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NASB | John 9:31 "We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 9:31 "We know [according to your tradition] that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone fears God and does His will, He hears him. |
Bible Question: Is this statement: We know that God does not hear sinners, a true spiritually fact since it was not said by God or Jesus but by the man who was made to see. |
Bible Answer: Sojoro While all scripture is inspired, when the author of one of the books is quoting Satan or someone else the account is inspired not always the content of the quoted words. For instance when Job’s “comforters” were quoted in the Book of Job they are not speaking God’s words but their own. We see this later in Job as God’s judgement is wrought upon them. Therefore we have to be careful to understand who is saying what and under what inspiration. Another example of this is in Acts 5:33-40 where Gamaliel is offering advice on how to deal with the Apostles. He said if it is of God it will succeed and if not it will fail, while this was good advice not to mess with the Apostles, it was not an inspired standard to judge if a ministry is authentic or not. Mormons and Islam would have to be declared of God if it were. John 9:31 is such a case. God does hear the prayers of a sinner, one example is a sinner looking forgiveness. There are examples of sinners prayers being heard and answered in the Bible. Balaam Numbers 22 being the first that comes to mind. I think it can be said that only sinner prayer we can be “sure” the Lord hears is the sinner when he prays for salvation, however God can and sometimes does answer the other prayers of sinners. EdB |