God was in heaven and someone told him about the wickedness and evil acts committed in Sodom and Gomorrah .And God sent a angel to investigate .Someone had to tell Him about the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah .That tells me that God listens to us .
God just answered a prayer that involved a person changing their heart and mind. I won't get into detail, but He did it and it strengthens my faith. God is soo good!!
I think the idea is through being born again, being obedient to the Word and truly loving God with all our heart- our prayers become his will, therefore become answered; and in that answering we see the power of God. And believe even more. In which helps us work out our salvation. God has a reason for everything- including prayers which when they align with his will- will be answered.
This wasn't one of his greatest moments. This is a very fatalistic worldview and pretty much a cop-out to why prayers go unanswered. In short, RC is suggesting that prayer should be used like some kind of self-help therapy for a Christian.
I've been through some difficult times in my life and I can honestly say that I wouldn't of gotten through any of it, if it hadn't of been for the Lord my comfort and my strength.
RC is suggesting that prayer should be used like some kind of self-help therapy for a Christian. That's a terrible thought! There is real power in prayer but not in RC's fatalistic way.
What? Why would you want to change God's will? God's will is his best for us. Our spirit is in agreement with God's will. Blessed is the one who finds it, it's like finding your true self.
This wasn't one of his greatest moments. This is a very fatalistic worldview and pretty much a cop-out to why prayers go unanswered. In short, RC is suggesting that prayer should be used like some kind of self-help therapy for a Christian.
" who has directed the Spirit of the Lord Or informed Him as His counselor? Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him And showed Him the way of understanding?" Isaiah 40:13✝️ Amen Prayer changes us
When you pray to God you’re not praying to direct or inform or to counsel Him or to enlighten Him or to teach Him or to impart knowledge to Him or to show Him understanding. No one prays like that and that’s not the purpose of anyone’s prayer so why are you trying to make that unwarranted connection?
@@apilkey This passage looks at the incomparable wisdom of God. Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come THY WILL BE DONE Many of our prayers have nothing to do with God's will It is all our will This passage reminds us God is omniscient (having total knowledge, knowing everything). For God to be sovereign he has to be all knowing.
@@jessyjonas4988 Sovereign and all knowing does NOT equal God determining everything. Please confirm or deny the following: 1) Can you please affirm that yes it’s impossible for almighty God to know anything unless He decreed it? 2) Will you affirm that God is not powerful enough to know the future unless He decreed it? Will you affirm this?
@@apilkey " Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made " John 1:3✝️ ALMIGHTY- meaning ALL POWERFUL OMNIPOTENT SUPREME PREEMINENT INVINCIBLE UNCONQUERABLE
I think of king Hezekiah who was terminally ill, but he prayed for God to let him live, and God healed him and gave him 15 more years to live. I think that God ordained that He would use Hezekiah's prayer to bring this to pass.
@@kathycarrow4300 God already knew what would happen. He just used Hezekiah's prayer to be the point at which He would heal Hezekiah. God probably was testing Hezekiah's faith.
@@kathycarrow4300 it says in the Bible God knows what you need before you ask so it’s fair today God intended to use Hezekiahs prayer to extend his life.
RC is one of the people I look forward to meeting when I get to heaven. IMO, his explanation showed the depth and simplicity of the scriptures. I feel so bad for the people who do not love God.
So God tells to pray but at the same time He doesn’t pay attention to our prayers. Sproul mentioned that we are having a dialogue with God but the way he explained it suggests more of a monologue because prayer is worthless. Then when he explains the issue of God changing His will he explains that “here He means one thing but there on the other side he meant something else. It sound like if God is speaking out of both sides of His mouth. I can understand figures of speech in the Bible like allegory, similes and so many others but I se here a tendency to twist the words to accommodate to their doctrines of predestination, God’s sovereignty, our inability to make decisions (free will), etc.. I will call that deception. I also see others trying to explain things in the comments do the same thing. They are very “wordy” and their explanations tend to drown in a sea of words that causes more confusion that shed light like a commenter was saying that now he is more confused with the explanation. Calvinists have this ability to answer questions with so much philosophy intertwined with logic and doctrine together that many times it loses its meaning. Just my two cents.
Sometimes when men try to put God in a box and try to explain according to the box they have drawn , they have to come up with some contrived logic to explain their theory. There are numerous passages that clearly teaches (not just narrative) where the Lord is seen as relenting ( Jeremiah 18: 1 to 11 is a classic example) . The one example that Bro. RC gives is the Oracle of Balaam (Numbers 23:19) and as we all know was from a false prophet. Even though there are truths in that Oracle, there are clearly inconsistencies in Balaam’s Oracle ( like Num 23:21 - He has not observed iniquity in Jacob..) It is all right to state that it is difficult to understand some verses instead of trying to fit the Almighty into some human understanding. The whole teaching of sovereignty of the Lord as the Reformed theologians teach which goes beyond what scriptures teaches is most probably an error - the Lord is sovereign and in His sovereignty, He has placed prayer and faith as an instrument through which He acts- who is man to say that the Lord does not do that?
It is indeed for our benefit, and God indeed has decreed what will happen such that our prayers will not change his decree. We also know that God not only determines the outcome, but the means to that outcome. So is God only the First Cause and we the second cause? Inasmuch as he became Incarnate, he has assumed a role as second cause as well as first cause. In this way, not only is he efficacious as the First Cause, but he is visibly efficacious as a second cause. This serves to reveal God to us. In prayer, not only do we get some spiritual benefit, but we participate in God's decree as a cooperative second cause with God, and we see his work among us in a tangible way. In sum, God responds to our prayers, but not in any way contrary to his eternal and particular decrees.
Prayer can change God's mind sometimes. read about Hezekiah God have him 15 more years. GOD says yes sometimes but he also said, be careful what u ask for .wait or no sometimes. His our father and he knows whats best for us.
@@Texasguy316 I read the Bible so that’s how I justify my conclusion, I worship Jesus not a denomination Matt 7:7 Matt 11:24 Matt 21:22 John 15:7 Phil 4:6 John 16:24 Luke 11:13 John 14:13
God's know you gonna pray and at the same time He knows you gonna change. Hard to digest right. But that's the fact. Do not compare God in our time line. He exist in multidimensional.
Hi brother just a thought from me. I believe our prayer cannot change God's will, for His will is eternal. If our prayer can change God's will, that make His will is not eternal. If we look from the cause and effect, it sure look like many times the prayer can change the situation but at the end God's will be done. We also need to be careful, we cannot just take out a portion of scripture and interpret it as how it is written for this is just like the work of enemy, the third temptation of that satan tried on Jesus. When thing doesn't change, can we say because we didn't pray good enough or we lack of faith? Absolutely cannot. Ultimately is God's will be done. Look at how Jesus pray and the prayer He teach us. Then you will understand. May God continue to draw us closer to Him everyday.
It's not that we change His mind,.. There are issues in life that can be shaped by God because we place Hope, through prayer, for an out-come in a situation that may even seem hopeless, but because of prayer, our "out of control situations" are Blessed at the Will of God,... we experience this as a prayer fulfilled, and are moved greatly to be thankful.
It is incredibly convenient that when a person prays and gets what they want, prayer is answered. If the prayer isn't answered god has another plan or will for you. Either way god wins. And if you question the con being perpetrated, it's your fault because your faith is weak or you are being tested. It's a con. Take responsibility for your own existence. Live in a rational world. You will be happier I promise.
Prayer should be all about giving thanks....nothing is more important than gratitude to God....if just for the things we haven't received that are justly due us.... yet long-suffering God still allows our endless requests for even more.....food, shelter and clothing.... the rest is greed.
I've been looking for a venue to pose this thought/question: since this is the case (what Dr. Sproul states about prayer here), I feel vindicated and right about praying retroactively. For example, I might pray for a loved one who has already passed away and ask God to have mercy upon them and to cover them with His grace and grant them repentance. Back when they were alive, God knew what I would pray after their earthly life was spent. Of course, I would have also prayed the same while they were still alive. Forgive my mind being slow just now-I can't recall my better examples, but I think the gist is clear.
Thank you very much for this interesting post. You said God that would never change his intention and any stories in the Old Testament that suggest the opposite are merely descriptive language. But what about the parable of the poor widow in Luke 18:1-8, where it is even clearly stated that Jesus told this parable to his disciples to show that they should never give up in prayer? Thanks in advance for any constructive, helpful answers. Stay blessed and warm greetings from Switzerland
So praying that someone is isn’t saved comes to faith, praying that they’re predestined, would God not predestine that to happen so he could answer it and it would be to his glory?
But God goes change his mind if we repent says the Holy Word of God and when we turn to Jesus he will as Written have Mercy according to his will for better outcome for us though we know it not at the time of our sorrow and pain. I hate my life ! But do Love you Almighty God and Father . Selah Amen
To add to what R. C. eloquently stated, Jesus clearly tells us in Scripture that "God isn't a man in that He changes his mind." To relent would mean that God did change his mind, and we are told He does not.
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its said in bible god knows what we willl think after 1 minute or after 1 decade then ...what is for our free wiill??can somone pls tell...its so confusing..
Great question but it's still unanswered. It doesn't really give an answer to the question. Why do people think that God answers prayers? Does God answer certain people's prayers and not answer other certain people's prayers? Is the answered prayer based on pure luck or based on your merits? If God does not actually answer prayers then when you pray you cannot pray for a good day or a safe drive or a safe flight or to bless food or to seek wisdom or to heal sickness. I've seen people who have self-inflicted illness who get transplants and I see people who have illness due to no fault of their own be turned down or transplants.... One believes it's a prayer answered and the other believes it's a prayer unanswered.
Except I will never be discouraged because I know God wants his best for me. I'm usually the one who messes that up. Or other evil or unknowing people. But I can completely rest in the knowledge that God knows what is best for me.
I see God changing His mind and not Changing His mind as one of His many paradoxical aspects.. Do not be discouraged.. God loves an honest doubter.. just take it to Him.. Read and pray.. All Glory to God..
@@carmensiekierke3579 First of all let me explain that I understand your concern with someone that says that because of Joel Osteen. But just because men and women and greedy televangelist have twisted gods Scriptures does not mean that God doesn’t want the best for us. God says that all things he works together for good for those that love him. We go through trials and tribulations and sometimes it’s one thing of suffering after another but God does want the best for us always.
@@carmensiekierke3579 Because I realize God's best for me doesn't necessarily mean riches and good health. It could, Abraham was extremely wealthy, Joseph was extremely wealthy at the end of his life, many others too I'm sure. But God's best seemed terrible in Joni Erickson Tada's life, from a worldly view. What I meant by God's best is what will draw me the closest to him. Sorry, I should have explained that better but I pretty much ignore people like Osteen, Joyce Meyer, numerous others. But I know if I resign my life to God's control, he will do what it takes to draw me to him. I thought after I wrote the above, it boils down to who I want in charge of my life, me or the Almighty God! Hope I clarified myself better.
I'm on the verge of losing my faith in God. I've prayed, prayed, and prayed. RC didn't answer the question well. Why would God needs us to "pray to Him for our sake" if our prayers CANNOT change God's mind? I"m totally lost on this one. I hope I don't totally lose all the faith I've built upon for years and was always considered a prayer warrior. Lately, it seems like prayer is just an "exercise" but not seeing any answers from God. My spirit totally needed to be lifted and not sure if prayer is the answer anymore if God has made up His mind already.
