According to the bible John 14:12-14 Jesus promised that if you ask for anything in my name I'll answer.\n\nTherefore, if people have been praying for world peace, an end to world hunger, an end to dieases ect...  \n\nthen these should have been answered by Jesus and god but they have not. WHY????
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he answers just not in the way u want
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Jesus never said those words.\n\nThis is a quote from Jeremiah, in a prayer to God (Jeremiah 18:21-22).  This was in a section where God was warning His nation of Israel of a pending destruction because of their rebellion, but also telling them that if they would repent, he would stay his hand.\n\nThe author misattributed the quote to Jesus and took it out of context to make it sound like Jesus was saying something contrary to what he said.  I seriously doubt the Yahoo Answer Police are biblically literate enough to recognize these problems with his question, however.\n\nMy guess is that they determined it violated the Content & Usage guidelines which say, you may not post content "to exploit, solicit, or harm minors," or "that is violent, racist, incendiary, or otherwise objectionable."
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Jesus is our great interssessor. He is the bridge between us and God. The Bible says no man can to the Father with Jesus. He is the way the truth and the life. He is praying for us even right now. Because He is the Son of God, when He prayers are heard and answered by the Father. Yes, our prayers are answered, but we pray in the name of Jesus and ONLY in the name of Jesus. Read John
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The questioner's point is that Jehovah God's Word the Bible explains clearly that this world, this system of things, is temporary and has no expectation of success for all humanity. Other gods and belief systems teach that this system is the one we are stuck with, yet such beliefs have been unsuccessful for thousands of years.\n\n(2 Corinthians 4:3,4) If, now, the good news we declare is in fact veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through
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Christians never take the time to explain such a basic question.  When written, the writers were talking about the people living at that time, of course.  If Rangedog is right,  there will never come a time when even the people who cannot read get the message, so it will never happen.  That is convenient for the believers. They can claim forever that the end is coming.
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Interesting how so many people quote a different part of the bible without dealing with the fact that there is a clear contradictino here.\n\nTHis guy posted a verse that says basically, ask and you shall receive. Not "I'll think about it", but you shall receive.  And you all quote verses saying "not so fast".  Well, which is it? Can we move mountains with faith? Only if it's for a good cause? What?
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If you're seriously looking for an answer on this; I guess they're "measuring" it in terms of how much Prophecy is being fulfilled.\n\n(1) Nobody knows the exact time...\n\nHeaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Matthew 24: 35, 36\n\n(2) There are some 'indicators' though that prophecy is being fulfilled...\n\nIn the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Acts 2: 17\n\nBut mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 2 Tim. 3: 1-3\n\n(****'Lovers of money' is a fair reference for Debt & Trade, if you think about it.)\n\nFirst of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 2 Peter 3:3\n\n(the other little thing people fail to see is we've been in "Last Days" since Jesus was here:\n\nin these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. Hebrews 1:2 \n\n(3) God's definition of "time" and ours isn't the same...so, we shouldn't waste our time trying to measure God's appointed time for things to happen...we just need to recognize they are happening...\n\nHe has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11
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go to www.halos.com for your answer. I just watched this last night..God bless you.\n Read and Beleive the promises!!! (Gal 5:22,23 [this is what we are searching in the world for - yes?];\nIsa 1:18; 2Cor 6:2b; Jer 13:23; Jn 15:5; Jn 3:16;\nJn 1:12,13; Jn 3:3-8; Eze 18:30-32; Eze 36:25-28; Heb 8:7-9 ;Heb 8:10; Phil 2:5; Jn 10:11; Jn 10:17,18; Jn 12:24-26; Rm 12:1,2; Jam 4:7-10) This is my testimony, what God has done in me. He has changed me! He desires to change you! I chose to lay down my life ... I abdicate my throne and chose to be a sevant of God! I chose to come to the foot of the cross to be emptied of self, and be filled with all that God has for me. see also\n(Ps 34:8; Pro 3:5,6; Josh 24:15; Gal 5:24,25;\nEph 5:8-10; 1Pet 1:24,25; Col 3;3; Ps 119:105;\nIsa 28:10,13; Jer 15:16; Jn 17:17; Rom 10:17;\nDeut 8:3; Col 3:16; Isa 60:1,2) Now you know how to find happiness! God Bless You!!!
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Jesus was not following His plan He was following the Fathers plan... the end of the book of John says: that all of the miracles that Jesus performed would; if they were written down; the whole world could not contain them. \nLazarus was part of Gods plan... part of the ministry teachings that Jesus did on the earth, and God knew that it would still be relevant today. \n\n\nJohn the baptist was killed for preaching the word of God. Why would Jesus want to take away Johns Glorious place in heaven.
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Interesting scripure. But I'm also interested in this: the term 'last days' has been mentioned, and keeping in mind two things: the lord's overwhelming power to stretch and shrink time, combined with the fact that the last 2000 years there have been scoffers like mentioned above, when exactly will these 'days' end? This could take thousands of years, or be in a minute. But in that very minute a 'scoffer' *could* convert to the true faith, so if the lord is truly patient, he'd wait that minute too, or those thousands years, else it wouldn't be fair, I'd say.\n\nAnd tell me this: I am no scoffer, but in your eyes I'd probably be. But which of my desires are actually evil? My strongest desires are that people all over the world be stopped by blind judging other people, that people actually think before they act, that they take other people in mind when they take decisions that might effect them, in short that they respect other people and let them be. Another desire of mine is that helping people develop themselves, seek out their potentials, and enhance them, that they enjoy living in this beautiful world, and teach other people to enjoy too.\n\nBut since I don't need Jesus to actually do this, I am truly an ungodly man and I shall be destroyed by your lord.\n\nIf I'm to be judged by someone who doesn't look at my actions or my desires behind them, but at my lack of faith, and still wants to destroy me, please, let him do his thing, for I have nothing to be ashamed of and I rather live in hell knowing I have done right, than living in heaven for being a hypocrite.
