repented. with the gentile woman, faith in Jesus what made her daughter well, not a prayer. the man on the video explained what happened with Cornelius. if you watched the full video, it is properly explained why unbelievers' prayers are not being answered (according to Scriptures). it's either prayers of other Christians are answered or God Himself, in His sovereignty wills it, and it's not because of unbelievers' prayers. we should not be mistaken "common grace for all" and grace exclusively for Christians.
@@r-an-dom-s-things I completely agree with you! This was sort of a post to see the argument which in essence is my own argument. Thanks for your thoughtful response!
I understand that This explanation will seem very hard and harsh to many. Because how hard and harsh is the heart that expects almighty sovereign God to go against his words, his promises in order to serve those who have rejected him? While in doing so would make Christ's sacrifice on the cross unnecessary and truth useless.
God is for unbelievers and God hears their direct prayers. God is not Christ to receive prayers only from Christians, and is not only for believers to receive prayers only from believers. God is in all the living and is a living God for all the living. The non-believers need God more than the so-called believers. The problem with church and believers is the 'we' and the 'us' ; the exclusiveness of the church, the discrimination of the church, the logs in the eyes of the leaders that make them hink that they are holier than non-believers. Godliness can be attained without the church and without Jesus. God does.not shut the door to Muslims, Hindus, Bbudists, pagans and others as you perceive. They know the creator and are not non-believers. Who is God to you? A god? God is definitely not in your church. Are you telling me that when you pray for non-believers in the name of God, God will not answer? Prayers directed to God, in His name by all and from all are answered faster than prayers in the name of Jesus! If you do not pray for non-believers, who do you pray for?.
I do understand the part that we pray through Jesus to get to God. But as for the unbeliever who prays through Jesus, I believe this alone is Faith and that Faith would prove belief even to a small degree. Will he answer the prayer...I think would depend on the situation. I was dying and ask God for help and I did receive his help even as a sinner.
I couldn’t disagree more! There’s no regenerated Christian who was not once an unbeliever. If God had not answered their prayers as an unbeliever they’d never have become Christians! If, for example, a witch prays to Jesus for help, God won’t answer her prayer? Nonsense! Of course he will! How can she become a true Christian if God doesn’t answer her prayers at all? God doesn’t wait until we are perfect, fully reborn in Christ, before answering our prayers. That’s preposterous! He’s the God of love, helping us through prayer to get closer and closer to him every step of the way . . .
Great saying where he said something like if we try to come to God in our own righteousness, then we are essentially saying we don't need Jesus. Truly no man (mortal) can boast in the presence of God. The best thing we can do is to kneel before him, confess our sins and plead at the throne of grace. Good stuff. love it!
As an unbeliever (well I know God is the only true God, I just didn't repent and accepted Jesus as my savior), I pray and cry out to Him because I recognize my desperate condition. My pride is so huge I can't even repent.........
Charles Hill read this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
I believe(I repeat believe) 1 of 3 possibilities, that Cornelius’ prayer was answered because he desired to know Jesus OR he was devout when it came to the law so just like Paul God used that zeal to His glory OR God can draw anyone to Himself in any way He wants-even sinners FOR A GREATER PURPOSE as we see in Cornelius’ case where thru him many believed. I love this man’s teachings
Jack Hammer read this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
Many comment that it seems to me they are all bible scholar... Look , these guys are expertise in this field of study , and they are faithfull to Jesus Christ... Dont assume you are righteous enough to define the scripture.
I have bad doubts of salvation and I keep asking God to help me believe or show me what im missing and similar things if im not saved but if im not saved will God answer that ? Because I have accepted Jesus as saviour and I know He is the son of God but im not sure if my part in it was genuine as in was it the Holy Spirit or was it my emotion or head knowledge im not sure what to do
Mike Hill I have felt the same way you felt until this “12 Brothers and sisters, I want you to know about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 2 You know that at one time you were unbelievers. You were somehow drawn away to worship statues of gods that couldn’t even speak. 3 So I want you to know that no one who is speaking with the help of God’s Spirit says, “May Jesus be cursed.” And without the help of the Holy Spirit no one can say, “Jesus is Lord.” Corinthians 12
If you find that you have to force yourself to believe, then something is wrong... or right. There is no reason why you should need to believe in something for which there is NO evidence.
@@jeffsmith5787 Its not about evidence its aboiit faith in Him no one comes to Jesus unless the Father draws them which is why I know He is drawing me I want Him and before I didnt care not really anyway
Belief in Christ is all that is needed . And if perhaps they do not have correct belief it is the Spirit's job to teach the person correctly which the Spirit will do in his time .
I'm a retired 66 year old woman living alone. Someone said they prayed for me. But she is a non- practicing Mormon. I searched for this message and found you. Please pray for me. I am living in a high crime area and crime escalates in the summer. Divine protection and peace over my life and that faith in the Lord will become stronger with every breath I breathe. Thanks so much my family in Jesus Christ.🙋♂️❤
I have doubted my salvation so many times, I feel God has let me go to live in those doubts. No matter what I pray or read I still have these doubts in my heart and mind. I get hung up on the verses in Hebrews. Please pray for me and I pray that God will still forgive me.
This sermon addresses those exact feelings and that exact Hebrews passage: www.fpcjackson.org/resource-library/sermons/pilgrim-s-progress-3-the-house-of-interpr
Grace all ready saved you. believe it i try , and find believing is as it is and all way's till Grace comes to lift us up.
Pat Harvey - Hi Pat. Can I say that it is not 'your' salvation. It is God's salvation. God the Father purposed and planned it before the world was even formed. God the Son, Jesus Christ came into the world in human form to die and fulfill the will of God to take away sin by the sacrifice of Himself to the full satisfaction and glory of God. God the Holy Spirit is the power by which we come into the good of God's salvation, when we believe. He indwells us and joins us to Christ. Hence the expression 'a new creation in Christ Jesus' 2 Corinthians ch. 5 v 17. God has promised that if you believe you WILL receive eternal life and the forgiveness of sins. It is Christ who is your security. It is not how you feel within yourself and whether you fail or not. Christ cried 'finished' on the cross. God has accepted that sacrifice which was in your behalf. If you are referring to Hebrews ch. 6, read verse 9 and apply it to yourself. The other verses refer to Jewish professors who had seen all the wonderful works and things that happened at pentecost, etc. but were not converted even though they experienced so much by association with genuine Christians. Ask God to save you and don't doubt. He is faithful.
Pat Harvey read this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en
No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
The Great Commission
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but SOME DOUBTED.