@Eisak Tabensky Official Your suggestion is idiotic. Learn about standards of evidence and the burden of proof. You understand that you can’t prove a negative right?
@Eisak Tabensky Official That's my point. Why would I need to pray if God is "all-knowing"? Am I just then praying in vain? It just doesn't make sense right now.
When you pray you DO something, this means you CHANGE your personal situation with God. This could have as a consequence He changes his mind in accordance.
I will try to not misrepresent what I am about to write, but it is the way I understand it...Basically, there are many ways for God's will to be done. We think in binary, that is, what God does is either this or that. But suppose God decides to (a) answer your prayer or (b) do something else that He had decided to do contrary to your prayer? Would it change at all the outcome? No, not at all. Both choices, (a) or (b) would still fulfill God's will. Therefore, when we pray, we CAN and DO change God's mind. But ALL possible things that God could or would do are all God's will. God isn't changing His mind when He answers a prayer or changes the course of our history. He is simply allowing a different outcome to then become part of the big picture of His work. That is why Romans 8:28 says what it does...ALL things work together for good...
No it doesn’t - I believe you are referring to Abraham asking God to not destroy the people in Sodom and Gomorrah if He finds X righteous people and He says “OK”. So how many righteous people does he find? Less than the smallest number Abraham suggests - so Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. Do you think God didn’t know how many righteous people there were there? Of course He did so He agreed to not destroy S&G if there were more than X righteous people knowing that there were not.
If you are a new born christian, you have a relationship with God. You talk to Him in prayer, you can present your personal needs and cares before Him, but you need to always ask Him to do His will in the situation and accept His decision. He is Good, He loves you, He will choose the best for you. That doesn't mean you will like the answer necessarilly. Also, as Jesus instructed us: we need to deny ourselves (don't do as we want), and carry our cross (to crucify our carnality, private agendas, desires) so that He can truly govern us as needs to be. We need to empty our "vase" for Him to fill us up with His Spirit. Our lives do not belong to us any more, we belong to Him. He is the Head, we are the body. He leads, we follow. We must acknowledge His authority over our lives in everything. Small and big. That's what true christianity is about. Be alert, attentive to His instructions to your personal life. He will disclose His plans to each of us as we seek Him. We hear and obey His instructions and leadership.
I understand some confusion between the capacity and the will of God, He doesn't need to listen my prayer but He listen, he doesn't need to answer me but he answer anyway ... other reflexion, do you pray when your child is sick, do you insist when nothing happens ?
In everything we pray, we need to let God be God and answer however He pleases. It might not be what we expect, but it's His Perfect Will. May His will be done and not as I desire. He must have the last word! He is wise and loves us and knows what is best for each of His creatures. Trust Him totally, He is good.
@@mickaelp3087 + The Lord Jesus taught us to persevere in prayer, in the Scriptures we have promises, which we as sons and daughters can bring up before His Throne in prayer. Yet, since He is God He knows what's coming, the future and He alone can decide to give life or to "pick up" His children and bring them to Himself. As a mother, one wants our children to live. Yet if God knows that the child will lose his soul if he grows up, He can decide that the child dies. We can misuse His anointing and power, commanding the sickness to leave, but the end result will be bad. We always need to pray, be bold in faith, but always let Him have the last word and accept His decision. We shouldn't use the Scriptures as a "manual" (it would be a witchcraft manual). Any prayer that the Lord does not approve of, is witchcraft. We will be held accountable of how we use/misuse His delegated authority on this earth. We need to seek to be directed by Him by His Spirit in all we do.
To answer the question to the title of the video, scripture says "If the people relent from their sins, then I will withhold the punishment I thought to bring upon them." Can prayers alone change GOD'S will? Well let's see, I pray for GOD'S mercy but continue to live in sin... My guess is no lol, but at the same time, what man can pretend to know GOD'S works. If the people want change, relent from one's sinful ways...
I still find it very hard to accept this point of view. It makes everything a destiny and denies human’s interaction with God. whether a person repent is all set from the beginning, then why will God spend that effort to help us or us to spend much effort to seek God?
A dialogue is a conversation between 2 or more people. Prayer is, at best, a monologue between the person praying and a god whose existence is unfalsifiable. Prayer is probably best described as a soliloquy and that is where the true therapeutic benefit lies. When one articulates thought, one can determine the best course of action to take when addressing an issue.
The idea of ‘God’ is unfalsifiable in the same way that the idea of ‘physics’ is unfalsifiable: until you start making some definite claims about God and physics, there is nothing to falsify. However, specific religions have made falsifiable claims about their gods, in exactly the same way that physicists have made falsifiable claims about their hypotheses.
HERE IS YOUR ANSWER AND JUST IN TIME, LITERALLY. THE RUNNING TIME OF THIS VIDEO IS 3:39... 339 [ROLLING] bEE. 6,339 views of this video up to this point... 6,339 [ROLLING] bEE'g. Two bEE's the second signed by g [limited by font] but, "I am that I am" and "that" is "2 bEE" Yet now, "To be or not to be, that is the question". The answer, as to prayer, is TO DO!! Proverbs 16:3 "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."
Right. But the mature Christians pray what the Holy spirit tells them to pray for. That's a higher level. There you pray in agreement with God. Together with God. Like you're one with God.
@@toolegittoquit_001 Per the Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, “prayer” is “the relating of the self or soul to God in trust, penitence, praise, petition, and purpose, either individually or corporately” and “meditation” is “a form of mental prayer.”
Two points. 1) Gethsemane. Jesus prayed for God the father to find another way to save mankind. But finished his prayer with this. Nevertheless father, Not My Will but Thine Be Done... 2) How did Jesus teach us to pray? You know it as The Lord's prayer. Understand these words. ,'Thy Kingdom Come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. So then, if God's will is always done on earth as Calvinist teach, why did Jesus teach us to pray for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven...to be the done? Was Jesus going to 😢
There is something called "evil faith" that seeks to move the Hand of God without asking Him first what is His will in every situation. There is something called "embezzlement" of Holy Anointing: using God's power to do our own carnal will. God is Just and we will be judged by our actions. Don't think that the Just Judge will blink His eyes and not punish us for embezzling His power doing the devil's work with God's power. God's power belongs to Him, and is to be used under His guidance and instruction. We receive delegated authority but we will be held responsible of how we use it.
Deuteronomy 23 does not teach that God cannot repent. Deuteronomy 23 shows God saying he wouldn’t repent and curse Israel, because he found no fault in them. Then, in chapter 25, he finds them sinning and curses them. In other words, he repents of the very thing he said he would not repent of. Why? Because their behavior changed. Deuteronomy 23-25 actually proves man’s behavior can and does cause God to repent.
Final words “obviously God can’t repent of anything...” if that’s true why does the Bible say God repented multiple times? “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” Genesis 6:6 KJV “And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.” Exodus 32:14 KJV “It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.” 1 Samuel 15:11 KJV “If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.” Jeremiah 26:3 KJV
@@sodaht2296 do you always answer questions with another question? Im aware its public. Im just curious why someone who doesnt believe watch videos such as this ? Also , what scrutiny are you referring to?
Why couldn't you change his mind? Noah did and the one who wanted him to not destroy Soddim and Gomorrah. Or whichever it was I think Lot and family were running from. And since his brother it was, I think, asked God to save the city for loke 70 people, 50 people, down to 1, and I think that God saved Lot rather than destroy him with the city. Prior to his brother pleading for his family they were all going to be destroyed. I'm sorry if I have names and cities wrong but the gist of the story is true. I think it's changing God's mind.
Man's will is stronger than Gods will. From 2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." Well _all_ do not come to repentance, Thereby their will is stronger than Gods will.
A keyword here is “usward ”. Peter is addressing fellow believers and God is not willing that any of His children should perish. He is patient until He gathers all of His beloved children and then He will send His son, the promise spoken of is the second coming of Christ.
If RC Sproul can clearly see that God doesnt change his mind when we pray, why couldnt the OT authors have just written it that way? What would be the point of the illustration, if it is portraying God on the pages of Holy writ doing the opposite of what Sproul says is happening in reality? Calvinism, man. Hell of a drug.
WERE COMMANDED TO FOLLOW JESUS AND IF WE LOVE HIM WERE GOING TO DENY OURSELVES WERE GOING TO TAKE UP OUR CROSS AND WERE GOING TO OBEY THE COMMANDEMENTS OF JESUS. the Bible SAYS IN JAMES YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT. IF WE ASK GOD FOR GODLY THINGS HE'LL GIVE THEM TO US. SO LETS ASK FOR THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE IN HIS WILL FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE. WISDOM/DISCERNMENT/GOODNESS/FORGIVENESS/KNOWLEDGE/FAITH/MERCY.UNDERSTANDING/.ETC. ASK FOR THINGS TO EDIFY THE BODY OF CHRIST. THE LORD LOVES TO BLESS HIS CHILDREN. I DON'T TRUST IN THE WORDS OF MEN I DESIRE TO HEAR FROM THE LORD FOR MYSELF. HOW CAN I BE LED BY GOD AND OBEY HIM IF I DON'T EVEN KNOW HIS VOICE? JESUS SAID MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE. THE LORD DESIRES A DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW HIS VOICE .
Nothing in words is complete. Words are assigned values of sound to conscious thought and one's voice whether silently heard or heard aloud, is one's power of intention... It is to be no more one of the herd, but one who is heard. Isaiah 58:9 "Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not."
@@carmensiekierke3579 How do I pronounce your last name?? Is it like SEEK EAR KEY?? As to "getting" the principle thing is wisdom. [Proverbs 4:7] Also, knowledge is power whereby wisdom, being gained by experience, is understanding how to apply that power. I get it from the "MISSED TREE". DO YOU KNOW "MISS TREE"?? DARE I SAY, "I DO". NO QUESTION ABOUT IT... Proverbs 3:18 “She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.” Or is it "SEE CARE KEY"?? 1 Corinthians 14:1 "Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries." To follow after charity is to pay it forward and then to seek presence not presents... Anyway, as with a spiritual approach, if the answer is to look inwards, then look in words as well. HERE is A KEY to the CAR MEN. HERE is AQUI as AQUI is HERE, yet they with the EAR to HEAR will HEAR A KEY. Mark 4:24 “And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.” I am GIVEN this stuff, and stuffed with this stuff, as I am FORGIVEN I am FOR GIVIN', and as I GIVE, all the more am I GIVEN. P.S. [GIVEN] G=7, N=14 [7IVE14] IVE IS I'VE in that I HAVE... [Matthew 7:14]
@@robertjohnson3842 No, that is not how to pronounce my last name. You are throwing in gematria.....that is not biblical. Wisdom does not come by experience.
Why even ask for anything you want. 99 percent of time God isn't going to give it. He gives it when it's no longer needed or wanted. So just save yourself the disappointment of expecting anything. You want to say thanks for what you have ,and hope day goes well . Ask for someone else and just move on. GOD THeN CAN'T DISAPPOINT YOU. I just don't care to bother asking cuz it just turns into years of disappointment. God cares about his agenda and honestly, ours doesn't really matter. My opinion
So the inerrant Word of God leads us to believe that God changes His mind, but He really doesn't. It only seemed so to those backward witnesses who recorded the Word at His dictation? Yeah, that clears it all up. Apparently, sometimes the Bible just plain lies to us.
