I heard of this a few years ago and thought it strange then and recently a minister made mention again.
The premise is that God is not bound by time so prayers that we pray today can "prevent" what might have been. It's a real mind bender, for sure!
While service is in progress we hear someone we know is in an accident - no details. We pray and "feel confirmation in the Spirit" that God is working in that situation. Then are told that even if there were no serious injuries - that in it'self may have been prevented by prayers offered after the fact. God is not bound by time/space.
What do you think?
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
Or like good old George who shouted "I wish I was never born!" and then proceeded to run into old acquaintances who no longer remembered him.
Or like that episode of Quantum Leap, where we find out that JFK wasn't killed in the original time line -- Jackie was. And that, my friend, is your answer! There would be no perceivable paradox in retro-prayers. You just would have a new history and memories, without even knowing about the old ones.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Or like that episode of Quantum Leap, where we find out that JFK wasn't killed in the original time line -- Jackie was. And that, my friend, is your answer! There would be no perceivable paradox in retro-prayers. You just would have a new history and memories, without even knowing about the old ones.
Oh, and if your prayer was that your grandfather would die before meeting your grandmother?
Sayonara, RW.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Or like that episode of Quantum Leap, where we find out that JFK wasn't killed in the original time line -- Jackie was. And that, my friend, is your answer! There would be no perceivable paradox in retro-prayers. You just would have a new history and memories, without even knowing about the old ones.
They did the same thing with Marylin Monroe where Sam arrives to save her, only to have her die two years later which is exactly how she died in our timeline.
I don't know how to answer that. God CAN do anything. Whether our prayers are effective or not, we have no way of really knowing. When I hear sirens I pray not even knowing the situation. I know God does know, however.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
I don't know how to answer that. God CAN do anything. Whether our prayers are effective or not, we have no way of really knowing. When I hear sirens I pray not even knowing the situation. I know God does know, however.
Ya don't say!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
I will say this, Timmy. Some prayers my Mother prayed were answered after she had been dead for years.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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