I love reformed theology. It's so Biblical and makes the Bible consistent with itself.
Thankful for the blood of of Jesus and the faith knowing he hears my prayers...amen
God answered the prayer so they can have FAITH!
FAITH is JESUS CHRIST so if we reject HIM our prayer is anoise to GOD
@@damarisondiek5414 jesus is not god
@@crazyduck7040 The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are God, but they are not each other.
There was an atheist who went hiking in the woods. As he goes deeply into the woods he encountered a bear. The bear attacked him but when he was about to be eaten he screamed, "God 🙏 please help me", there was a voice "do you have faith in Christ?". The atheist answered, "no, please just make the bear to be a Christian". The bear clasp its hands bow its head and whisper," God thank you for this food". And the bear ate the atheist.
Without faith you can't please God.
Ciao!!
"Faith" is defined as "a belief which requires no proof or evidence". So go ahead, believe in some thing that you know little or nothing about
Great Professor have never heard honesty about prayer like this.
I was an ex-JW and I was going to the kingdom hall when a angry German Shepard came towards me. I was dying of fear inside, I knew that the dog sensed it. It came up to me growling and his face was against my hand; I felt the dog's teeth. I prayed for that dog not to attack me. Our God Almighty, gracious Lord, spared me from that dog attack. I don't know what happened (now I know it was Jesus), the dog changed his mind and went away. If that is not God answering a prayer to a non-believer then I don't know what that is. I was going to a church that believe that the Father is the only way to salvation. I should of been attacked, but HIS GRACE saved me. Thank you Jesus!
"Cool story, bro" say the millions of people who died in horrible suffering, praying God for help.
A dog didn't attack you, therefore God answered your prayers. I'm really impressed...
Amen brother.
SO, IF THE DOG ATTACK YOU, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN, GOD ALLOWED THE DOG TO ATTACK YOU!!🤔🤔
I'm so happy to be free from religion And stupidity
Thank You Lord.
God said in the old testament he give rain on the just and unjust. God is merciful
He does darn to answers prayers of nonbelievers /Non saved people . I wasn't saved once and I asked Him to please do something HE FREAKING ANSWERED IT! God does what He please and what His will is . He also can hear a non saved person pray for salvation .
Wow, so God actually _answered_ YOUR particular prayer yet ignores those of children being raped or starving to death?
What do you think makes YOU so _special?_
Lol your funny 🤭🤭 , the thing about Him is He's so loving , and His love is perfect , now what we have to understand is every character of God is perfect , like His Justice and since God is always right if he judges us and were not saved He will condemn us , and since God is also a wrathful God , His wrath will be on us forever since He's eternal His punishment and His eternal life in Jesus is forever .
@@flashoftruth8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and (L)a thousand years as one day. 9 (M)The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but (N)is longsuffering toward [c]us, (O)not willing that any should perish but (P)that all should come to repentance.
The Day of the Lord
10 But (Q)the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night,
@@johnnylopez9268 //the thing about Him is He's so loving//
Really? And what do you find the most "loving" about some being that has the power to stop your sister from being raped, but just sits by watching and does nothing?
Think about what you are attempting to defend here?
Are you truly this morally bankrupt?
"I believe. Help my unbelief, Lord."
-- The Gospel According to Mark
Yes,because one of my biggest answered prayers was answered when I was still not saved! I was just very broken! He rains on the just and one the unjust!
If God didn't hear the prayers of unbelievers, there would be no believers. But God has a special relationship with His Children, that he does not have with the rest of humanity, and that relationship, through Grace, gives a different in the matter of prayer. We say "Our Father" because He is. The sinner cannot call God "Father" and his access to God is limited by his sin.
to suggest the God does not hear a prayer is to limit God's ability to do anything. when will people stop trying to speak for God
@brad renfroe you are so misled, I will pray for you
@brad renfroe I think you'll find that statement less than accurate.
Good stuff! Thank you! That's why ever since I was born-again the prayer relationship was soooooo different compared to the the rest of my life. Glory to God!
True this. Being a born again christian is much more meaningful than living in any other kind of way. 🙂❤️
@@dcharmed2 Don't fault those of us that got it right the first time.
Does God love unbelievers? One of the first signs of love is a willingness to listen. "Not one sparrow falls to the ground without God's knowing about it." Unbelievers are each worth more than many sparrows. It has been suggested that unbelievers can pray wih an open mind, as an experiment, to see if prayer works.
My prayers were never answered until I got saved.
Could you pray for my dad the recover from covid? He didn't awnser mine. I guess he doesn't care if I do it.
@@2ndPigeon I prayed for the Lord to heal him if it’s His will!!
@@littlelambs7044 If it's his will then what's the point of prayer?
I read he said he will have mercy on who he will have mercy on ?
Amen!
Amen and that’s to all men according to Romans 11:32
God answers all prayers...in His time! He says yes..No..or wait...but He WILL answer...even after you die so be careful what you pray for 💕🙏🏾
If those are the only three outcomes, how can you tell if god had anything to do with your prayer at all?
Well does he answer the prayers of people who aren't Christians
@@martinrafael466 I hear plenty of both Muslims and Hindus that say they're prayer had been awnsered.
Thank you so much for this great insight... learned so much. God bless you
That first sentence was I all I needed in my search , ,he hears the movment of every atom , ,every cell in me screams gods will ,even though I'm owned by the devil unbaptised and feel we are all dammed ,I love love and God is love ,32years my heaven was everybody ,now I see no believers all I do is worry about my loved ones ,while the bad prevail an we good suffer ,I obsess on lake of fire wholeheartedly seeing no way out ,just the faith Jeshua saved us but never knowing till that day ,I am tempted to bleed and try the dark side but I will keep up the fight and do what I feel is right ,bless y'all folks
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. John 3:1-21
You Must Be Born Again
3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus[a] by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again[b] he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Only By The Name Of Jesus... Call on His Name
This is why its the Lord who must make us believers first,by way of the believing,
heart of flesh that He gives to make us willing.
My uninsured house burned down 8 years ago. I
couldn`t afford to rebuild it. Please say a prayer for me!
Poor man I hope you get the money to rebuild.
Or buy a cheap colour bond house,♥️
@@bethymears2648 Thank You! I appreciate Your compassion!