2 Chronicles 7:13-14 says, "When I [God] shut the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (ESV). The God of the Bible tells us that in humble prayer we can change his mind. This is grace, God's acceptance of us as his beloved people, and granting the privilege and the consequent enablement of the power of the Holy Spirit. R.C. Sproul, like other theologians of his kind, reads Scripture with the Greek lenses and conception of God. Their position about prayer and human responsibility do not align with Scriptures. That is why they separate gospel from their secular lives. Prayer does not just move God, it changes the heart of God. By this I mean the God of the Bible and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faith is human action in bringing down God's rule on earth. We move the heart of God through prayer of faith.
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This is a very fatalistic worldview and pretty much a cop-out to why prayers go unanswered. In short, RC is suggesting that prayer should be used like some kind of self-help therapy for a Christian. Oh boy...
He actually just explained this, right? It does seem like Jesus changed his mind in that passage. But we know that God is not human, he doesn't change his mind Num 23:9, Heb 13:8, Jam 1:17. In narrative passages Bible use phenomenology language to describe something that is based on something we understand. Therefore it seems like God changed his mind, but He knew exactly that he "will change his mind". That's our perspective.
@@stev3886 He can change his mind for he has compassion and can be moved by our requests .I have prayed for people who were going to die .Doctors had given them weeks to live and sent them off to hospice care to wait for the inevitable .I asked God for mercy and He changed his mind and that person was back to work in a matter of about a month and still lives and works today .He cares about us and is moved by our requests .
@@stev3886 that person i prayed for was my brother and God had mercy on him and allowed him to live .But of course God required him to change his lifestyle .And once God became real to him that was not a problem .he straightened out his life and decided to live life as God directs .
@@edwardhill6701 okay I get where you're coming from. Just want to ask, do you think that it was your prayer that actually change God's mind? Why do you think that God didn't want to heal your brother unless you pray for it to happen?
@@stev3886 God was going to kill him because he was a wicked living person .Judgment day comes for all men and woman .I have seen it time and time again .God reaches out to every individual trying to get them to change their behavior and live life as He directs .At some point God will say enough now its time to pay the wages of sin .Thats what happened to my brother .later he told me as i prayed over his hospital bed that as i prayed he heard God speak to him .Once God was proven real to him ,he was able to change the way he lived and had the courage to stand up against the evil ones in this world .
If God changed his mind it would not be within our time and space. It would have happened in eternity past, but we would never see it or know about it but only feel the effects of his "changed" decision as one that never changed in our perception, logically speaking.
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Obviously, God’s will is not always done on the earth. We cannot influence the big picture,, but we can influence details. ‘The fervent prayer of the righteous availeth much’. Rigid predestination thinking is flawed. Do you really believe there is no free will?
@@apilkey It does have a lot to do with the ability to predetestine something don't you think. If God's will is not always done on earth than he is not all knowing nor all powerful. I believe I was answering someone else's comment but your comment has nothing to do with the main response.
@@nymincho Please confirm or deny the following so I can clarify what you believe: 1) Can you please affirm that yes it’s impossible for almighty God to know anything unless He decreed it? 2) Will you affirm that God is not powerful enough to know the future unless He decreed it? Will you affirm these two things?
Who do you really follow? Scriptures tells us to follow the example of our Messiah: 1Pe 2:21 For to this you were called, because Messiah also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps, Followers of Jesus, the Greek Messiah: Pagan Names For the Father and Son(Lord/Jesus); Sunday rest; Pagan feasts of Easter and Christmas; popes; nuns; holy water; sacraments; or any separation of Messiah’s body into a “priesthood” and “laity”; eat pork(unclean foods). (None found In the Scripture) Followers of Yahusha, the Hebrew Messiah: Call the Father a Son by the Sacred Name Yahuah and Yahusha; 7th day Sabbath rest; Keep the Torah and Scriptural feasts of Lev 23; eat Kosher; circumcised and wear Tzitzits. (all found in the Scripture) Do you follow the belief ABOUT the Messiah or OF the Messiah? In other words, if you follow Jesus, you received the one who came in his own name: Joh 5:43 “I have come in My Father’s Name and you do not receive Me, if another comes in his own name, him you would receive. But if you Follow Messiah Yahusha, you will love Him and guard His Commands: Joh 14:15 “If you love Me, you shall guard My commands. You are of the one you obey: Rom 6:16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves servants for obedience, you are servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? The error of the Christian church who believes they are the new chosen and replaced the Jews/Yahudim, here is our Father's answer to that: Rev 2:9 “I know your works, and pressure, and poverty - yet you are rich - and the blasphemy of those who say they are Yahuḏim and are not, but are a congregation of Satan.
It’s not about giving Him counsel or wisdom or making Him learn something He didn’t know. What a foolish response from a fool. God does in fact respond to our prayers and they do in fact have a genuine and real impact on the heart of God. This man does not know God and does not hear His voice. He hears vain philosophy. I would not be surprised if we don’t see this man in Heaven. The number of people he has led astray and continues to lead astray even in this very comment section is astounding.
Have you ever prayed sincerely and passionately about the Rona? If you did how many times? Tell me, is God too calloused not to hear your prayers because the virus is still devastating the world? Are we saved by having the right philosophy or are we saved by grace alone though faith alone?
There are dozens of passages in the OT where people, like Moses, clearly influence what God does and even what He thinks. Sproul and other Calvinists just dismiss the plain meaning of all these texts, in favor of a classical theology that came from the pagan Greeks thru Augustine to Calvin.
@@mikes.903 We’re saved by grace through faith alone as you correctly stated. We’re not saved through election which is what RC Sproul believes. There’s only one name under heaven by which we are saved and that is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The Jesus Christ of the Bible is the One with the power to save. So if you’ve put your trust in a false messiah that you made up them you are not saved. If RC Sproul has put his faith in his election or in a Jesus Christ found nowhere in scripture such as the one described in reformed theology and Calvinism then will that jesus save him? Are you saved by believing in a different jesus?
I'd be very careful about calling people fools, firstly cause Jesus warned against it and second cause it's very clear that you very clearly misunderstood his answer. He never said prayer was giving counsel to God anywhere.
WHAT IS THE ISLAM? • Believe in Almighty God. He has no partner, He has no equal, and there is nothing like Him. He has power over all things. He is the true reality and everything else is just his creation. Just as he created everything, in an instant he can bring everything out of existence. There is nothing before Him and nothing after Him. He is eternal. He is not a "he" but we have a limited vocabulary. He is perfect. He is complete. He is everything and we only exist with His permission. • Belief in angels. Intelligent and pure creatures made of light. They are inherently good and have no free will to choose to be evil. Humans are also inherently good, this is called "fitra", whereby humans are born with a natural / instinctive inclination to be kind, generous, faithful and compassionate, this can be clearly observed in all children of all races and creeds. However, the demonic influences of some of the geniuses (creatures that were created before humans, that have an anatomy made of fire and that share our world of space and time, but that are not observable to our eyes like violet or infrared). These demonic influences compete with angelic influences in our lives. With the free will given to us, we must choose, on a daily basis, which influence to follow. • Belief in divine books. Believe in the Bible, the Torah, the Psalms, the Gospel, and all the divine books that call (or did) you to remember Almighty God in your actions and words, and to obey Him, for your own good. Finally, the last divine revelation; the Quran, which confirms what we already know about previous scriptures that were altered and tampered with, and which rectifies those errors and gives us a firm foundation in authentic guidance and knowledge of our Creator. As promised in the Quran itself, the latest revelation will never change and therefore no more messengers or books will be sent to mankind. There is no more guidance to come. God's favor on us has been completed. • Belief in the prophets. The belief that all nations sent prophets to remind people of our covenant with God. That before putting our souls in these bodies, we accept this challenge and agree to be tested on earth. More than 124,000 prophets have been sent to all the people of the world. Of these prophets, about 300 were messengers. They were sent with a divine revelation. As Muslims we do not differentiate between Messengers. They are all the same and we trust and believe in all of them. Adam, Enoch, Noah, Lot, Jonah, Abraham, Is'maeel, Is’aac, Is’raeel, Joseph, Jesus, Muhammad: all were among those most dear to God. However; Muhammad, being the last messenger, was not only sent to one nation, but was sent as an example to the whole world. While Muslims must believe that all Messengers are equal, we understand that being the last messenger has very honorable implications. We believe that it is the final messenger who will intercede and ask God to begin the day of Judgment, when no one else can and may peace be with him and with all the prophets and messengers. • Belief in the day of judgment. Belief in the balance that will weigh our actions, the only commodity on that day when gold and silver will be meaningless. After this world is over and there are no more people, everyone will be resurrected / recreated. We believe that humanity and geniuses will wait 50,000 years for the judgment to begin. Finally, the last Prophet will bow down before the Almighty and humbly ask him to begin. This will be a time of torment and the people who think they will go to hell will still want the judgment to begin, only to leave this place. Good and bad actions will be weighed. The final destination and your final destination will be decided. Heaven or hell will be rewarded for those who earn what they earn. However, don't feel desperate. If you sincerely regret your sins and ask God to forgive you in this life, those same sins will turn from bad actions to good. Every good intention you do is worth a good deed, while every bad intention is not counted unless you act and commit the sin. If you act with a good intention, it can be worth 100 good deeds. Justice and belief in God is all you need to achieve ultimate victory. To remain eternally in His pleasure, residing in His gardens of bliss where all difficulties, evil, disease and suffering are removed, replaced by all the delights you can and cannot imagine. • Believe in the predestination of God. Believe that God knows everything that has been and will be. Believe that there is no power or ability to do anything except by His permission andder from Him. Believing that we are but a timeline of intentions, and that He is the one who decides whether or not to give us the ability to fulfill those intentions. Believing that he is the wisest, and that although we do not understand his wisdom, we submit to him and trust that everything that happens is ultimately for our own good. He is benevolent, merciful, and loving, and it is a pleasure to see us be benevolent, merciful, and loving. • A Muslim must testify that God is One, has no equals, has no partners and there is nothing like Him, and we must testify that indeed Muhammad is clearly the last messenger sent by God. We must pray, give charity, fast and pilgrimage, thus earning God's forgiveness and many good works / investments for real eternal life when this temporary abode is left. We must be honest, truthful, trustworthy and fair. Be personable, hygienic, good-natured, and generous. Be grateful, patient, merciful, and courageous. Basically love your brother / sister what you would love yourself. A Muslim is concerned with pleasing the Creator and not the creation. The purpose of our existence is to worship [remember, serve, thank, praise, obey, glorify, etc.] God. If you do this sincerely, you will finally feel satisfied and content in life, no matter what situation you are in. Fulfilling your highest purpose means becoming a being who is in communion with Almighty God. There can be nothing greater than this.
Abourachid, Salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ and grace alone. Not by works. God is holy, holy, holy. You cannot earn your way to heaven. He sent His only begotten Son to die on the cross. Only His death could satisfy His holy wrath for our sin. Jesus is everything. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Without Jesus there is no communion with God the Father.
