What We Truly Believe About Prayer, Part 2 (TMF:2513)
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Peace to Live By: What We Truly Believe About Prayer, Part 2 (TMF:2513) - Daniel Litton
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Without getting into technical terminology, we could note first there are those who view the future in a predetermined way. That is, all events in the future are predetermined. Then, a second view, or middle view, might be held by those who believe some events are predetermined, while others are open to contingencies. And still a third view could be that nothing is predetermined, that everything is open. The last view seems to be the hardest to line up with the Scriptures. But for the one who views everything as predetermined, the issue with that view is that prayer then becomes a ritual, a ceremony, that in reality, doesn’t in point of fact produce any real, tangible results. How could it, if everything has already been decided? So, under this model, the one who prays does so because he or she is commanded to do so by the Scriptures. The belief is present, however, that the prayer really, at the end of the day, doesn’t produce any effects on the world because, after all, God has already decided all matters.