I believe it’s up to God to decide wether he will answer our prayers or not and that he will not answer any prayers from a unbeliever if it doesn’t have to do with repentance and salvation
Anyone that would attempt to speak against this clear, concise, Biblical explanation, simply is completely ignorant of God's Word!! Thank you for the clearest explanation I have heard in over 25 years of preaching!! This is exactly the doctrinal position of God and has been mine ever since I trusted Christ in 1982!!! Every false religion or false preacher and every false Christian teaches you just need to be sincere with your prayers even while you reject Christ as your only Savior and God is obligated to hear you!!! What a prideful slap in the face a of God!! Even Jesus himself said in John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." and in John 6:44, “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
It is impossible for God to be expected to hear and unsaved person's prayer until obviously they repent of their sins and accept Christ alone as Savior!!! You can't come to the Father without coming through Christ and you can't come to Christ unless the Father draws you to Christ!!! Christ is the focal point of salvation, because HE IS SALVATION and the whole focus of the Bible has always been and will always be the salvation of mankind through Christ alone!!! To think otherwise, is to validate the authenticity of false religions, of which we cannot and should not do!!! Christ made it all very clear!! After all ,he is GOD INCARNATE; HE SHOULD KNOW!!!
Now we have two brainwashed deluded fools
This man is absolutely correct.
I think God will hear and respond to whomever he pleases. It’s human arrogance to try to limit Gods actions.
I agree
I came before God at breaking point after falling away from Him in my youth and early twenties.. I repented and shared my hurt and sorrow and what I was in need of. He answered - He answered but I did not recognise it and carried on with my worldy ways living in sin. Until I call it a hiding.. Not that I was there yet and 2 or so years later born again. But He answered my prayer.. He was waiting for me.
God is faithful and true.. Jesus Christ the way and the light and life.
Thank you for your testimony, it helps, please can you tell me if now you are filled with the holy spirit again?
Amen
What about those who are in the middle of a sea alone and facing a huge storm then they pray and they are saved ? No Christians to pray for them? Stop finding ways to separate us from our lord, he is near hears listens and answers. That is a lord
"Behold, the LORDs hand is not shortened, That it cannot save. Nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God. And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear." ISAIAH 59:1-3.
I believe holding a false doctrine also interferes with hearing God or Him hearing you. That is why heresies are called damnable and are held by those who do not come to a knowledge of the truth. There is too little fear of the Lord in the land. Too many treat Grace as an Excuse to keep on sinning.
How this even possible...sin hiding us from God's face,,
From reading some of the comments, I think a lot of people are misunderstanding his point. Does God hear the prayers of an unbeliever? Yes. God hears everything. He is fully aware of every word, thought, emotion and motivation. The real question is, does God heed and answer those prayers. If we look in the Bible we can see many examples showing that He often does. When the Ninevites fasted and prayed, God repented of the destruction He was going to bring.
The point being made is that there is no ASSURANCE that God will answer those prayers. By all rights, because of the wickedness in all of our hearts which taints any prayer we could offer, God shouldn't heed them. That fact that He does at all is a demonstration of His mercy. He is not obligated to answer them, and there is no guarantee that He will. Nonetheless, He often does out of mercy.
The only prayers that are guaranteed to be heeded are the prayers of those who are in Christ, because Christ is our intercessor who stands before the Father on our behalf.
"He is fully aware of every word, thought, emotion and motivation." - Then why does he ignore the mothers of babies born with terrible diseases, through no fault of their own? Why do some evil serial killers live, when good people die young? The list goes on and on and on with similar cruel and obvious injustices........Your god sounds awful!!!!!
@@sids5002 It is a common sentiment for people to feel that God is evil, malicious or unjust when calamities come that don't seem deserved in our eyes. Job experienced this. In one day he lost all his wealth and all of his children, then he was tormented with a physical affliction. Job examined himself to see if he could find some sin in his life that might have prompted his troubles, but he could find none. He then concluded that God must be unjust, because the wicked often prosper and the innocent suffer. God responded by giving Job a greater understanding of who God is. God is the creator of everything, the supreme and complete sovereign over all, who has the right to do whatever He pleases, and He owes no one an explanation for what He does. Job's answer was to say, "I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
This, really, is the root of the problem: we don't know who God is. We each have an imagination of who we think God is, but that imagination is inevitably drawn from within ourselves and is a reflection of our own corrupt hearts. This is why it is essential for us to allow the Scripture to reveal to us the nature of God, and not to rely on what we feel He ought to be. The Scripture repeatedly reminds us that God is vastly higher than us and beyond our comprehension. If any of us were to be given just a glimpse of God, as Job was, we would have the same response that he had: we would fall on our face, unable to comprehend how such a righteous and holy God would tolerate such miserable and vile creatures as we are. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. Every breath we draw is His clemency. If God were to give us what we actually deserve, we would all be immediately consumed by the fire of His wrath. Yet because He is merciful, we are not.
When we look at the world, we see that it is full of pain, suffering and death, but we are largely blind to the corruption of sin. God created the world perfect, but it was man who brought the pain, suffering and death into the world by our sin. If we could truly understand how holy God is and how wicked we are, it would be impossible for us to ever think of God as awful or unjust.
God is certainly not blind to the suffering and injustices in the world. He sees every sparrow that falls and every child that suffers. The Scripture promises us that the judge of all the earth will do what is right. The day will come when God will correct all injustices.
@@firemandave2208 again, you are literally condoning appalling violence and behaviour, and excusing it, due to confirmation bias. You want your God to be loved, so you use mental gymnastics to explain away anything in opposition to that. Would you excuse a human behaving like that? No. So it's even worse from an all powerful supposedly benevolent being.
@@sids5002 If there is no God, then there cannot possibly be objective morality. If there is no God, then good and evil can not be real and could only exist in people's imaginations. If that is the case, then you have no basis to judge anyone's actions, no matter what they may be. There would be no moral law to judge them by. On the other hand, if God does exist, then it is His very nature and character that defines good and evil. There can be no universal moral law without a lawgiver who has universal authority. This can only be God. So then, if that which is good is defined by the nature of God and that which is evil is defined by that which is contrary to His nature, then it is literally impossible for God to be evil or do evil. Whatever He does, by definition, is good - because goodness is defined by the nature of God.
When anyone presumes to stand in judgement over what God is or is not allowed to do, they do so on the premise that there is some moral law that is both separate from God and higher than God. This too is impossible. If God were subject to something higher than Himself, He would not be God. So when you say that God would be evil if He were to do (fill the blank), what moral law are you using to make that judgement? What is the source of that law? What authority does that source have?