@@loksterization Your belief is a dogma of Paul that has deceived you. Look at some falsehoods from your unsacred book: Does (god) make mistakes? 1 / Biblical errors: (Isaiah 40v22; Ezec 7v3): The earth is flat. (Mark 13v27, Jeremiah 16v19): The earth is flat and has from the ends. (Job 9v6) The earth is placed on pillars. (Psalm 104: 5): The serpent is cursed by (God); that is why it only lives by eating dust. (Joshua 10v12): The sun revolves around the earth. (Genesis 1v17): The moon emits its own light. (Genesis 11v13): plants exist before the sun on third day. (Genesis 1v17): The ground was created on the fourth day. It is similar to: man is created before air. Man is therefore created before the denausors. The inspired saw the serpent which ate dust and did not see the denausors even if they were enormous. (Leviticus 11v6): the rabbit is ruminant. The poor (inspired) saw the rabbit move its manarins: he thought he was ruminating. (Leviticus 11v13--19 Deut 14v11--18): The bat is a bird while it is a mammal. 2 / contradictions of the Bible: Who killed Goliath?: 1 / (Samuel 17v23 --- 50): David who killed him. 2 / (2 Samuel 21v19): It was Elhanan who killed him, the truth is lost. (John 10:30) I (Jesus) and the Father are "one" and (John 14:28): The Father is greater than me. (Matthew 10: 5) Do not go to non-Israelis! && (Matthew 28:19) Go and make disciples of all the nations. (Matthew 16v17--19): You (Peter) are blessed (---) I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. && (Matthew 16v23): Jesus, he said to Peter: "Come back, Satan, you are an obstacle that makes me stumble ... (John 8:29): Jesus: He who sent is with me, he did not leave me alone. && (Matthew 27:46): Jesus cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Genesis 32v30 Exodus 24v9-11): Jacob saw God face to face. && (John 1v18): No one has seen God. Jeremiah 3v12): God: "I keep my anger forever. (Jeremiah 17v4): Because he kindled the fire of my wrath (of God), and there will be forever. (Genesis 7V1 Job 2v3): The man may be right. && (Romans 3v10): Man cannot be right. (Genesis 2v7 2v19): God created the man then the animal. && (Genesis 1v24 --- 27): God created the animal and then the man. There are more than five thousand lies in the bible. everyone to find one and only falsehood my Holy Quran. ruclips.net/video/ypXqqdPrYQQ/видео.html&ab_channel=MercifulServant
@@loksterization Koran: EARTH TOUR: Quran: Chapter 39 (5) He created the heavens and the earth with truth, causes the night to be enlisted in the day, and the day to be enlisted in the night, and has subjugated his mandate to the sun and the moon, which continue their course until 'to a fixed period is combined. Is he not the mighty, the indulgent himself? Quran: Chapter 6: 101) Creator of heaven and earth How should he have children if he has no partner and creates everything? He knows all things. THE EARTH ROTATES Quran: Chapter 27 (88) And you see the mountains, believing them to be rigid, as they pass like clouds. [It is] the work of Allah, who made all things perfect. In fact, he knows what you are doing. LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE / Quran: Chapter 2: (29) He is the one who created everything for you on earth, then directed his will to heaven and formed seven heavens in perfect balance. He knows all things. Quran: Chapter 41 (12) And in two days it ended in seven heavens, each of which inspired its mission. We have beautified the sky of this world with lamps and protections; This is the decree of the Almighty, the Knower. THE SKY OF RETURN Quran: Chapter 86 (11) Across the sky with its rain cycles! THE ROOF / Quran: Chapter 21: (32) And we made a roof protected from the sky. Yet they get away from His signs. RELATIVITY / Koran 32: (5) The things he decrees descend from heaven to earth and then ascend to him in a day equal to a thousand years of which you are counting. Quran: Chapter 27 (88) And you see the mountains, believing them to be rigid, as they pass like clouds. [It is] the work of Allah, who made all things perfect. In fact, he knows what you are doing. THE COUPLE OF CREATION / Quran: Chapter 43: (12) He who created all species and gave them boats and animals to ride. Quran: Chapter 36: (36) Glory to the One who created all species: those on earth, themselves and others they do not know. THE REGION CONTROLS OUR MOVEMENTS / Quran: Chapter 96 (15) If you don't stop, we'll grab you by a strand of your forehead, (16) with his lying and transgressive forehead. RAIN PROPORTION / Quran: Chapter 43 (11) And whoever makes water fall from the sky to a certain extent and with it we bring life to a dead land, so you will be taken (from the graves). THE ROLE OF MOUNTAINS / Quran: Chapter 21 (31) And we put mountain ranges on the ground so that they don't move with them at the top. And the gorges as paths to guide them. Quran: Chapter 78 (5) They will really know. (6) Have we not made a bed of the earth, THE MIRACLE IN THE IRON / Quran: Chapter 57 (25) And this is how We sent Our messengers with clear evidence and brought the Book and the Libra with them, so that men could establish fairness. utility for men. And so that Allah knows who, without seeing it, has helped Him and His messengers. It is true that Allah is strong, irresistible. SWEET WINDS / Quran: Chapter 15 (22) And we send the Fertile Winds, we make the water fall from the sky and with it we give you to drink, but you do not have your deposits. The darkness of the sea and the internal waves / Quran: Chapter 24 (40) Or they are like darkness in a deep sea which is covered by waves on which there are other waves which are in turn covered by clouds. Dark on dark. When he holds out his hand, he barely sees it. He whom Allah does not shine will not have light. THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE / Quran: Chapter 51. (47) We have built the sky solidly. We are available. Quran: Chapter 21 (30) Do you not see those who refuse to believe that the heavens and the earth were together and we are separating them? And what did we do when all living things were alive? Will they not believe?
You said "belief in...the gospel". The gospel is that Jesus Christ was the perfect holy sacrifice for all our sins and made us perfect in God's sight, reinstating the union we had with the Almighty God before sin entered the world. That's the gospel. Fulfilling what God said in Genesis, he will bruise your heel and you shall crush his head. Jesus crushed satan's head by reinstating our relationship with the Father. And I have to disagree with people being born good, children are naturally selfish. They don't want to share, they want to be fed when they want to be fed, they think the world revolves around them. That's the natural man, the man Jesus teaches us to overcome and be self-sacrificing. But never to earn salvation because he paid for our salvation in full and gave it to us through our faith and trust and belief in him. And called us his friends, just like God called Abraham friend! Praising God through whom all blessings flow!
Praying isn't about changing His will, it's about aligning our will with His.
@Chicken Nuggets Yes
bingo
man's goings are of the lord how then can a man understand his own way. proverbs 20:24 there is no free will
Hmmmm so profound. This perspective is deep.
Bravo!!!!!!!Thanks!!!!!!!-!🎇
Why is it that I would always tend to smile whenever I hear RC Sproul explaining something?
Because he smiles.
God was in heaven and someone told him about the wickedness and evil acts committed in Sodom and Gomorrah .And God sent a angel to investigate .Someone had to tell Him about the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah .That tells me that God listens to us .
@@edwardhill6701 or that the angels had to call to God attention the tower of babel. Guess ur God isn't omniscient.
God just answered a prayer that involved a person changing their heart and mind. I won't get into detail, but He did it and it strengthens my faith. God is soo good!!
I think the idea is through being born again, being obedient to the Word and truly loving God with all our heart- our prayers become his will, therefore become answered; and in that answering we see the power of God. And believe even more. In which helps us work out our salvation. God has a reason for everything- including prayers which when they align with his will- will be answered.
RC Sproul is one of the GREATEST theologians to have EVER taught the Word
That’s a lie
🤣 🤣. That's funny
Nonsense. Prayer is ridiculous.
This wasn't one of his greatest moments. This is a very fatalistic worldview and pretty much a cop-out to why prayers go unanswered. In short, RC is suggesting that prayer should be used like some kind of self-help therapy for a Christian.
@@snaphaan5049Are you even a Believer ?
I've been through some difficult times in my life and I can honestly say that I wouldn't of gotten through any of it, if it hadn't of been for the Lord my comfort and my strength.
RC is suggesting that prayer should be used like some kind of self-help therapy for a Christian. That's a terrible thought! There is real power in prayer but not in RC's fatalistic way.
wouldn’t have not wouldn’t of... I’m a grammar freak and will burn in hell
I miss R.C Sproul!
What? Why would you want to change God's will?
God's will is his best for us.
Our spirit is in agreement with God's will.
Blessed is the one who finds it, it's like finding your true self.
Excellent explanation! R.C. was - and is - an wonderful teacher.
@@Mikael5732 I heard about this one from Justin Peters! It didn't hit me to notify Ligonier Ministries. Thank you.
Our prayers are ordained by God.
Only RC can explain it like this.
The man was just FULL of wisdom...his desernment was amazing
Very sound answer,from a sound teacher.
RIP Dr Sproul.
Brilliant preacher. God bless his soul.
I love RC so much!
❤️
Thank you for the excellent answer. God bless you all!
This wasn't one of his greatest moments. This is a very fatalistic worldview and pretty much a cop-out to why prayers go unanswered. In short, RC is suggesting that prayer should be used like some kind of self-help therapy for a Christian.
" who has directed the Spirit of the Lord
Or informed Him as His counselor?
Whom did He consult to enlighten
Him, who taught Him the paths of justice?
Who imparted knowledge to Him
And showed Him the way of understanding?"
Isaiah 40:13✝️
Amen
Prayer changes us
Isaiah 40:13 has absolutely nothing to do with prayer and changing the mind of God.
When you pray to God you’re not praying to direct or inform or to counsel Him or to enlighten Him or to teach Him or to impart knowledge to Him or to show Him understanding.
No one prays like that and that’s not the purpose of anyone’s prayer so why are you trying to make that unwarranted connection?
@@apilkey
This passage looks at the incomparable wisdom of God.
Our Father who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come
THY WILL BE DONE
Many of our prayers have nothing to do with God's will
It is all our will
This passage reminds us God is
omniscient (having total knowledge, knowing everything).
For God to be sovereign he has to be all knowing.
@@jessyjonas4988 Sovereign and all knowing does NOT equal God determining everything.
Please confirm or deny the following:
1) Can you please affirm that yes it’s impossible for almighty God to know anything unless He decreed it?
2) Will you affirm that God is not powerful enough to know the future unless He decreed it?
Will you affirm this?
@@apilkey
" Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made " John 1:3✝️
ALMIGHTY- meaning
ALL POWERFUL
OMNIPOTENT
SUPREME
PREEMINENT
INVINCIBLE
UNCONQUERABLE
R C SPROUL SUCH A WONDERFUL MAN
Reminds me of the tongue-in-cheek saying on a little magnet I purchased many years ago: "Use me, Oh Lord, especially in an advisory capacity."
I think of king Hezekiah who was terminally ill, but he prayed for God to let him live, and God healed him and gave him 15 more years to live. I think that God ordained that He would use Hezekiah's prayer to bring this to pass.
I was just going to post about him
God told him he was going to die but Hezekiah cried and pled with God and God changed the plan.
@@kathycarrow4300 God already knew what would happen. He just used Hezekiah's prayer to be the point at which He would heal Hezekiah. God probably was testing Hezekiah's faith.
Are you speaking for God? Even you said you think. Be very careful with that.
@@kathycarrow4300 it says in the Bible God knows what you need before you ask so it’s fair today God intended to use Hezekiahs prayer to extend his life.
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Rest in Glory RC
RC is one of the people I look forward to meeting when I get to heaven.
