Tuesday Reading: John 9:31
Key Verse: John 9:31
31 But we know that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.
Devotion:
We know from reading our bibles and studying God’s Word that we are all sinners – we all have done many things wrong against God and we continue to do things wrong all the time. After we get to know Christ as our personal Saviour we do then try to stick to His word and try to not sin against Him, but we still “fall off the wagon” and end up upsetting Him. Does that then mean that God is not going to hear us?
Well let’s work this one out a bit. If God did not listen to everyone then He would not be able to hear when someone is asking Him for forgiveness; so therefore God is actually listening to us. How was He able to find Adam and Eve after they had sinned? What this is saying is that He does not hear sinners. Listening and hearing are two different things; well they mean pretty much the same thing to us but then again we do seem to be able to listen to things without actually hearing them properly. God is listening but is not going to act upon those things which are said by sinners. Did that come out right?
But does that mean that we will never be heard by God? Thankfully, sinners in this context are people who have continued to reject God. The sentence, when read in full, justifies what I have said in that it continues to say that is we are God fearing and doing His will, then He hears us. In other words, even though we are actually sinners, we are heard by Him because of what Jesus Christ has already done for us. Christ gave His life on that cross so that we could be justified, forgiven of those sins and brought to God to appear as believers who are no longer under the sin debt. We need to thank our Lord Jesus daily for what He has done so that we can lift up our prayers and be heard of God! What a Saviour we have!
Points to Ponder:
Do you try to obey God?
Do you know your prayers are heard by God?
Key Verse: John 9:31
31 But we know that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.
Devotion:
We know from reading our bibles and studying God’s Word that we are all sinners – we all have done many things wrong against God and we continue to do things wrong all the time. After we get to know Christ as our personal Saviour we do then try to stick to His word and try to not sin against Him, but we still “fall off the wagon” and end up upsetting Him. Does that then mean that God is not going to hear us?
Well let’s work this one out a bit. If God did not listen to everyone then He would not be able to hear when someone is asking Him for forgiveness; so therefore God is actually listening to us. How was He able to find Adam and Eve after they had sinned? What this is saying is that He does not hear sinners. Listening and hearing are two different things; well they mean pretty much the same thing to us but then again we do seem to be able to listen to things without actually hearing them properly. God is listening but is not going to act upon those things which are said by sinners. Did that come out right?
But does that mean that we will never be heard by God? Thankfully, sinners in this context are people who have continued to reject God. The sentence, when read in full, justifies what I have said in that it continues to say that is we are God fearing and doing His will, then He hears us. In other words, even though we are actually sinners, we are heard by Him because of what Jesus Christ has already done for us. Christ gave His life on that cross so that we could be justified, forgiven of those sins and brought to God to appear as believers who are no longer under the sin debt. We need to thank our Lord Jesus daily for what He has done so that we can lift up our prayers and be heard of God! What a Saviour we have!
Points to Ponder:
Do you try to obey God?
Do you know your prayers are heard by God?