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Originally Posted by Timmy
But you don't believe the promise in 1 John 5:14-15 will be kept. Why not remove that passage?
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. |
When we pray,
"Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done...."
as Jesus instructed us
we know that God hears us because we are asking according to His will.
And we are personally receiving the answer because if we really mean what we are praying i.e. we are praying, not parroting, we yield ourselves to the Lord. We are voluntarily submitting to God's rule or reign (His kingdom or kingship) and the prayer is being answered. As far as other folks, we can pray this prayer for them --that they will respond to the call of God by yielding themselves to Him--but He will not force Himself on them. This is what I was trying to say when I said that God limits Himself by our free will.
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