IMO, his explanation showed the depth and simplicity of the scriptures.
I feel so bad for the people who do not love God.
So God tells to pray but at the same time He doesn’t pay attention to our prayers. Sproul mentioned that we are having a dialogue with God but the way he explained it suggests more of a monologue because prayer is worthless. Then when he explains the issue of God changing His will he explains that “here He means one thing but there on the other side he meant something else. It sound like if God is speaking out of both sides of His mouth. I can understand figures of speech in the Bible like allegory, similes and so many others but I se here a tendency to twist the words to accommodate to their doctrines of predestination, God’s sovereignty, our inability to make decisions (free will), etc.. I will call that deception. I also see others trying to explain things in the comments do the same thing. They are very “wordy” and their explanations tend to drown in a sea of words that causes more confusion that shed light like a commenter was saying that now he is more confused with the explanation. Calvinists have this ability to answer questions with so much philosophy intertwined with logic and doctrine together that many times it loses its meaning. Just my two cents.
Sometimes when men try to put God in a box and try to explain according to the box they have drawn , they have to come up with some contrived logic to explain their theory. There are numerous passages that clearly teaches (not just narrative) where the Lord is seen as relenting ( Jeremiah 18: 1 to 11 is a classic example) . The one example that Bro. RC gives is the Oracle of Balaam (Numbers 23:19) and as we all know was from a false prophet. Even though there are truths in that Oracle, there are clearly inconsistencies in Balaam’s Oracle ( like Num 23:21 - He has not observed iniquity in Jacob..)
It is all right to state that it is difficult to understand some verses instead of trying to fit the Almighty into some human understanding. The whole teaching of sovereignty of the Lord as the Reformed theologians teach which goes beyond what scriptures teaches is most probably an error - the Lord is sovereign and in His sovereignty, He has placed prayer and faith as an instrument through which He acts- who is man to say that the Lord does not do that?
Thanks Thomas!
I agree. There may be some transcendent dynamic far beyond our cognition.
In fact, it's highly likely.
It is indeed for our benefit, and God indeed has decreed what will happen such that our prayers will not change his decree. We also know that God not only determines the outcome, but the means to that outcome. So is God only the First Cause and we the second cause? Inasmuch as he became Incarnate, he has assumed a role as second cause as well as first cause. In this way, not only is he efficacious as the First Cause, but he is visibly efficacious as a second cause. This serves to reveal God to us. In prayer, not only do we get some spiritual benefit, but we participate in God's decree as a cooperative second cause with God, and we see his work among us in a tangible way. In sum, God responds to our prayers, but not in any way contrary to his eternal and particular decrees.
Oh look so that's who Lee Webb is! Glad to finally put a face on him. Great video topic.
Prayer can change God's mind sometimes. read about Hezekiah God have him 15 more years. GOD says yes sometimes but he also said, be careful what u ask for .wait or no sometimes. His our father and he knows whats best for us.
“Prayer causes things to happen that would not happen if you didn’t pray.”
- John Piper
Didn’t pastor RC just explain this? Re watch the video. That statement is just not true.
@@Texasguy316 I read the Bible so that’s how I justify my conclusion, I worship Jesus not a denomination
Matt 7:7
Matt 11:24
Matt 21:22
John 15:7
Phil 4:6
John 16:24
Luke 11:13
John 14:13
God is immutable
God's know you gonna pray and at the same time He knows you gonna change.
Hard to digest right. But that's the fact. Do not compare God in our time line. He exist in multidimensional.
Hi brother just a thought from me. I believe our prayer cannot change God's will, for His will is eternal. If our prayer can change God's will, that make His will is not eternal.
If we look from the cause and effect, it sure look like many times the prayer can change the situation but at the end God's will be done.
We also need to be careful, we cannot just take out a portion of scripture and interpret it as how it is written for this is just like the work of enemy, the third temptation of that satan tried on Jesus.
When thing doesn't change, can we say because we didn't pray good enough or we lack of faith? Absolutely cannot. Ultimately is God's will be done.
Look at how Jesus pray and the prayer He teach us. Then you will understand. May God continue to draw us closer to Him everyday.
It's not that we change His mind,.. There are issues in life that can be shaped by God because we place Hope, through prayer, for an out-come in a situation that may even seem hopeless, but because of prayer, our "out of control situations" are Blessed at the Will of God,... we experience this as a prayer fulfilled, and are moved greatly to be thankful.
It is incredibly convenient that when a person prays and gets what they want, prayer is answered. If the prayer isn't answered god has another plan or will for you. Either way god wins. And if you question the con being perpetrated, it's your fault because your faith is weak or you are being tested. It's a con.
Take responsibility for your own existence. Live in a rational world. You will be happier I promise.
Good question.
We have not because we ask not! James 4
Yep !
No one can change his will that involves his plans for our salvation. Prayer moves the hands of GOD for other situations.
Finally put a face to the other guy's voice I heard so many times.
Prayer should be all about giving thanks....nothing is more important than gratitude to God....if just for the things we haven't received that are justly due us.... yet long-suffering God still allows our endless requests for even more.....food, shelter and clothing.... the rest is greed.
I miss him.
It's all good !!
Honestly God is so unpredictable, that I would say pray.
I've been looking for a venue to pose this thought/question: since this is the case (what Dr. Sproul states about prayer here), I feel vindicated and right about praying retroactively. For example, I might pray for a loved one who has already passed away and ask God to have mercy upon them and to cover them with His grace and grant them repentance. Back when they were alive, God knew what I would pray after their earthly life was spent. Of course, I would have also prayed the same while they were still alive. Forgive my mind being slow just now-I can't recall my better examples, but I think the gist is clear.
The Church has always said prayers for the dead, and prayed to the Saints in glory to intercede for us.
Thank you very much for this interesting post.
You said God that would never change his intention and any stories in the Old Testament that suggest the opposite are merely descriptive language.
But what about the parable of the poor widow in Luke 18:1-8, where it is even clearly stated that Jesus told this parable to his disciples to show that they should never give up in prayer?
Thanks in advance for any constructive, helpful answers.
Stay blessed and warm greetings from Switzerland
How do we explain Isaiah 38?
Amen.
So praying that someone is isn’t saved comes to faith, praying that they’re predestined, would God not predestine that to happen so he could answer it and it would be to his glory?
But God goes change his mind if we repent says the Holy Word of God and when we turn to Jesus he will as Written have Mercy according to his will for better outcome for us though we know it not at the time of our sorrow and pain. I hate my life ! But do Love you Almighty God and Father . Selah Amen
so praying is like talking to yourself to feel better about your life?
To add to what R. C. eloquently stated, Jesus clearly tells us in Scripture that "God isn't a man in that He changes his mind." To relent would mean that God did change his mind, and we are told He does not.
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Can god change a persons mind?
its said in bible god knows what we willl think after 1 minute or after 1 decade then ...what is for our free wiill??can somone pls tell...its so confusing..
I wish R.C. Sproul was my grandad.
That means we are not wrong if we say God does change his mind, because we are human and use human perspective to say that.
Great question but it's still unanswered. It doesn't really give an answer to the question. Why do people think that God answers prayers? Does God answer certain people's prayers and not answer other certain people's prayers? Is the answered prayer based on pure luck or based on your merits?
If God does not actually answer prayers then when you pray you cannot pray for a good day or a safe drive or a safe flight or to bless food or to seek wisdom or to heal sickness.
I've seen people who have self-inflicted illness who get transplants and I see people who have illness due to no fault of their own be turned down or transplants.... One believes it's a prayer answered and the other believes it's a prayer unanswered.
It is all done. Why pray?
Wouldn't you want to talk to your best friend whenever you can?
Is there a part two to this part on God not “changing His mind?” I can imagine folks getting discouraged thinking “my life will never change then”.
Except I will never be discouraged because I know God wants his best for me. I'm usually the one who messes that up. Or other evil or unknowing people. But I can completely rest in the knowledge that God knows what is best for me.
@@janiceking6955 I am wondering why you use the words "God wants his best for me." Joel Osteen talks about " your best life now."
I see God changing His mind and not Changing His mind as one of His many paradoxical aspects..
Do not be discouraged.. God loves an honest doubter.. just take it to Him.. Read and pray..
All Glory to God..
@@carmensiekierke3579 First of all let me explain that I understand your concern with someone that says that because of Joel Osteen. But just because men and women and greedy televangelist have twisted gods Scriptures does not mean that God doesn’t want the best for us. God says that all things he works together for good for those that love him. We go through trials and tribulations and sometimes it’s one thing of suffering after another but God does want the best for us always.
@@carmensiekierke3579 Because I realize God's best for me doesn't necessarily mean riches and good health. It could, Abraham was extremely wealthy, Joseph was extremely wealthy at the end of his life, many others too I'm sure. But God's best seemed terrible in Joni Erickson Tada's life, from a worldly view. What I meant by God's best is what will draw me the closest to him. Sorry, I should have explained that better but I pretty much ignore people like Osteen, Joyce Meyer, numerous others. But I know if I resign my life to God's control, he will do what it takes to draw me to him. I thought after I wrote the above, it boils down to who I want in charge of my life, me or the Almighty God! Hope I clarified myself better.
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I'm on the verge of losing my faith in God. I've prayed, prayed, and prayed. RC didn't answer the question well. Why would God needs us to "pray to Him for our sake" if our prayers CANNOT change God's mind? I"m totally lost on this one. I hope I don't totally lose all the faith I've built upon for years and was always considered a prayer warrior. Lately, it seems like prayer is just an "exercise" but not seeing any answers from God. My spirit totally needed to be lifted and not sure if prayer is the answer anymore if God has made up His mind already.
One explanation is that god is not real.
@Eisak Tabensky Official There is no evidence that any god exists.
@Eisak Tabensky Official Your suggestion is idiotic. Learn about standards of evidence and the burden of proof. You understand that you can’t prove a negative right?
@Eisak Tabensky Official That's my point. Why would I need to pray if God is "all-knowing"? Am I just then praying in vain? It just doesn't make sense right now.
@Eisak Tabensky Official Name one valid justification for the existence of any god.
When you pray you DO something, this means you CHANGE your personal situation with God. This could have as a consequence He changes his mind in accordance.
I will try to not misrepresent what I am about to write, but it is the way I understand it...Basically, there are many ways for God's will to be done. We think in binary, that is, what God does is either this or that. But suppose God decides to (a) answer your prayer or (b) do something else that He had decided to do contrary to your prayer?
Would it change at all the outcome? No, not at all. Both choices, (a) or (b) would still fulfill God's will. Therefore, when we pray, we CAN and DO change God's mind. But ALL possible things that God could or would do are all God's will. God isn't changing His mind when He answers a prayer or changes the course of our history. He is simply allowing a different outcome to then become part of the big picture of His work. That is why Romans 8:28 says what it does...ALL things work together for good...
I like this but I don't think god will have( or atleast these people will not let god to go with options). But I wish if god operates like this..
Scripture has instances of humans changing God's mind. For instance, requesting that he avoid destroying people.
No it doesn’t - I believe you are referring to Abraham asking God to not destroy the people in Sodom and Gomorrah if He finds X righteous people and He says “OK”. So how many righteous people does he find? Less than the smallest number Abraham suggests - so Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. Do you think God didn’t know how many righteous people there were there? Of course He did so He agreed to not destroy S&G if there were more than X righteous people knowing that there were not.
