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Prayers That God Doesn't Answer by Legacyforever18: 11:20pm On Jul 21, 2020
This topic is certain to raise eye brows. Prayers that God doesn’t answer!? This goes against everything that is being taught today, at least in the majority of church meetings. Everyone is taught that God always answers prayers. In some circles, He answers by fire and even by thunder. It doesn’t really matter how outrageous the request may be, God will answer it. But the question is; does God answer all prayers?
The answer is a capital NO.
If God answered all prayers, the world will be a different place certainly. Some people take Luke 11:9 out context and use it to teach that God will give you anything you ask.
“Ask and it will be given to you . . .” (Luke 11:9, N.I.V)
It’s tempting (and lucrative, for some preachers) to treat this nugget of Scripture as an ironclad promise.
Whatever you ask for — promotion, wealth, the spouse of your dreams — God will give it to you. Unless, of course, Luke 11:9 is part of a larger narrative in which Jesus has already told us what to ask for. After a brief episode in which he defends Mary over her sister Martha for choosing what matters most — being a disciple, a citizen of his kingdom — Jesus’ followers ask him how to pray. Jesus tells them to ask for things like daily bread, the advent of his kingdom, forgiveness for sin. Only then does he say, “Ask and it will be given to you.”
It’s not, “Ask for anything you want.” It’s more like, “Ask for my kingdom, and you will have it.” 1 John 5:14 says that if we ask anything according to his will, we know that he hears. And if we know that he hears us, we know that he would answer us. This means that the will of God must always be at the center of our asking. Luke 11:9 and other similarly taken out of context passages may seem to suggest that God gives believers the freedom to ask anything. But in reality, it isn’t so. Just as a good father wouldn’t give his child anything he wants, God would also not give the believer whatsoever he demands. He only gives what agrees with his will.
When God appeared to Solomon and told him to ask whatever he wanted and it would be given to him, it looked like a blank cheque. But really, it wasn’t one. Had Solomon asked for anything selfish, he would have been rebuked by God. But Solomon was wise. He made his request according to the will of God. And for that, he was recommended. The wise child of God today would understand that it is only what God has already decided to give him that he can request in his prayers. Because if we agree on something here on earth that God hasn’t agreed on in heaven, we would not be answered. With this, let us look at some prayers that God doesn’t answer.

1. OH GOD! KILL MY ENEMIES.
In almost all churches today, Christians believe that God can be a hired killer for them. They teach that God is ever ready to put a bullet in the head of whoever they have identified as their enemy. Well, God doesn’t use a machine gun to blow the heads of the targets assigned to him. He uses the Holy Ghost fire. I am not the one bringing this up. The practice can be seen during prayer sessions in churches. Songs such as; ‘Holy fire consumed them’ and chants of ‘Die! Die! Die!’, are common feature. Books and songs have been written; conferences are organized and entire ministries have been built around the idea that God will kill anyone you spotlight as your enemy.
But does the scripture teach that God would kill our enemies today?
There is no indication in the Bible that God will kill anyone on our behalf. What about David who prayed to God to kill his enemies? You may ask. Or what of the Israelites who had God’s assistance in killing their enemies? The answer to both questions is pretty simple. The fact that God apparently killed their enemies doesn’t mean that he will kill ours today.
The thing is; we are neither David nor the children of Israel. We live in different times and dispensations. David was a king. He was a politician in today’s term. And he had a lot of enemies. He inherited the throne after Saul’s death. And Saul’s family members still resented him. As God’s chosen King he could ask that the Lord who chose him to be King should deal with the enemy on his behalf. It wasn’t a selfish prayer as we see in many quarters today. Opposing David’s leadership was equivalent to opposing God himself. It was opposing the historical purpose of God who planned to bring the Christ through David and subsequently install him on the throne of Israel and use him to bring salvation to the world. The throne of David was not negotiable. God would deal with anyone who tried to thwart his purpose by attacking David. Hence he prayed that God would take care of his enemies. That’s not the case with us today. Besides, his life and prophecies foreshadowed the life of Christ. So it is not everything in the imprecatory psalms that was a direct reference to David’s personal life. Most of the imprecatory psalms were prophecies of the life and ministry of Christ. They cast those who will oppose him and highlighted their punishment. David was a type of the Messiah. Those who oppose Christ both during his earthly ministry leading to his resurrection would be punished by God at the end of days. As we can see, David played a very important role in salvation history. His whole life became intertwined and almost indistinguishable with God’s plan of salvation.
The same thing can be said of Israel as a nation. They were a theocracy. A theocracy is a government under God. They were God’s own country. God used Israel as a platform to develop his salvation plan which culminated with the coming of Christ. As such God personally fought their enemies or lent them a helping hand as they case was in Bible days.
The believers living today cannot lay claim to the experiences of David and Israel. Salvation history was being developed through the lives of such people. Anyone God killed in the Bible represented an obstacle to the development of his plan of salvation. God is not going to kill anyone as an answer to someone else’s prayer today. His salvation plan has been completed. The mission of God’s people on the earth is to share the good news of God’s salvation through Jesus Christ. When John and James wanted to call fire from heaven on a town’s people for refusing to have Jesus come into their town, the Lord rebuked them and said they didn’t know what they were doing.
I don’t think there would be a more appropriate way of describing people who actually expect God to kill someone because they asked. They don’t know what they are doing.








