Friday, September 25, 2009
prescriptive or descriptive
"is the bible account of prayers prescriptive or descriptive?" i raised this question in the early days of this thread. no one picked up on it, so i will try again. to clarify, 'prescriptive' means that bible teaching on prayer was meant to apply to all generations; 'descriptive' means that the bible narrative describes what happened then, which may not apply now. try reading the 'ask/seek/knock' text with the filter of 'that was then, this is now'. it seems to me that the vast number of prayer requests do not get results, not like those in the early days of christianity.
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A definition I need: "Unanswered".
Many would say this prayer was unanswered: "..take this cup from me; yet not my will, but thine be done." While this dreaded event was not removed from the life of Jesus Christ, the impassioned request for God's will to be done was answered in a most affirmative and mighty way. Because of this hideous and unfair ending to the life 0f Jesus, humanity was given redemption for eternity. While I search for answers to many question, I rejoice that God does not answer all my prayers in exactly the way I present them to Him, I know He is hearing me daily and will give me what I need, not necessarily what I want. Mackoy79
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