God already knew what he was going to do. Either God doesn’t change or He does change. Hint : God doesn’t change
@@toolegittoquit_001 what I said is scriptural. What you said isn't.
Isn't it just a case of using prayer to align your thoughts with a higher power, so that your choices bring about his kingdom?
No, that is not the case.
If you are a new born christian, you have a relationship with God. You talk to Him in prayer, you can present your personal needs and cares before Him, but you need to always ask Him to do His will in the situation and accept His decision. He is Good, He loves you, He will choose the best for you. That doesn't mean you will like the answer necessarilly.
Also, as Jesus instructed us: we need to deny ourselves (don't do as we want), and carry our cross (to crucify our carnality, private agendas, desires) so that He can truly govern us as needs to be. We need to empty our "vase" for Him to fill us up with His Spirit. Our lives do not belong to us any more, we belong to Him. He is the Head, we are the body. He leads, we follow. We must acknowledge His authority over our lives in everything. Small and big. That's what true christianity is about. Be alert, attentive to His instructions to your personal life. He will disclose His plans to each of us as we seek Him. We hear and obey His instructions and leadership.
@@GladysRWhite Bless you. Thank you.
I understand some confusion between the capacity and the will of God, He doesn't need to listen my prayer but He listen, he doesn't need to answer me but he answer anyway ... other reflexion, do you pray when your child is sick, do you insist when nothing happens ?
In everything we pray, we need to let God be God and answer however He pleases. It might not be what we expect, but it's His Perfect Will. May His will be done and not as I desire. He must have the last word! He is wise and loves us and knows what is best for each of His creatures. Trust Him totally, He is good.
@@GladysRWhite Definitively but it’s not only what the bible said, this is the issue here.
@@mickaelp3087 + The Lord Jesus taught us to persevere in prayer, in the Scriptures we have promises, which we as sons and daughters can bring up before His Throne in prayer. Yet, since He is God He knows what's coming, the future and He alone can decide to give life or to "pick up" His children and bring them to Himself. As a mother, one wants our children to live. Yet if God knows that the child will lose his soul if he grows up, He can decide that the child dies. We can misuse His anointing and power, commanding the sickness to leave, but the end result will be bad. We always need to pray, be bold in faith, but always let Him have the last word and accept His decision.
We shouldn't use the Scriptures as a "manual" (it would be a witchcraft manual). Any prayer that the Lord does not approve of, is witchcraft.
We will be held accountable of how we use/misuse His delegated authority on this earth. We need to seek to be directed by Him by His Spirit in all we do.
1:08 - think he's trying to slip a joke in there that goes over Sproul's head
To answer the question to the title of the video, scripture says
"If the people relent from their sins, then I will withhold the punishment I thought to bring upon them."
Can prayers alone change GOD'S will? Well let's see, I pray for GOD'S mercy but continue to live in sin... My guess is no lol, but at the same time, what man can pretend to know GOD'S works. If the people want change, relent from one's sinful ways...
Isaiah 38:5 🤔❤️🙏
I still find it very hard to accept this point of view. It makes everything a destiny and denies human’s interaction with God. whether a person repent is all set from the beginning, then why will God spend that effort to help us or us to spend much effort to seek God?
A dialogue is a conversation between 2 or more people. Prayer is, at best, a monologue between the person praying and a god whose existence is unfalsifiable. Prayer is probably best described as a soliloquy and that is where the true therapeutic benefit lies. When one articulates thought, one can determine the best course of action to take when addressing an issue.
The idea of ‘God’ is unfalsifiable in the same way that the idea of ‘physics’ is unfalsifiable: until you start making some definite claims about God and physics, there is nothing to falsify.
However, specific religions have made falsifiable claims about their gods, in exactly the same way that physicists have made falsifiable claims about their hypotheses.
HERE IS YOUR ANSWER AND JUST IN TIME, LITERALLY. THE RUNNING TIME OF THIS VIDEO IS 3:39... 339 [ROLLING] bEE. 6,339 views of this video up to this point... 6,339 [ROLLING] bEE'g. Two bEE's the second signed by g [limited by font] but, "I am that I am" and "that" is "2 bEE" Yet now, "To be or not to be, that is the question". The answer, as to prayer, is TO DO!! Proverbs 16:3 "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."
Huh?
@@chacehui6393 I thought the same: "what in the world?"
What about all the babblers going on for hours praying about God change this and that and so on?
Right. But the mature Christians pray what the Holy spirit tells them to pray for. That's a higher level.
There you pray in agreement with God. Together with God.
Like you're one with God.
Prayer, meditate both mean to study, pray in your closet, study in private
Meditation is not prayer
@@toolegittoquit_001 look it up,
@@toolegittoquit_001 Per the Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, “prayer” is “the relating of the self or soul to God in trust, penitence, praise, petition, and purpose, either individually or corporately” and “meditation” is “a form of mental prayer.”
Two points. 1) Gethsemane. Jesus prayed for God the father to find another way to save mankind. But finished his prayer with this. Nevertheless father, Not My Will but Thine Be Done...
2) How did Jesus teach us to pray? You know it as The Lord's prayer. Understand these words. ,'Thy Kingdom Come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
So then, if God's will is always done on earth as Calvinist teach, why did Jesus teach us to pray for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven...to be the done? Was Jesus going to 😢
not too sure. But we're commanded to pray. xds
lolz.... :P
There is something called "evil faith" that seeks to move the Hand of God without asking Him first what is His will in every situation.
There is something called "embezzlement" of Holy Anointing: using God's power to do our own carnal will. God is Just and we will be judged by our actions. Don't think that the Just Judge will blink His eyes and not punish us for embezzling His power doing the devil's work with God's power. God's power belongs to Him, and is to be used under His guidance and instruction. We receive delegated authority but we will be held responsible of how we use it.
Deuteronomy 23 does not teach that God cannot repent. Deuteronomy 23 shows God saying he wouldn’t repent and curse Israel, because he found no fault in them. Then, in chapter 25, he finds them sinning and curses them. In other words, he repents of the very thing he said he would not repent of. Why? Because their behavior changed. Deuteronomy 23-25 actually proves man’s behavior can and does cause God to repent.
Nothing FAILS like prayer
Final words “obviously God can’t repent of anything...” if that’s true why does the Bible say God repented multiple times?
“And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”
Genesis 6:6 KJV
“And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.”
Exodus 32:14 KJV
“It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.”
1 Samuel 15:11 KJV
“If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.”
Jeremiah 26:3 KJV
Nothing fails like a prayer
Its apparent youre not a believer....yet here you are. Why ?
@@halffull5384 public video, why not?
@@halffull5384 it's rather unfortunate religious beliefs don't stand up to scrutiny
@@sodaht2296 do you always answer questions with another question? Im aware its public. Im just curious why someone who doesnt believe watch videos such as this ? Also , what scrutiny are you referring to?
@@halffull5384 it's a public video, there's nothing saying I can't post...
You don't like it when your beliefs are challenged??
Why couldn't you change his mind? Noah did and the one who wanted him to not destroy Soddim and Gomorrah. Or whichever it was I think Lot and family were running from. And since his brother it was, I think, asked God to save the city for loke 70 people, 50 people, down to 1, and I think that God saved Lot rather than destroy him with the city. Prior to his brother pleading for his family they were all going to be destroyed. I'm sorry if I have names and cities wrong but the gist of the story is true. I think it's changing God's mind.
Man's will is stronger than Gods will. From 2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." Well _all_ do not come to repentance, Thereby their will is stronger than Gods will.
A keyword here is “usward ”. Peter is addressing fellow believers and God is not willing that any of His children should perish. He is patient until He gathers all of His beloved children and then He will send His son, the promise spoken of is the second coming of Christ.
If RC Sproul can clearly see that God doesnt change his mind when we pray, why couldnt the OT authors have just written it that way?
What would be the point of the illustration, if it is portraying God on the pages of Holy writ doing the opposite of what Sproul says is happening in reality?
Calvinism, man. Hell of a drug.
WERE COMMANDED TO FOLLOW JESUS AND IF WE LOVE HIM WERE GOING TO DENY OURSELVES WERE GOING TO TAKE UP OUR CROSS AND WERE GOING TO OBEY THE COMMANDEMENTS OF JESUS. the Bible SAYS IN JAMES YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT. IF WE ASK GOD FOR GODLY THINGS HE'LL GIVE THEM TO US. SO LETS ASK FOR THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE IN HIS WILL FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE. WISDOM/DISCERNMENT/GOODNESS/FORGIVENESS/KNOWLEDGE/FAITH/MERCY.UNDERSTANDING/.ETC. ASK FOR THINGS TO EDIFY THE BODY OF CHRIST. THE LORD LOVES TO BLESS HIS CHILDREN. I DON'T TRUST IN THE WORDS OF MEN I DESIRE TO HEAR FROM THE LORD FOR MYSELF. HOW CAN I BE LED BY GOD AND OBEY HIM IF I DON'T EVEN KNOW HIS VOICE? JESUS SAID MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE. THE LORD DESIRES A DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW HIS VOICE .
Nothing in words is complete. Words are assigned values of sound to conscious thought and one's voice whether silently heard or heard aloud, is one's power of intention... It is to be no more one of the herd, but one who is heard. Isaiah 58:9 "Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not."
Robert, where are you getting this stuff from?
@@carmensiekierke3579 How do I pronounce your last name?? Is it like SEEK EAR KEY?? As to "getting" the principle thing is wisdom. [Proverbs 4:7] Also, knowledge is power whereby wisdom, being gained by experience, is understanding how to apply that power. I get it from the "MISSED TREE". DO YOU KNOW "MISS TREE"?? DARE I SAY, "I DO". NO QUESTION ABOUT IT... Proverbs 3:18
“She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.” Or is it "SEE CARE KEY"?? 1 Corinthians 14:1 "Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries." To follow after charity is to pay it forward and then to seek presence not presents... Anyway, as with a spiritual approach, if the answer is to look inwards, then look in words as well. HERE is A KEY to the CAR MEN. HERE is AQUI as AQUI is HERE, yet they with the EAR to HEAR will HEAR A KEY. Mark 4:24
“And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.” I am GIVEN this stuff, and stuffed with this stuff, as I am FORGIVEN I am FOR GIVIN', and as I GIVE, all the more am I GIVEN. P.S. [GIVEN] G=7, N=14 [7IVE14] IVE IS I'VE in that I HAVE... [Matthew 7:14]
@@robertjohnson3842 No, that is not how to pronounce my last name. You are throwing in gematria.....that is not biblical. Wisdom does not come by experience.
@@carmensiekierke3579 OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE IGNORANT AND YOUR A FUCKING PIG!!
@@carmensiekierke3579 BUT THERN AGAIN, WAS I NOT "TOLLED" TO CAST PEARLS BEFORE SWINE??
Why even ask for anything you want. 99 percent of time God isn't going to give it. He gives it when it's no longer needed or wanted. So just save yourself the disappointment of expecting anything. You want to say thanks for what you have ,and hope day goes well . Ask for someone else and just move on. GOD THeN CAN'T DISAPPOINT YOU. I just don't care to bother asking cuz it just turns into years of disappointment. God cares about his agenda and honestly, ours doesn't really matter. My opinion
So the inerrant Word of God leads us to believe that God changes His mind, but He really doesn't. It only seemed so to those backward witnesses who recorded the Word at His dictation? Yeah, that clears it all up. Apparently, sometimes the Bible just plain lies to us.