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Re: Prayers That God Doesn't Answer by Kobojunkie: 10:22pm On Apr 20, 2023
Legacyforever18:
■ This topic is certain to raise eye brows. Prayers that God doesn’t answer!? This goes against everything that is being taught today, at least in the majority of church meetings. Everyone is taught that God always answers prayers. In some circles, He answers by fire and even by thunder. It doesn’t really matter how outrageous the request may be, God will answer it. But the question is; does God answer all prayers? The answer is a capital NO. If God answered all prayers, the world will be a different place certainly. Some people take Luke 11:9 out context and use it to teach that God will give you anything you ask. “Ask and it will be given to you . . .” (Luke 11:9, N.I.V) It’s tempting (and lucrative, for some preachers) to treat this nugget of Scripture as an ironclad promise. [b]Whatever you ask for — promotion, wealth, the spouse of your dreams — God will give it to you. Unless, of course, Luke 11:9 is part of a larger narrative in which Jesus has already told us what to ask for. After a brief episode in which he defends Mary over her sister Martha for choosing what matters most — being a disciple, a citizen of his kingdom — Jesus’ followers ask him how to pray. Jesus tells them to ask for things like daily bread, the advent of his kingdom, forgiveness for sin. Only then does he say, “Ask and it will be given to you.”
It’s not, “Ask for anything you want.” It’s more like, “Ask for my kingdom, and you will have it.” 1 John 5:14 says that if we ask anything according to his will, we know that he hears. And if we know that he hears us, we know that he would answer us. This means that the will of God must always be at the center of our asking. Luke 11:9 and other similarly taken out of context passages may seem to suggest that God gives believers the freedom to ask anything. But in reality, it isn’t so. Just as a good father wouldn’t give his child anything he wants, God would also not give the believer whatsoever he demands. He only gives what agrees with his will.[/b]
■ When God appeared to Solomon and told him to ask whatever he wanted and it would be given to him, it looked like a blank cheque. But really, it wasn’t one. Had Solomon asked for anything selfish, he would have been rebuked by God. But Solomon was wise. He made his request according to the will of God. And for that, he was recommended. The wise child of God today would understand that it is only what God has already decided to give him that he can request in his prayers. Because if we agree on something here on earth that God hasn’t agreed on in heaven, we would not be answered. With this, let us look at some prayers that God doesn’t answer.
■ 1. OH GOD! KILL MY ENEMIES. In almost all churches today, Christians believe that God can be a hired killer for them. They teach that God is ever ready to put a bullet in the head of whoever they have identified as their enemy. Well, God doesn’t use a machine gun to blow the heads of the targets assigned to him. He uses the Holy Ghost fire. I am not the one bringing this up. The practice can be seen during prayer sessions in churches. Songs such as; ‘Holy fire consumed them’ and chants of ‘Die! Die! Die!’, are common feature. Books and songs have been written; conferences are organized and entire ministries have been built around the idea that God will kill anyone you spotlight as your enemy. But does the scripture teach that God would kill our enemies today? There is no indication in the Bible that God will kill anyone on our behalf. What about David who prayed to God to kill his enemies? You may ask. Or what of the Israelites who had God’s assistance in killing their enemies? The answer to both questions is pretty simple. The fact that God apparently killed their enemies doesn’t mean that he will kill ours today. The thing is; we are neither David nor the children of Israel. We live in different times and dispensations. David was a king. He was a politician in today’s term. And he had a lot of enemies. He inherited the throne after Saul’s death. And Saul’s family members still resented him. As God’s chosen King he could ask that the Lord who chose him to be King should deal with the enemy on his behalf. It wasn’t a selfish prayer as we see in many quarters today. Opposing David’s leadership was equivalent to opposing God himself. It was opposing the historical purpose of God who planned to bring the Christ through David and subsequently install him on the throne of Israel and use him to bring salvation to the world. The throne of David was not negotiable. God would deal with anyone who tried to thwart his purpose by attacking David. Hence he prayed that God would take care of his enemies. That’s not the case with us today. Besides, his life and prophecies foreshadowed the life of Christ. So it is not everything in the imprecatory psalms that was a direct reference to David’s personal life. Most of the imprecatory psalms were prophecies of the life and ministry of Christ. They cast those who will oppose him and highlighted their punishment. David was a type of the Messiah. Those who oppose Christ both during his earthly ministry leading to his resurrection would be punished by God at the end of days. As we can see, David played a very important role in salvation history. His whole life became intertwined and almost indistinguishable with God’s plan of salvation.
The same thing can be said of Israel as a nation. They were a theocracy. A theocracy is a government under God. They were God’s own country. God used Israel as a platform to develop his salvation plan which culminated with the coming of Christ. As such God personally fought their enemies or lent them a helping hand as they case was in Bible days.
The believers living today cannot lay claim to the experiences of David and Israel. Salvation history was being developed through the lives of such people. Anyone God killed in the Bible represented an obstacle to the development of his plan of salvation. God is not going to kill anyone as an answer to someone else’s prayer today. His salvation plan has been completed. The mission of God’s people on the earth is to share the good news of God’s salvation through Jesus Christ. When John and James wanted to call fire from heaven on a town’s people for refusing to have Jesus come into their town, the Lord rebuked them and said they didn’t know what they were doing.
I don’t think there would be a more appropriate way of describing people who actually expect God to kill someone because they asked. They don’t know what they are doing.
1. God instead said He does not answer the prayers of the unrighteous. (The prayers of the unrighteous are tainted by their sins and hence an unholy abomination to God.). God, however, answers all of the prayers of the righteous, no matter what they are. God delights in granting the righteous the desires of their hearts. So, God is not the one who says No, or Yes to prayers. It is your pastors that do such. Instead, God made clear from the go that He does not hear the requests/pleas/prayers of the unrighteous at all. But His response to the righteous is always YES! undecided