God is the creator of everything that is. He holds it together by the might of His power. If God were to simply cease holding it together, the whole universe would dissolve into nothing. He made us and He has the right to do with us whatever He pleases. There is no one with the authority to question His actions. Yes, God is loving and benevolent. The fact that you and I are still living is evidence of that. He sends rain on the just and the unjust. He restrains the evil in men, so that we do not behave nearly as badly as we would. He has given us countless pleasures in life. Above all, He became flesh, dwelt among us, bore our sins on His shoulders and paid the full penalty for those sins on the Cross, so you and I might have eternal life if we believe in Him. That punishment which He bore on our behalf was demanded by His justice. It is God's Justice that people don't want to acknowledge. Everyone is more than happy to have a God who is loving and forgiving and kind. But people are not so eager to have a God who is holy and just and executes judgement on sinners. God is both, and whether this agrees with our sentimentalities or not is irrelevant.
@@firefighterdjk Morality comes from humans. There are differing cultures, who after working together, have agreed on slightly differing views on morality, but on ones that suit themselves and keep their populations happy. Some things are clearly objectively immoral, worldwide, like stealing and murder, and other things up for debate, of course. That in no way takes anything away from their existence or effectiveness, or even their morality. They are arrived at through experience, debate, democracy, peer review, parents, family, friends, strangers, good and bad people. There is no better way.
If you assume a god gives morality, then you have a problem. Which god, for a start? Is the punishment the same for different cultures? Clearly not, as some countries have a death penalty, most don't. Who is right? Some who even follow the same religion, don't agree. Laws and morality are a combination of many things, and evolve to meet the demands of societies. That's why they change. Religious morality is defined only in old scriptures. Some of the things defined in those scriptures are now seen as outdated and others as now immoral. In civilised societies, we no longer stone people to death. We have a presumption of innocence until proven guilty, and have a rigid process for deciding those things on a case by case basis. If we were to rely on the bible, then all sorts of immoral atrocities committed by the god depicted there, would suddenly be deemed moral, which would be terrible. The god of the bible slaughters on a whim, hates gays, women and non-whites, and demands worship. Not something most people would condone.
Two times I prayed to God without believing. Both prayers were answered. The first prayer at age 28 was to enquire if God existed, and if God did exist for God to explain to me who or what God is. The second prayer aged 32 was to ask "If you are really there Jesus, help me!". Both prayers were answered in God's time. He revealed His true nature to me and He revealed the Gospel to me - that God sent Jesus Christ to die for sinners.
Ok...now can you prove both of those things happened to us?
If not, I have no more reason to take you seriously then the man that is claiming he was _abducted by little green men_ last night.
I don't think I can agree with you, at least not if you say God doesn't hear our prayers if we don't pray in the name of Jesus. Before I was a believer I called out to God to show me if he existed. It wasn't to mock or challenge God. I felt hopelessness and despair and I asked God if he was real and if he could teach me the meaning of life, if there indeed was any meaning. I had mocked Jesus and God and Church and Christians and the Bible (without a cause, as it is written). I didn't know God existed, and I certainly didn't realize he was the God of the Bible, so I did not know how to pray in the name of Jesus. But he heard me and he drew me to himself and revealed his truth to my mind. That was in 1997, I believe, and I have believed in Christ Jesus ever since.
Amen
Beautiful testimony
Give the glory to God and God alone! He it was that saved your soul and him alone. Rejoice that your name was written in the Book of Life before the foundation of the world and that God, in his perfect timing, gave you new life. The Holy Spirit gave you life and you were instantaneously united to Christ. Regeneration precedes faith! What you once loved you now hate; what you once hated you now love. Be grateful always... Read again: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6
Amen🙏🏽 , But maybe God "heard" your prayer, because He saw that you were truly looking for the truth. So indirectly, you were praying through Jesus. Because He is the truth.🤔
You said it yourself that you wanted to know the truth and the Truth is Jesus Christ. So you were looking for Jesus and God has also promised to show us the way (Psalm 32:8) .
Thank you for your clarity. God bless you brother and when I say God bless I mean Father Son and Holy Spirit.
The basis for answered prayer is FAITH. If you believe in God's ability and willingness to answer, your prayer would be answered.
"The basis for answered prayer is..."
Delusion.
AMEN I MUST SAY THAT I AM A beleiver in God thank YOU LORD
If someone prays, they're clearly a believer to some degree.
Yeah why would you pray of you don't believe the thing you pray to exists.
Even Satan knows and believes there is a God. You can believe in God and not be saved. Without the blood of Christ, without repentance... there is no way to the Father.
Totally my thought. I didn't even watch it the title makes no sense.
To help you answer, Unbelievers doesn't always someone who's an atheist, but people from other religions too, such as islam, buddhist, catholic etc. They pray too, but not to the one True God. They don't believe in Jesus sacrifice and resurrection, that's why they are called the unbelievers.
You didn't watch but feel like you can reply this video?
Yes!!! In some instances God answers even the prayer of an unbeliever, if he/ she is in quest of the true God, he answers them by revealing the truth. But God didn't answer the prayer of those people who r convinced that their idol or gods (which doesn't exist) is the true God and has no desire to seek the true living God. Because when they pray they pray in the name of their idols or gods, which God abhors the most.
The ONLY way to the Father is through the Son!
That is absolutely not true.
So God didn't answer all the believers prayers before Jesus! What kind of logic is this? Why didn't he send Jesus right after Adam? So what happened to thousands of years before Jesus? Why would God do that?
@@fatincanada
Let me tell you exactly why IT IS TRUE...
Jesus said so...
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6).
Jesus has always existed.....
He is God...
Before His incarnation the same applies. Yes, peoples prayers were answered. By the same God.
The OT saints were believers in the Father, Son, and Spirit.
You cannot read Genesis 1 and not see that. He didn't “send Jesus right after Adam” because Jesus was already there, walking in the garden with Adam.
Who do you think “God” was talking to that Adam heard His voice?
God was talking to God.....
THOSE ARE RED LETTERS...☝🏼
Inerrantly, Infallibly, true!!
@@sarahlynn4790 so those people in between Jesus and Adam, didn't have a clue that God has a son and they need to call upon God through his son 🤔
Then if Jesus is God and you guys believe that he died for 3 days before he was raised , then who took care of the earth , people and the universe for those 3 days🙄
I want a God who doesn't die
Who doesn't sleep
And doesn't get tired after he creates
I want a STRONG God who I can rely on
And Jesus is not a God
He needed his mom to feed him, his people to support him and used to work as a carpenter to feed himself and his mom
He was a human being not a God
@@fatincanada who says they didn’t know? There are MANY MANY OT appearances of Jesus. They knew. They also knew God was sending a Savior. They were believers by faith just like we are. They had faith in the coming Messiah, we have faith in the Messiah that already came, same Messiah. His name is irrelevant. You and I have no clue what His name will be when He returns (Rev. 19:12) I am still saved by grace through faith. You, have declared here that you are not.