2 Chronicles 7:13-14 says, "When I [God] shut the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (ESV).
The God of the Bible tells us that in humble prayer we can change his mind. This is grace, God's acceptance of us as his beloved people, and granting the privilege and the consequent enablement of the power of the Holy Spirit. R.C. Sproul, like other theologians of his kind, reads Scripture with the Greek lenses and conception of God. Their position about prayer and human responsibility do not align with Scriptures. That is why they separate gospel from their secular lives.
Prayer does not just move God, it changes the heart of God. By this I mean the God of the Bible and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faith is human action in bringing down God's rule on earth. We move the heart of God through prayer of faith.
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The return of Jesus is at hand!
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN!
📖 John 14:6 says,
" Jesus says, 'I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES UNTO THE FATHER (in Heaven) BUT BY ME'.
JESUS CHRIST is the only, true way to Salvation! It’s the free gift of GOD to all those who believe and trust Him!
SALVATION! is the redemption of one’s soul from eternal destruction after death of man, on this earth, by the cleansing of the blood, and by the death and power of resurrection of Jesus Christ
📖Acts.4:12 says.
Salvation is found in no one else (except Jesus Christ), for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."
How is SALVATION gifted to man?
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.
📖John 3:3 says,
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be Born Again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
How can a man be BORN-AGAIN?
To be Born-Again in spiritual sense, is to die to our old sinful nature and be born-again in the spirit, to be holy, righteous with a new nature in Christ Jesus.
👉To be born-again, we need to repent & confess our sinful past for a holy future.
What is repentance?
👉 REPENTANCE! Everyone born into this world is a Born-sinner. Human nature is a sinful nature. Sin in us has defiled us and has separated us from the Holy God!
We have to repent for all the unholy, lawless transgressions of God’s commandments done willfully or unknowingly, in order to obtain mercy and grace so that we might not be judged and fall into condemnation, the condemnation of eternal hell.
📖 Acts.3:19 says,..✔️Repent, then, and turn to GOD, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the LORD
What is confession of sins?
👉 CONFESSION! The guilt of sin and it’s condemnation is rolled away if one truly regrets his sinful past and confesses them in the presence of Jesus Christ.
📖Romans.10:9 &10
✔️That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
📖 1 John, 1st chapter & verse 9 says..
✔️If we confess our sins, He (Jesus Christ) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins(every sin)...
The sole purpose of sending Jesus Christ into this world more than 2020 ago is this👇
📖John.3:16-17 says "
👉 GOD so loved the world (us) that He (Father GOD) gave His only begotten Son to die for us ( our redemption ), that whosoever believes in Him (Jesus) should not perish (in hell) but have everlasting life.
👉 GOD has not sent His Son to condemn the world (us), but the world (we) through Him (Jesus Christ) might be saved.
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Dear Bro/Sis.🙏🏼, You may be of any race, religion or creed. Rich or poor. White or black or brown. You may be the least sinner or the worst sinner on earth. You may leading the worst of immoral life against the principles of the Almighty GOD. God is concerned about your future and not your past. All He asks you is to repent and confess your sins to obtain mercy and have a secured and a blessed hope!
📖 Hebrews.10:17
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
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If you say this small prayer with faith…👇
“ LORD JESUS, I am a sinner, I have committed so many sins knowingly and unknowingly. Have mercy on me. Please forgive my every sin with your precious, Holy blood shed on the cross to save me. I believe you died on the cross, you were buried and rose again the third day for my justification. I believe you are the Almighty GOD!
Accept me as your child. Help me to lead a holy life. Fill my heart with joy, give me heart to seek you.
In Jesus precious name, I ask and believe. Amen!🙏🏼
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If you have said this prayer, I can assuredly tell you that you are a new creation. You are Born-Again in the spirit through the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
📖 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
👉 Be Holy as the LORD your GOD is Holy!
⏩FORSAKE SIN!
📖Proverbs.28:13 says..✔️He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
👉📖Mark.16:16
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not 📌shall be condemned
⏩Read the Bible 📖⏩Know the Truth⏩Go to a Christ centered Church⏩Be Baptized⏩Be Blessed!
⏩May the Holy Spirit GOD lead you & guide you!🙏🏼
👉 Be prepared for the RAPTURE! ( Return of Jesus Christ. THE JUDGE )
May the Lord richly bless you,🙏
🌟🌲May the peace, hope and the fullness of the joy of Christ Jesus be with you until His coming 🌲
📢 Please SHARE & SPREAD this GOSPEL 📖 to the WORLD▶️.🌏
He didn't really answer the question.
This is a very fatalistic worldview and pretty much a cop-out to why prayers go unanswered. In short, RC is suggesting that prayer should be used like some kind of self-help therapy for a Christian. Oh boy...
but we can change his mind like the woman who constantly pesters him to act on her behalf .
He actually just explained this, right? It does seem like Jesus changed his mind in that passage. But we know that God is not human, he doesn't change his mind Num 23:9, Heb 13:8, Jam 1:17. In narrative passages Bible use phenomenology language to describe something that is based on something we understand. Therefore it seems like God changed his mind, but He knew exactly that he "will change his mind". That's our perspective.
@@stev3886 He can change his mind for he has compassion and can be moved by our requests .I have prayed for people who were going to die .Doctors had given them weeks to live and sent them off to hospice care to wait for the inevitable .I asked God for mercy and He changed his mind and that person was back to work in a matter of about a month and still lives and works today .He cares about us and is moved by our requests .
@@stev3886 that person i prayed for was my brother and God had mercy on him and allowed him to live .But of course God required him to change his lifestyle .And once God became real to him that was not a problem .he straightened out his life and decided to live life as God directs .
@@edwardhill6701 okay I get where you're coming from. Just want to ask, do you think that it was your prayer that actually change God's mind? Why do you think that God didn't want to heal your brother unless you pray for it to happen?
@@stev3886 God was going to kill him because he was a wicked living person .Judgment day comes for all men and woman .I have seen it time and time again .God reaches out to every individual trying to get them to change their behavior and live life as He directs .At some point God will say enough now its time to pay the wages of sin .Thats what happened to my brother .later he told me as i prayed over his hospital bed that as i prayed he heard God speak to him .Once God was proven real to him ,he was able to change the way he lived and had the courage to stand up against the evil ones in this world .
Is this the preacher asking for a new $54 million Jet so that he doesn't need to stop for fuelling?
Nope that's a prosperity preacher. This man was a true biblical preacher.
Only one question. Who is any human being to say god doesn't change his mind? He does what he wants.
If God changed his mind it would not be within our time and space. It would have happened in eternity past, but we would never see it or know about it but only feel the effects of his "changed" decision as one that never changed in our perception, logically speaking.
So this answered zero questions about the topic.
Why pray?= potato 🥔
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Obviously, God’s will is not always done on the earth. We cannot influence the big picture,, but we can influence details. ‘The fervent prayer of the righteous availeth much’. Rigid predestination thinking is flawed. Do you really believe there is no free will?
So you are saying that God didn't know that a particular person was going to pray fervently?
@@nymincho Has nothing to do with God knowing.
Knowing doesn’t equal predetermining.
You’re absolutely correct.
This man has deceived countless thousands of people including most of this comment section.
@@apilkey It does have a lot to do with the ability to predetestine something don't you think. If God's will is not always done on earth than he is not all knowing nor all powerful. I believe I was answering someone else's comment but your comment has nothing to do with the main response.
@@nymincho Please confirm or deny the following so I can clarify what you believe:
1) Can you please affirm that yes it’s impossible for almighty God to know anything unless He decreed it?
2) Will you affirm that God is not powerful enough to know the future unless He decreed it?
Will you affirm these two things?
Who do you really follow?
Scriptures tells us to follow the example of our Messiah:
1Pe 2:21 For to this you were called, because Messiah also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps,
Followers of Jesus, the Greek Messiah:
Pagan Names For the Father and Son(Lord/Jesus); Sunday rest; Pagan feasts of Easter and Christmas; popes; nuns; holy water; sacraments; or any separation of Messiah’s body into a “priesthood” and “laity”; eat pork(unclean foods).
(None found In the Scripture)
Followers of Yahusha, the Hebrew Messiah:
Call the Father a Son by the Sacred Name Yahuah and Yahusha; 7th day Sabbath rest; Keep the Torah and Scriptural feasts of Lev 23; eat Kosher; circumcised and wear Tzitzits.
(all found in the Scripture)
Do you follow the belief ABOUT the Messiah or OF the Messiah?
In other words, if you follow Jesus, you received the one who came in his own name:
Joh 5:43 “I have come in My Father’s Name and you do not receive Me, if another comes in his own name, him you would receive.
But if you Follow Messiah Yahusha, you will love Him and guard His Commands:
Joh 14:15 “If you love Me, you shall guard My commands.
You are of the one you obey:
Rom 6:16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves servants for obedience, you are servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
The error of the Christian church who believes they are the new chosen and replaced the Jews/Yahudim, here is our Father's answer to that:
Rev 2:9 “I know your works, and pressure, and poverty - yet you are rich - and the blasphemy of those who say they are Yahuḏim and are not, but are a congregation of Satan.
Hey look it’s satan.
Legitimate blasphemy I think.
Protestantism 😂
It’s not about giving Him counsel or wisdom or making Him learn something He didn’t know.
What a foolish response from a fool.
God does in fact respond to our prayers and they do in fact have a genuine and real impact on the heart of God.
This man does not know God and does not hear His voice.
He hears vain philosophy.
I would not be surprised if we don’t see this man in Heaven.
The number of people he has led astray and continues to lead astray even in this very comment section is astounding.
Have you ever prayed sincerely and passionately about the Rona? If you did how many times?
Tell me, is God too calloused not to hear your prayers because the virus is still devastating the world?
Are we saved by having the right philosophy or are we saved by grace alone though faith alone?
There are dozens of passages in the OT where people, like Moses, clearly influence what God does and even what He thinks. Sproul and other Calvinists just dismiss the plain meaning of all these texts, in favor of a classical theology that came from the pagan Greeks thru Augustine to Calvin.
@@mikes.903 We’re saved by grace through faith alone as you correctly stated.
We’re not saved through election which is what RC Sproul believes.
There’s only one name under heaven by which we are saved and that is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
The Jesus Christ of the Bible is the One with the power to save.
So if you’ve put your trust in a false messiah that you made up them you are not saved.
If RC Sproul has put his faith in his election or in a Jesus Christ found nowhere in scripture such as the one described in reformed theology and Calvinism then will that jesus save him?
Are you saved by believing in a different jesus?
@@CasperLCat Exactly, if the plain sense makes perfect sense then don’t seek another sense.
There’s a simplicity in Christ that they have complicated.
I'd be very careful about calling people fools, firstly cause Jesus warned against it and second cause it's very clear that you very clearly misunderstood his answer. He never said prayer was giving counsel to God anywhere.
Because we have to worship Allah 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Exodus 20:3 you shall have no other gods before me.
WHAT IS THE ISLAM?