2. Jesus Christ did not call any man to do as Solomon did so it is in error that you attempt to put Solomon up as if a standard for those who belong in the Kingdom of God. It is an error to put any man up as a standard for another man in the Kingdom of God. Why? Because we are all each called to become like Jesus Christ through obedience to His teachings and commandments alone. undecided

3. It is clearly obvious there that the righteous are not found in your churches since those who are righteous obey only God and never men. undecided

Jesus Christ said, to those who are born-again, "Seek first the Kingdom of God(Holiness) and God's righteous, and all these things — the benefits of the Kingdom of God including answers to prayers — shall be added onto you. It is not possible to get God to bend His Law and Will for any man. So, if answers are what one seeks in the Kingdom of God, then one must be born-again — born of the Spirit of Eternal life as well—and seek holiness and righteousness through continuous obedience and submission to the teachings and commandments of Jesus Christ in order to then be made righteous and obtain all the benefits therein. undecided
Re: Prayers That God Doesn't Answer by Kobojunkie: 2:32am On Apr 25, 2023
Legacyforever18, are you certain you are born-again? Do you have the proof that Jesus Christ said you must have of the experience?. undecided
Re: Prayers That God Doesn't Answer by Kobojunkie: 3:10pm On Apr 26, 2023
Legacyforever18:
■ Popular Pentecostal ministers are all involved into this practice. The minister’s power is measured by whether people fall backward and writhe on the ground at his touch. It is noteworthy at this point to say that Maria woodworth-Etter might have been the first Holiness/Pentecostal minister to exhibit the slaying in the spirit phenomenon. Roberts Liardon in his book “God’s General” says on page 48-49, under the paragraph titled, “Angels came into my room,” that angels came into Maria’s room and took her West, over prairies, lakes, forests and rivers where she saw a long, wide field oh waving golden grain. As the view unfolded, she began to preach and saw the grains begin to fall like sheaves. Then Jesus told that, “Just as the grain fell, so people would fall” as she preached.
Later, Roberts recounted, as Maria stood in front of a crowd in her own community, not knowing what to say, she opened her mouth and the people began to weep and fall to the ground. It is my humble opinion that the practice of falling under the anointing or being slain in the spirit as it is popularly known began as a result of the vision Maria Woodworth-Etter had. The practice started with her as her ministry would later become known for people falling in trances that lasted for over two hours. She herself went into a trance while preaching and stood in a single spot for three days.
What a ridiculous story! Why would Jesus Christ have needed to say this? undecided

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