And you are by definition an antichrist according to scripture.
God is a triune God. The God you have is one you’ve created in your mind, not the one of scripture. It doesn’t matter what you want, what matters is how God has chosen to reveal Himself and who He actually is.
John 9:31.. God does not hear sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him ". Without faith it is impossible to please God.
But it doesn't mean that we who are saved can't pray for them. Because that is what God require us to do is to pray for them, and to see in God's divine view that over 2000 years ago God put us all in Christ when Christ was crucified and resurrected us all up in Him in Christ to the heavens and sat us all down in Him in Christ on the throne. So we are to pray for the sinners even our families that are not saved but to see it in God's eyes that they are saved. For we are to be one with God and know that it is not the sinners who don't want to be saved but it is the enemy behind them that stops them from repenting, and believing in the Lord Jesus, and from them being baptised. That why when we pray for our loved ones who are not saved, we pray what it says in Acts 26:18 "To opened their eyes to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may received forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith. I know that when I was a sinner and unsaved someone pray for me and I believed it was my parents because they were moved by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit to pray for me and now I am saved I am in the same position to pray for my unsaved son and believed that he is saved for God's desired is the same as our hearts that we don't want to see anyone perish and not have eternal life.
@@mereannaranui1205 ".... there is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death". 1 John 5:16/17. Ezekiel 14:13-20.
If God didn’t hear the prayers of an unbeliever then many could never be saved. Because many unbelievers pray to God to be saved and become a believer
Prayer doesn't save unbeliever.
it is finished one becomes saved by praying though really I mean they believe in Jesus and give their life to him
Amen brother.
Yes He does hear the prayer of believer. Without faith it’s impossible to please God. Cry out to Him and He will answer you.
It may have been pointed out, it may be that I am genuinely missing something fundamental.
If I don’t believe, I don’t pray to anyone.
We can talk about the efficacy and logic of prayer.
But why pray to someone you don’t actually believe exists?
That is the cleanest beard I’ve ever seen.... great message as well
Thank you so much for sharing this information my brother.God bless you
Strictly Bible based teaching. Amen!
Thank you for answering a difficult question. This was posed to me just a few days ago by a friend who is an unbeliever.
That is absolutely not true.
So God didn't answer all the believers prayers before Jesus! What kind of logic is this? Why didn't he send Jesus right after Adam? So what happened to thousands of years before Jesus? Why would God do that
No!
I reject that premise completely.
I respect your articulation of your biblically arrived at point of view.
I totally disagree.
“ He who comes to GOD must believe that HE is, and is a rewarder of those who seek
HIM.” “ Draw near to ME and I will draw near to you”
GOD provided a Way back to HIM after the Edenic Fall to disobedience. GOD showed that it was now needful for MAN to sacrifice the 1st born of a Herd, to Atone for their sins.
A portend to GOD’S own first born - yes- for sure- Jesus IS the good Shepherd The Way and the Door through whom we connect spiritually to his Father.
Not knowing Jesus but praying to GOD for HIS guidance and help, is NOT
Unanswered!
There is a lot more at work in the Celestial Domain of Jesus’ present Residence at his Father’s right hand than we can possibly know.!
GOD “ catches “ MEN with HIS Word- either picked up by hearing or reading … it always “ bears fruit and does not return to GOD void “… if Jesus is not known prior to bending down and praying to THE GOD in Whom we live and move and have our being …. Then GOD is the One Who Leads us there to him.
He and The Father are one. Of one MIND.
All the peoples of OT times who came to GOD with open honest hearts, were heard and answered. Long before Jesus was physically manifested as The Word made flesh.
It is MAN ( such as the views expressed in this video ) who puts Limits snd restrictions on the ways people can not come to GOD.
HE knows those who are HIS. Their names are etched into the palm of HIS Hand.
Saul was killing every believer in Jesus. Yet Jesus did not limit Saul from coming to personally know Jesus, and his reflected Love which flowed through him from GOD.
LOVE covers a multitude of sins.
Insisting on a limiting view of “ right ways to come to God “, needs caution, for reasons that we as human beings are very vulnerable to self righteousness. And Conditional Love.
The Pharisees had that problem. Their “ Right Ways “ put limits on the work Jesus did: no healing on the Sabbath.
Jesus failed in keeping THEIR “ right ways”.
And was crucified for it.
( purposed by his FATHER ).
The title of this video is: does GOD hear the prayers of the unbeliever?
Unless I’m far too literal here, this “ unbeliever’s prayer to GOD ( I assume ?)
Would require faith to conceive of a GOD who can hear and a GOD who can answer.
Indeed
WILL answer!
Your privately chosen example of little girl asking for a drink but forgetting her manners, is a prerogative for you to use. A better example would be, the little girl coming to you, to ask for your help.
She tells you her difficulty, with some timidity but believes IN your ability to help her.
Will you turn her away, because she does not yet know that you have a SON, who can teach her how to live, and love, and show her who YOU really are?
Will you let her struggle along her life till she figures out it’s YOUR Son she “ must “ approach first - like a Legal Process….
Was Jesus not showing the Jews that prior to him teaching about who GOD really is, there were “ thieves and Robbers….”?
Was Jesus not saying: don’t trust those who have gone before him?
Such as The Pharisees.
In psalm 77 ( I think ..) it says 70 times
GOD is LOVE….
HE created you
(&me )… and knows how many hairs are on our heads, our hearts and thoughts.
HE will never INSIST on Manners-
HE will guide and teach and HIS Patience will NEVER Run out…
Yes he does. Our side neighbour is south Indian hindu. There was a time in her life where she did not have money to pay for her children's fees. She had 2 children. She just did not ask anyone . And eventually her health started deteriorating. Eventually, she went to our local church and she cried out loud and at that point of time there was praise and worship in the church. The next day there was an unknown person who paid her children's fees for the whole year and with this all her tensions vanished. She gave her testimony. And she was beaming with happiness.
Of course he does. How do you think people are saved? His desire is to draw all men unto Himself.
You’re missing the point, does not mean Jesus will reject the salvation. You must come through Jesus not any other way
Please pray for Floyd Custodio Goes and Rochelle Rose Dcosta seeking for marriage restoration
There are no unbelievers who pray to God. They would not be praying if they did not believe.
