Question #5

"Isn't it true that only the 'Regenerated,' that is, only the 'Born Again,'
the 'Saved' people can communicate with God, for the purpose of solving their problems?"

Answer #5

The answer is yes. The only ones that have access to God are those that are

His own. Because the only access to God is through whom? Christ. It

[Bible] says, "No man comes to the Father, except by me." You can't go to

God on any terms, for any reason, unless you come through Christ. The way

has been opened for us. And that's what the writer of Hebrews means when he

says, "Let us come boldly unto the Throne of Grace, to find help in time of

need."

No, there is no promise in the Bible that God will answer the prayer of an

unsaved person, no promise at all. God is not obligated. God is not bound.

God has made no such promise, because there is no access to God. Access only

comes through Christ.

You say, "Does that mean that God never does for a person what they ask

done?" That's a very difficult question, and it's been asked a number of

times. I would venture to say, that an unbelieving, unsaved person might

pray a prayer to God, "Well, God, I wish I had a wife." And three months

later find a girl and marry her. Or he might pray, "You know, I wish my

mother would get well," and maybe his mother get well.

So it is possible that circumstances could appear to look like God answered a

prayer, when in fact, it was just the working out the providential plan of

God anyway, and the prayer was irrelevant to what God was going to do. I

mean, if you pray, "Lord heal my mother," only one of two things can happen.

Either she does or doesn't get healed, and if she does, it does not mean that

God answered your prayer. It just means she got better.

But, it also true, and I want to say this, that God may for His own purposes,

hear the cry of an unregenerate person. The point is this, He is not

obligated to do that. There is no claim on that. Because, you see in John

it says, "if you ask anything," Jesus said, "in my NAME." If you come in

Christ's name, if you come in Christ, then the Father will do it. He has no

obligation to answer the prayer of an unregenerate person, though sometimes

He may in His sovereign choice. And sometimes, it may appear as if a prayer

has been answered, simply by the way things turned out.

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