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Does God hear the prayers of sinners?

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Does God hear the prayer of a sinner who has not put his trust in Christ, or is He only able to hear the prayers and supplications of those who are saved by Christ? In answering this question it is important that you do not allow your emotions to cloud your judgment, for this question carries many emotional connotations. For from this question, many specific questions can be asked such as, were the prayers of those in Autswitch heard by God or, where the prayers of those unsaved in 9/11 heard? Such questions are endless and divert the focus of the question from the infallible truth of God to our own fallible emotions.   With regards to such questions it is important to understand two things: 1.          In terrible events where people have suffered and died, it seems unconscionable to our way of thinking that some of those people who died in grave circumstances would be apart from God or that God would not have heard their prayers b...

Your relationship with God; Your relationship with sin.

When a person is saved they are spiritually born again. This new self differs to the person that was before. By becoming a Christian the person has altered two relationships in their life; the first, their relationship with God; the second, their relationship with sin. If you have accepted Christ and put your trust in Him not only will you develop a relationship with him, but also your relationship with sin will change. So many people today claim to hold a relationship with God, but then a couple of years or even months down the line they fall away and return to their old ways, not giving much of a second thought to God. This is because, although they began to develop their relationship with God, they did not alter their relationship with Sin. Our Relationship with God: Ephesians 2:14 “For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation.” There is a separation between God and us, for God cannot stand the sin that is wi...