I understand what the preacher is trying to relay. If you understand the authority, relationship & benefits of the sacrifice that was made to save your soul, then you can see clearly why the speaker takes this position in not being able to definitively say to an unbeliever, "God is going to answer this prayer!" Jesus layed down his life so that all who willed to come, would be accepted. The problem is not will Jesus hear/answer the prayer, but the greater question is will the unbeliever accept Christ. This is more important than any thing any of us can petition God for. I do believe God will/does answer unbelievers prayers, if he chooses to, but the goal/agenda of this is so that men can see, repent and trust in God. I would never tell an unbeliever not to pray, because the fact that they are willing to pray is a sign that God could be turning their heart. I would show support by praying with them, share what Jesus did for us all, and hope that God opens their heart to see their greater need.
I Remember the day when I was not born again I use to pray and fasting ,God used to answer my pray then I give my life to Jesus Christ,now this day I have prayed and fasting God doesn't hear my pray why, people explain for me.
Hi nyangoma...may be I can try and help...listen this time when you were not born again I want you to understand that God was good because of his faithfulness but not your prayers to sustain you up to the point of coming to be saved...now when you got saved it is not that he doesn't answer your prayers he is just taking time to prepare you to handle his blessings and he won't give you what you want but he will give you what you need coz he knows better...instead of praying for so much things kindly seek his will for your life because his will Carrie's his provision for you and its accurate and very precise.
@@peternjathi8017 thanks
It depends on what you ask it is according to his will? Also sometimes some answer comes not when we wish cuz God have something better in awayt.
Maybe satan hinder God's answer to you!
This is so insightful, thanks for sharing
Sr.Jhon Macartur, stiffness , self righteous and our actions are not sufficient to achieve the honor to be in front of god , by the Grace of god in the name of Jesus Christ is how we get there , it feels like you are doing the same that the Sanhedrin (rabies) did in the time of Jesus . It’s about the heart , the temple is inside .
What about asking God to take them in as a non believer? Asking to come to God and have him show us him.
Hey, brother. If a person wants to be taken in by the Lord then that person has the grace of Christ in them and will most certainly be heard. God put it in their heart in the first place. That person has nothing to worry about. If you pray for someone who doesn’t know God and doesn’t care, God may then go and put that grace in their heart and “draw them.”
True believers are not in churches, churches are followers of Jesus Christ. True believers are not in temples, synagogues or mosques but in the spirit of God the creator.
God is not exclusively for the worshippers in places of worship but for those who worship Him in spirit from anywhere. Worship places will soon become irrelevant and empty.
You don't know your bible
@@mr.rmrs.p5118Job? Job is like a tribal person, taking general revelation, and crying out to god for mercy
But if he prays to God though normally he wouldn't it shows he is a believer but maybe he feels unworthy and such a sinner and hasn't made prayer a habit. God's mercy is so Great that he sends rain on the just and unjust hoping they'll come to him.
What about a sinner's prayer? Or the prayers of those around before the times of Christ?
WE believe he came all ready, they had to believe he is coming.
@@trafficjon400 not true, hye didnt know of him at all.
Rodney Allen read this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en
No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
Prayers made with Jesus, even by believers still go unanswered. There is a process of purification and sanctification that believers must go through to even have a chance of having a prayer answered. This is too much for most believers.
Jesus will hear the prayer of a sinner because he came to seek and save the lost also he knows the heart of man wether he is truly seeking help and deliverance or if man just want a prayer to do evil, so yes Jesus does answer prayers of wicked people such as myself but my pleading was a prayer of to do what is right and the cry of my heart was hating all my evil sins and the sins of the world and he answered when i have yet never knew him at the time he personnally came to me and showed up himself.
Does God answer prayers from believers?
God does sometime answers prayers of non believers. He did for me twice in 1974 and 1978. He just wont answer prayers always.Romans 9:15 -18
Why do you call yourself an non believer?
Same here. He rescued me and answered my first prayer in 2008. I was an unbeliever at the time and only got saved in 2018
When we say unbelievers we're saying those who doesn't believe in Christ. Because the bible tells us "if we Don't accept the son it means we also don't accept the father, so they're non believers who prayers and God answers their prayers and you will see believers who believe in the son yet their prayers are not been answered. So does that makes God to be fair? Yes he's fair and everything he does, he does it for purpose, read malachi 3:14-18 and we also read the book of ester, Ester 6 How the king honerd mordecai.
I disagree with him about the sincerity part.If you are sincerely coming before God with an open mind, and a willing heart,I believe there's a good chance that he will answer. That's how he came into my life and saved me. However,if you are coming before him as if you somehow deserve or have earned it, then I do believe he'll view it as abomination. However,a contrite heart and a broken spirit,he will not deny. That's what I personally believe but to say God's heart is only tickled by an earnest prayer, and sincere heart, from an unbeliever,I think that's a stretch.
That's how He answered me as well. I legit came and asked for something and I said "God please if your listening stop my light from blinking" and it did ! I know I shouldn't really asked for signs but I wanted to make sure He was listening ☺
The only way for anybody to be heard is to hear. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. And consistently the only word that gives faith is the word of salvation through Jesus Christ. Through him only do we have hope for God to hear us who are unholy and sinful without the Holy Spirit who sends our prayers to God
Amos 9:7 “Are you Israelites more important to me than the Ethiopians?” asks the LORD. “ He’s the Father of everyone who humbles himself and approach him with humility.
I only have one father though
There is a different from a wicked person and an unbeliever. Being jewish and knowing hebrew... God will answer who God feels like answering. The fact is God doesn't have to do anything. This is the reason King David begged God not to turn his ear off. David knew God will turn an ear in many situations. Moses is a prime example. Moses didn't get to enter Israel based on a mistake he made. He prayed to God and asked. God still didn't give what was asked. You could make the argument Jesus didn't live at that time. You can even make the argument that David was an Israelite so he had favor. Either way regardless God is who God is. Everyone is seen and heard. God chooses to answer based on things that only God knows and sees. There is love in all of it. There is also Justice. There is also peace. There is also retribution. There is also life. There is plenty of hope to go around as well. I could make a years worth of videos on this topic alone with biblical proof translated from hebrew to English vice versa. For those who don't pray. Pray... Seek truth.. you may find it.
Amen. It is not for men to know what His plan be. And i accept that.
