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1 | God is sovereign: So, why pray ? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 202623 | ||
[Karl Barth, the 20th-century theologian who pounded home the theme of God's sovereignty, saw no contradiction at all in a God who chooses to let prayers affect him.] "He is not deaf, he listens; more than that, he acts. He does not act in the same way whether we pray or not. Prayer exerts an influence upon God's action, even upon his existence. That is what the word 'answer' means. ... The fact that God yields to man's petitions, changing his intentions in response to man's prayer, is not a sign of weakness. He himself, in the glory of his majesty and power, has so willed it.” --Karl Barth (1886-1968) |
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2 | God is sovereign: So, why pray ? | Bible general Archive 4 | BradK | 202629 | ||
Hi John, While it is evident that God is sovereign, we, as believers are instructed to pray. God's being sovereign does not imply a "couch-potato" Christian! Suffice 4 NT verse as evidence: Phil. 4:6;Col. 4:2;1 Thess. 5:17; 1 Tim. 2:1-2. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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3 | God is sovereign: So, why pray ? | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 202630 | ||
Dear Brother Brad, I don't think that that is what Barth is saying. He is simply affirming that God has foreordained means. The fact that we pray at all is because God has stirred such a desire in our hearts beforehand. Therefore, we press on in prayer confident that God has effectually predetermined that we should be people who press on in prayer! :-) John Piper expands on the subject in "The Sovereignty of God and Prayer" which can be read here: http://bible.christianity.com/StudyResources/11540550/page1/ In Him, Doc |
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