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Matthew 7.7\n\n  Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.\n  For EVERYONE who asks recieves; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.\n\nLuke 18.1-8\n\n  Then JESUS told his disciples a parable to show them that they should ALWAYS PRAY AND NOT GIVE UP! He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared GOD or cared about men. And there was a widow in that town WHO KEPT COMING TO HIM with the plea,'Grant me justice against my adversary'\n  "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear GOD or care about men, yet because this widow KEEPS BOTHERING ME, I will see that she gets justice, so she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'"\n  And the lord said,"Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not GOD bring about justice for his chosen ones, who CRY OUT TO HIM DAY AND NIGHT? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice and quickly.\n  However, when the SON of MAN comes, will he find faith on the earth?\n\nLuke 11.5-13\n\n  Then JESUS said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him'\n  "Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.'\n  I tell you though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the mans boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.\n  "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.\n  For EVERYONE who asks recieves; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened".
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Where people miss this is, Jesus is not "condemning" their answer. They got the answer right. But because they did recognize who did the fathers will, then they are able to recognize their Father's will. Basically, Jesus took the, "we didn't know" excuse away from them, and corrected them, so they would repent.\n\nJesus was helping them, by showing them the errors of their way. They were human, just like me and you. We all need help, don't we?
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Jesus is the one true God. Some people think that he was just a prophet from God, but he actually died for our sins. I mean the Jews rejected him, but what he went through at the cross, no one would have survived a part of what he went through. I am a struggling christian I admitt it, I am, because I am just not use to all the things that we r suppose to obey. But I am learning slowly. Hey but at least I am still learning more and more about God that I thought I understood before. The Bible is all the proof you need. I would sudgest to get a New King James Version to help you understand the words a little. I even have trouble understanding it. Hey I'm 15 I can have an escuse to have a little trouble. ~LOL~ Also look at Probvers, Acts, and Revlations. They will tell you of how he died for you, what is coming for us in the rapture, and how we should act as christians. I hope you take of what I said into concideration.
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I think that nobody really knows, with certainty, what God wants us to do. A good thing would be to pray for guidance and follow your concience. For some reason, I feel that after Jesus came on earth, that we are supposed to follow the New Testament and not the Old Testament. I hope this helps.
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One of my favorite verses, and actually one of the two verses that I try to live my life by.  The other being "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all things will then be given to you".\n\nThe verse "he that seeks to keep his life shall lose it, but he that loses his life for my sake, shall find it" means to me....that the more I give up my "rights" in life, the less I go after what I think I want for myself, the more I give up pursuing the things of the "world" and the more I give up my life for Jesus to do with as He pleases...the more "myself" I truly become.\n\nI never have felt more at peace, more my true self, then when I have given up my own will and choices and asked Jesus to guide my every step, thought, word.  Funny, isn't it?  You think by serving yourself you'd get what you want in life.  I've found by serving Him first (which means, putting others first), that's when I've found true happiness and fulfillment.
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Why do some “believers” often not get answers to their prayers?\n\nBelief alone is not sufficient to please God and have him answer our prayers. Even a credulous person may claim that he believes. For belief to have substance, it must be based on accurate knowledge, which can be gained only by a study of the Bible. Additionally, belief and faith must be proved by the works they produce. “As the body without spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.”—James 2:26.\n\nA true believer would need to take God into account daily, not resorting to prayer only when faced with an emergency. He would also do acts of faith, right works that include speaking to others about his belief and faith in God.\n\nIn Harmony with God’s Will\n\nThe apostle John told us: “This is the confidence that we have toward [God], that, no matter what it is that we ask according to his will, he hears us.” (1 John 5:14) Here is another requirement for having our prayers heard by God. Our prayers should be in harmony with God’s will. Furthermore, once we pray we should be sure to act in harmony with our prayers.\n\n27 What are proper subjects for prayer? Anything that will affect one’s relationship to God; anything that will affect one spiritually. The apostle John wrote: “No matter what it is that we ask according to his will, he hears us.”—1 John 5:14.\n\n28 “According to his will” would mean that we rightly would not pray for things that promote strictly selfish interests, such as riches, position above our fellowman, revenge, selfish pleasures and like things. But we may, for example, petition God with regard to marriage—for his help in providing a suitable mate. Married couples may pray regarding the bearing of children, or for wisdom in rearing their children.\n\nThe answer from God can be expected in the form of wise guidance in the person’s own individual case. (Psalm 32:8) Of course, he should be consistent and act in harmony with his prayer. He should seek for counsel on the problem from the Bible. He may consult others who can help him to see what the Bible says on the matter. He should persist in praying on the matter until he gets a clear understanding of what is the wise course to take. (Luke 18:2-5)
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God is big enough to take questions are you willing to hear or seek out the answers?\n\nGod does not cause the suffering men/women cause the suffering when the are driven by greed and hatred.\nWhat do you want God to do, kill everyone who does something we consider wrong? Or do you want God to take away our free will and turn us into robots?\nGod has chosen the best path...being able to comfort and guide the hurt to "greener pastures"