Jesus created the world so how he was not existing at that time is He not the word of God
@@kervinrobinkneshoa7213 Jesus is the word of God , my friend. He was from the beginning. See John 1, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Then see John 1:14 , the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. This is talking about Jesus. You can read the gospel of John for better understanding. Good day and God bless !
God's mercy is not limited by the sinner's understanding of His will
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@@brendabreslin1917 or lack thereof
The answer is no I just saved you 7 minutes if you scroll down to the comment section right away
Great Professor and great answer.
I have heard testimonies where an unbeliever prayed and God answered it... that's how they came to Christ. You are saying that was the providence of God not the prayer? Does that match what we know about the character of God?
EXACTLY!!!
Michelle Blank read this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en
No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
CAN you give a link to the story please.
DEFCON 1 AFRICA am sorry I didn’t understand your request , you asking video about Qur’an or prophet Mohamed life story please let me know ;)
DEFCON 1 AFRICA maybe you mean something like this ua-cam.com/video/dOUpRZNju00/v-deo.html
But Yeshua didn’t come until over 2000 years from
Adam and God was still answering prayers. So what do we do with that. This disqualifies all those before Christ
I need Gods help so much its starting to become unbearable . im often telling God I cant live up to his standards and that's critical regardless of what anyone says . Having victory over sin is on the person we are expected to have victory on our own with no help from God and that's the problem ,,many Christians love to say God helps ect but he actually in my expierence does not other than to say not to do it theres no tangible support offered by God
Rob oshea Do you trust Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? Either Gods lying or your lying . He says seek me and truly you’ll find him. What reasons do you really go to God for?
John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
You're right and wrong. Faith in GOD is where salvation is, but I do think some sins he lets us work on ourselves, and some he helps us to overcome. I'm not sure why but it seems true in my experience in walking with GOD.
@@The_Scouts_Code you're not telling me that I'm wrong because those are Not My Words they belong to GOD and my GOD is NEVER WRONG
MyLifeForAuir87 Isaiah 64:6 KJ21 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
God hear all prayers - but some are like noise to him -
I believe that providence of God or the goodness of God leads to repentance as states in Romans 2:4. However, in John 9:31 We know that God DOES NOT listen to SINNERS, but He will listen to the one who worships Him and does His will, him He hears. Just to name a few of God’s attributes as well as who He: He is Good, Mercifully, Faithful, Kind, Compassionate, Gentle, Holy, Pure, Righteous, and a Consuming Fire 🔥. The safest and best decision one can make is to believe that God sent His Son Jesus Christ in the for of flesh to die for the forgiveness of all our sins. And by doing that Jesus became that precious gift to us as. So the best thing to do is to believe accept that gift and like a life accept to the Holy Bible. Then one won’t need to worry if God will answer their prayers. God always answer prayers with a Yes, No, or Wait. Whatever the answer is it is ALWAYS to best answer.
doesnt listen to sinners? then who among us doesnt sin? who did Jesus give his life to save? who needs saving and prayers to be answered? the sinners!!! and thats everyone who ever lived!!! you likely meant non believers...of course non believers wont pray to God everyday...still its not something you can surely know God will avoid them...i believe The Lord is alot more loving and accepting than we can ever be....in fact the whole existance of God and Jesus and holy Spirit is all about unconditional love isnt it? Thats why we are told to love our enemies isnt it? The one thing i got from a lifetime of prayer is to love others like we would like to be loved and forgiven...the Golden Rule...no?? Only religion tries to scare us all into hell....but they dont even practice what they preach...i openly believe and trust in the trinity....but not at all in religion!....its between me and my God....Just like it is on your last day....its you and the Lord...not you , the priest or assembly and The Lord! Religion makes you only feel unworthy and or guilty to the point you doubt His love for us....i dont believe that...and no amount of pedo priests will change that....and as far as my money...its to keep me and my children alive in this hard life...but i also am giving to those in need and try to help best i can....the super rich catholic religion are the ones who should be helping those in dire need....but they dont....in fact they have a million excuses to never give back the monies they took from the very people they quickly condemn to an eternal hell of torture....wake up people....religion is the true evil....a sheep in wolf's clothing 100%. They even refuse to pay taxes and have murderes more people in the name of God than all wars combined!!! and that all ok with you? Wow....wake up and believe the facts...not their stories or fire and brimstone....they dont believe their own lies...otherwise they would stop doing what they do!!!!
Amen yes so true in Jesus Christ mighty name
What if their prayer is in line with God’s will? What if their prayers are in line with God’s will for them? What if their prayer is in line with God’s will for them and they ask in Jesus‘ name? Wouldn’t that answered prayer help their unbelief? I was to understand that don’t even the dogs get the crumbs? If said person was really an unbeliever, would they even be praying? I’m not trying to be a wiseguy, I just want to know.
I believe the Pastor here answered all that. Jesus is the way to God. God did does here and God is merciful. For a person to be saved, the Church has to pray and ask God to deal with the lost person. Then that person must cry out for salvation and God will save them. Hope this helps. And we must believe and obey the the Word of God in every way.
@@toniaparks7726 but an unbeliever would hardly be concerned about any of those things. What if the person doesn’t belong to or ever even belonged to a church. Maybe their parents were hippies or something. God won’t call a person out of the world if that’s His will? He can’t make an irreligious person soften his heart and hear Him? I’m just saying that Almighty God alone is absolutely sovereign and there is no limit to His power and authority over His own creations. So, in some cases, the church has a role in helping an individual, but not in every case. I understand that God wants relationship with individuals. Sometimes an individual can’t be reached by church, but I believe that His will be done in our lives. Even outside the fold.
@@michaela.haynes4545 God is compassionate and full of mercy. The fact that anyone comes to Him is an act of mercy. He convicts the dinner, we repent and believe the Gospel. If you hear His voice harden not your heart. This what the scripture commands.
@@toniaparks7726 heehee dinner
@@michaela.haynes4545 well said
There was a woman of the time that the church leaders and pastors
The pastors of the time said that woman's a dog
But she knew but even the dogs eat from the crumbs of the table
What about these? Got questions posted these as answers to unbelievers prayers
Hagar asked God to protect her son Ishmael (Genesis 21:14-19). God not only protected Ishmael, God blessed him exceedingly.
In 1 Kings 21:17-29, especially verses 27-29, Ahab fasts and mourns over Elijah’s prophecy concerning his posterity. God responds by not bringing about the calamity in Ahab’s time.
The Gentile woman from the Tyre and Sidon area prayed that Jesus would deliver her daughter from a demon (Mark 7:24-30). Jesus cast the demon out of the woman’s daughter.