• Believe in Almighty God. He has no partner, He has no equal, and there is nothing like Him. He has power over all things. He is the true reality and everything else is just his creation. Just as he created everything, in an instant he can bring everything out of existence. There is nothing before Him and nothing after Him. He is eternal. He is not a "he" but we have a limited vocabulary. He is perfect. He is complete. He is everything and we only exist with His permission.
• Belief in angels. Intelligent and pure creatures made of light. They are inherently good and have no free will to choose to be evil. Humans are also inherently good, this is called "fitra", whereby humans are born with a natural / instinctive inclination to be kind, generous, faithful and compassionate, this can be clearly observed in all children of all races and creeds. However, the demonic influences of some of the geniuses (creatures that were created before humans, that have an anatomy made of fire and that share our world of space and time, but that are not observable to our eyes like violet or infrared). These demonic influences compete with angelic influences in our lives. With the free will given to us, we must choose, on a daily basis, which influence to follow.
• Belief in divine books. Believe in the Bible, the Torah, the Psalms, the Gospel, and all the divine books that call (or did) you to remember Almighty God in your actions and words, and to obey Him, for your own good. Finally, the last divine revelation; the Quran, which confirms what we already know about previous scriptures that were altered and tampered with, and which rectifies those errors and gives us a firm foundation in authentic guidance and knowledge of our Creator. As promised in the Quran itself, the latest revelation will never change and therefore no more messengers or books will be sent to mankind. There is no more guidance to come. God's favor on us has been completed.
• Belief in the prophets. The belief that all nations sent prophets to remind people of our covenant with God. That before putting our souls in these bodies, we accept this challenge and agree to be tested on earth. More than 124,000 prophets have been sent to all the people of the world. Of these prophets, about 300 were messengers. They were sent with a divine revelation. As Muslims we do not differentiate between Messengers. They are all the same and we trust and believe in all of them. Adam, Enoch, Noah, Lot, Jonah, Abraham, Is'maeel, Is’aac, Is’raeel, Joseph, Jesus, Muhammad: all were among those most dear to God. However; Muhammad, being the last messenger, was not only sent to one nation, but was sent as an example to the whole world. While Muslims must believe that all Messengers are equal, we understand that being the last messenger has very honorable implications. We believe that it is the final messenger who will intercede and ask God to begin the day of Judgment, when no one else can and may peace be with him and with all the prophets and messengers.
• Belief in the day of judgment. Belief in the balance that will weigh our actions, the only commodity on that day when gold and silver will be meaningless. After this world is over and there are no more people, everyone will be resurrected / recreated. We believe that humanity and geniuses will wait 50,000 years for the judgment to begin. Finally, the last Prophet will bow down before the Almighty and humbly ask him to begin. This will be a time of torment and the people who think they will go to hell will still want the judgment to begin, only to leave this place. Good and bad actions will be weighed. The final destination and your final destination will be decided. Heaven or hell will be rewarded for those who earn what they earn. However, don't feel desperate. If you sincerely regret your sins and ask God to forgive you in this life, those same sins will turn from bad actions to good. Every good intention you do is worth a good deed, while every bad intention is not counted unless you act and commit the sin. If you act with a good intention, it can be worth 100 good deeds. Justice and belief in God is all you need to achieve ultimate victory. To remain eternally in His pleasure, residing in His gardens of bliss where all difficulties, evil, disease and suffering are removed, replaced by all the delights you can and cannot imagine.
• Believe in the predestination of God. Believe that God knows everything that has been and will be. Believe that there is no power or ability to do anything except by His permission andder from Him. Believing that we are but a timeline of intentions, and that He is the one who decides whether or not to give us the ability to fulfill those intentions. Believing that he is the wisest, and that although we do not understand his wisdom, we submit to him and trust that everything that happens is ultimately for our own good. He is benevolent, merciful, and loving, and it is a pleasure to see us be benevolent, merciful, and loving.
• A Muslim must testify that God is One, has no equals, has no partners and there is nothing like Him, and we must testify that indeed Muhammad is clearly the last messenger sent by God. We must pray, give charity, fast and pilgrimage, thus earning God's forgiveness and many good works / investments for real eternal life when this temporary abode is left. We must be honest, truthful, trustworthy and fair. Be personable, hygienic, good-natured, and generous. Be grateful, patient, merciful, and courageous. Basically love your brother / sister what you would love yourself. A Muslim is concerned with pleasing the Creator and not the creation. The purpose of our existence is to worship [remember, serve, thank, praise, obey, glorify, etc.] God. If you do this sincerely, you will finally feel satisfied and content in life, no matter what situation you are in. Fulfilling your highest purpose means becoming a being who is in communion with Almighty God. There can be nothing greater than this.
This is not about Islam. Islam is a false religion.
Abourachid, Salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ and grace alone. Not by works. God is holy, holy, holy. You cannot earn your way to heaven. He sent His only begotten Son to die on the cross. Only His death could satisfy His holy wrath for our sin. Jesus is everything. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Without Jesus there is no communion with God the Father.
@@loksterization Your belief is a dogma of Paul that has deceived you. Look at some falsehoods from your unsacred book:
Does (god) make mistakes?
1 / Biblical errors:
(Isaiah 40v22; Ezec 7v3): The earth is flat.
(Mark 13v27, Jeremiah 16v19): The earth is flat and has
from the ends.
(Job 9v6) The earth is placed on pillars.
(Psalm 104: 5): The serpent is cursed by (God); that is why it only lives by eating dust.
(Joshua 10v12): The sun revolves around the earth.
(Genesis 1v17): The moon emits its own light.
(Genesis 11v13): plants exist before the sun on
third day.
(Genesis 1v17): The ground was created on the fourth day. It is similar to: man is created before air.
Man is therefore created before the denausors. The inspired saw the serpent which ate dust and did not see the denausors even if they were enormous.
(Leviticus 11v6): the rabbit is ruminant. The poor (inspired) saw the rabbit move its manarins: he thought he was ruminating.
(Leviticus 11v13--19 Deut 14v11--18): The bat is a bird while it is a mammal.
2 / contradictions of the Bible:
Who killed Goliath?: 1 / (Samuel 17v23 --- 50): David who killed him.
2 / (2 Samuel 21v19): It was Elhanan who killed him, the truth is lost.
(John 10:30) I (Jesus) and the Father are "one" and
(John 14:28): The Father is greater than me.
(Matthew 10: 5) Do not go to non-Israelis! && (Matthew 28:19) Go and make disciples of all the nations.
(Matthew 16v17--19): You (Peter) are blessed (---) I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. && (Matthew 16v23): Jesus, he said to Peter: "Come back, Satan, you are an obstacle that makes me stumble ...
(John 8:29): Jesus: He who sent is with me, he did not leave me alone. && (Matthew 27:46): Jesus cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
(Genesis 32v30 Exodus 24v9-11): Jacob saw God face to face. && (John 1v18): No one has seen God.
Jeremiah 3v12): God: "I keep my anger forever.
(Jeremiah 17v4): Because he kindled the fire of my wrath (of God), and there will be forever.
(Genesis 7V1 Job 2v3): The man may be right. && (Romans 3v10): Man cannot be right.
(Genesis 2v7 2v19): God created the man then the animal. && (Genesis 1v24 --- 27): God created the animal and then the man.
There are more than five thousand lies in the bible.
everyone to find one and only falsehood my Holy Quran.
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@@loksterization Koran:
EARTH TOUR:
Quran: Chapter 39
(5) He created the heavens and the earth with truth, causes the night to be enlisted in the day, and the day to be enlisted in the night, and has subjugated his mandate to the sun and the moon, which continue their course until 'to a fixed period is combined. Is he not the mighty, the indulgent himself?
Quran: Chapter 6:
101) Creator of heaven and earth How should he have children if he has no partner and creates everything? He knows all things.
THE EARTH ROTATES
Quran: Chapter 27
(88) And you see the mountains, believing them to be rigid, as they pass like clouds. [It is] the work of Allah, who made all things perfect. In fact, he knows what you are doing.
LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE /
Quran: Chapter 2:
(29) He is the one who created everything for you on earth, then directed his will to heaven and formed seven heavens in perfect balance. He knows all things.
Quran: Chapter 41
(12) And in two days it ended in seven heavens, each of which inspired its mission. We have beautified the sky of this world with lamps and protections; This is the decree of the Almighty, the Knower.
THE SKY OF RETURN
Quran: Chapter 86
(11) Across the sky with its rain cycles!
THE ROOF /
Quran: Chapter 21:
(32) And we made a roof protected from the sky. Yet they get away from His signs.
RELATIVITY /
Koran 32:
(5) The things he decrees descend from heaven to earth and then ascend to him in a day equal to a thousand years of which you are counting.
Quran: Chapter 27
(88) And you see the mountains, believing them to be rigid, as they pass like clouds. [It is] the work of Allah, who made all things perfect. In fact, he knows what you are doing.
THE COUPLE OF CREATION /
Quran: Chapter 43:
(12) He who created all species and gave them boats and animals to ride.
Quran: Chapter 36:
(36) Glory to the One who created all species: those on earth, themselves and others they do not know.
THE REGION CONTROLS OUR MOVEMENTS /
Quran: Chapter 96
(15) If you don't stop, we'll grab you by a strand of your forehead,
(16) with his lying and transgressive forehead.
RAIN PROPORTION /
Quran: Chapter 43
(11) And whoever makes water fall from the sky to a certain extent and with it we bring life to a dead land, so you will be taken (from the graves).
THE ROLE OF MOUNTAINS /
Quran: Chapter 21
(31) And we put mountain ranges on the ground so that they don't move with them at the top. And the gorges as paths to guide them.
Quran: Chapter 78
(5) They will really know.
(6) Have we not made a bed of the earth,
THE MIRACLE IN THE IRON /
Quran: Chapter 57
(25) And this is how We sent Our messengers with clear evidence and brought the Book and the Libra with them, so that men could establish fairness. utility for men. And so that Allah knows who, without seeing it, has helped Him and His messengers. It is true that Allah is strong, irresistible.
SWEET WINDS /
Quran: Chapter 15
(22) And we send the Fertile Winds, we make the water fall from the sky and with it we give you to drink, but you do not have your deposits.
The darkness of the sea and the internal waves /
Quran: Chapter 24
(40) Or they are like darkness in a deep sea which is covered by waves on which there are other waves which are in turn covered by clouds. Dark on dark. When he holds out his hand, he barely sees it. He whom Allah does not shine will not have light.
THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE /
Quran: Chapter 51.
(47) We have built the sky solidly. We are available.
Quran: Chapter 21
(30) Do you not see those who refuse to believe that the heavens and the earth were together and we are separating them? And what did we do when all living things were alive? Will they not believe?
You said "belief in...the gospel". The gospel is that Jesus Christ was the perfect holy sacrifice for all our sins and made us perfect in God's sight, reinstating the union we had with the Almighty God before sin entered the world. That's the gospel. Fulfilling what God said in Genesis, he will bruise your heel and you shall crush his head. Jesus crushed satan's head by reinstating our relationship with the Father. And I have to disagree with people being born good, children are naturally selfish. They don't want to share, they want to be fed when they want to be fed, they think the world revolves around them. That's the natural man, the man Jesus teaches us to overcome and be self-sacrificing. But never to earn salvation because he paid for our salvation in full and gave it to us through our faith and trust and belief in him. And called us his friends, just like God called Abraham friend! Praising God through whom all blessings flow!