Cornelius, the Roman centurion in Acts 10, had the apostle Peter sent to him in response to Cornelius being a righteous man. Acts 10:2 tells us that Cornelius “prayed to God regularly.”
I tried reading the verses you mentioned and these are the things I've noticed:
Hagar did not ask God to protect her son. God heard the voice of Ishmael. besides, Ishmael was the son of Abraham and God promised that he will be a nation.
With Ahab's story, God mentioned to Elijah that humility was the reason the disaster did not happen. Ahab did not pray but repented.
with the gentile woman, faith in Jesus what made her daughter well, not a prayer.
the man on the video explained what happened with Cornelius.
if you watched the full video, it is properly explained why unbelievers' prayers are not being answered (according to Scriptures). it's either prayers of other Christians are answered or God Himself, in His sovereignty wills it, and it's not because of unbelievers' prayers. we should not be mistaken "common grace for all" and grace exclusively for Christians.
@@r-an-dom-s-things I completely agree with you! This was sort of a post to see the argument which in essence is my own argument. Thanks for your thoughtful response!
What about a tribal person who responds to general revelation and CRIES out to god for mercy@@r-an-dom-s-things
I understand that This explanation will seem very hard and harsh to many. Because how hard and harsh is the heart that expects almighty sovereign God to go against his words, his promises in order to serve those who have rejected him? While in doing so would make Christ's sacrifice on the cross unnecessary and truth useless.
God is for unbelievers and God hears their direct prayers. God is not Christ to receive prayers only from Christians, and is not only for believers to receive prayers only from believers. God is in all the living and is a living God for all the living.
The non-believers need God more than the so-called believers. The problem with church and believers is the 'we' and the 'us' ; the exclusiveness of the church, the discrimination of the church, the logs in the eyes of the leaders that make them hink that they are holier than non-believers. Godliness can be attained without the church and without Jesus. God does.not shut the door to Muslims, Hindus, Bbudists, pagans and others as you perceive. They know the creator and are not non-believers. Who is God to you? A god? God is definitely not in your church. Are you telling me that when you pray for non-believers in the name of God, God will not answer? Prayers directed to God, in His name by all and from all are answered faster than prayers in the name of Jesus! If you do not pray for non-believers, who do you pray for?.
Good explanation
I do understand the part that we pray through Jesus to get to God. But as for the unbeliever who prays through Jesus, I believe this alone is Faith and that Faith would prove belief even to a small degree. Will he answer the prayer...I think would depend on the situation. I was dying and ask God for help and I did receive his help even as a sinner.
Curious how you knew it was "God" that _helped_ you?
So your saying that he can listen to non Christians
@@martinrafael466 Would there be anything a GOD _could not_ do?
Thank you very much dear sir that cleared up all the questions I had I hope you have a magnificent day
I couldn’t disagree more! There’s no regenerated Christian who was not once an unbeliever. If God had not answered their prayers as an unbeliever they’d never have become Christians! If, for example, a witch prays to Jesus for help, God won’t answer her prayer? Nonsense! Of course he will! How can she become a true Christian if God doesn’t answer her prayers at all? God doesn’t wait until we are perfect, fully reborn in Christ, before answering our prayers. That’s preposterous! He’s the God of love, helping us through prayer to get closer and closer to him every step of the way . . .
Amen !!
Since God says your thoughts are not his and your ways are not his why do you think you can speak for God?
Great saying where he said something like if we try to come to God in our own righteousness, then we are essentially saying we don't need Jesus. Truly no man (mortal) can boast in the presence of God. The best thing we can do is to kneel before him, confess our sins and plead at the throne of grace. Good stuff. love it!
If you are a unbeliever why and who would you pray to?
As an unbeliever (well I know God is the only true God, I just didn't repent and accepted Jesus as my savior), I pray and cry out to Him because I recognize my desperate condition. My pride is so huge I can't even repent.........
Charles Hill read this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en
No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
He does not only hears the unbeliever but even bless them too.
Amen!
God is a loving God.
I believe(I repeat believe) 1 of 3 possibilities, that Cornelius’ prayer was answered because he desired to know Jesus OR he was devout when it came to the law so just like Paul God used that zeal to His glory OR God can draw anyone to Himself in any way He wants-even sinners FOR A GREATER PURPOSE as we see in Cornelius’ case where thru him many believed.
I love this man’s teachings
What if they have never learned about Jesus but are earnestly seeking God? Won’t he reveal himself to them?
"Seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened for you". Many people in the middle east get dreams or visions of Jesus.
I believe he will if they sincerely are crying out to him.
He will make the gospel reach you. That is His mercy, but there is no way around the justification.
Jack Hammer read this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en
No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
Many comment that it seems to me they are all bible scholar... Look , these guys are expertise in this field of study , and they are faithfull to Jesus Christ... Dont assume you are righteous enough to define the scripture.
I have bad doubts of salvation and I keep asking God to help me believe or show me what im missing and similar things if im not saved but if im not saved will God answer that ? Because I have accepted Jesus as saviour and I know He is the son of God but im not sure if my part in it was genuine as in was it the Holy Spirit or was it my emotion or head knowledge im not sure what to do
Mike Hill I have felt the same way you felt until this “12 Brothers and sisters, I want you to know about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 2 You know that at one time you were unbelievers. You were somehow drawn away to worship statues of gods that couldn’t even speak. 3 So I want you to know that no one who is speaking with the help of God’s Spirit says, “May Jesus be cursed.” And without the help of the Holy Spirit no one can say, “Jesus is Lord.” Corinthians 12
Amen brother/sister that's true! I would never speak against Jesus and I know He is Lord :)
Mike Hill that’s so true god bless you
If you find that you have to force yourself to believe, then something is wrong... or right. There is no reason why you should need to believe in something for which there is NO evidence.
@@jeffsmith5787 Its not about evidence its aboiit faith in Him no one comes to Jesus unless the Father draws them which is why I know He is drawing me I want Him and before I didnt care not really anyway
Amen🙏🏽
God will ear a sinner only if they believe in CHRIST and repent
That's a lie
If someone thinks they are a believer, isn't that enough even if what they believe may not be accurate? Do any of us really know the whole truth?
Belief in Christ is all that is needed . And if perhaps they do not have correct belief it is the Spirit's job to teach the person correctly which the Spirit will do in his time .
@@JesseMongia💯💯💯🙏🙏🙏
Don’t have too only the main truth and that’s Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again on the 3rd day and he is GOD ALMIGHTY