Why didn't God answer the prayers of the people who were murdered today?

Question

Most people pray for help when they know they're about to be killed, right?

So did God ignore the people who were murdered today because he doesn't love them?

Answer 1

Who was murdered? I missed this news. Where?

Answer 2

What you're really asking is, "Why is there so much suffering in the world, and why doesn't God stop it?" Right?

We've been given an out. It's OUR fault if we don't take it. Those who suffer as a result of someone else's wickedness is because the person inflicting the pain has NOT taken the way out that we were given.

It isn't that God doesn't care. He does. But EVERYTHING that happens, and I mean EVERYTHING, happens because it has to. I'll give you an example. My dad died when I was ten. Up until that point, I prayed and prayed for my dad to be healed, and for him to live. Well, God did answer my prayers. He said no. I spent MANY years trying to figure out WHY God said no. I finally asked Him (instead of railing at everyone and everything), and then I saw. I would not be the person I am today if I had not suffered. I literally saw what would have happened if my dad had lived.
I can honestly say that if my dad had lived, I NEVER would have met my husband. I never would have strayed from Christianity (or at least, not as far as I did). And my faith would NEVER be as strong as it is today. I would not have many of the friends I have today. I'd have different friends. The many people that I talked out of suicide probably would have killed themselves. Those I've affected in a positive way would not have had that influence.
God, if He exists (which I obviously believe He does), sees not only the past, present and future of every person that ever has lived, is living, and will live, but He also sees their POSSIBLE past, present and future.

You're not seeing the big picture. Life is much more than an individual person. Maybe by one person's death, someone else could live. Or maybe their death impacted the world (or another person) in a positive way. Or maybe...they're just better off where they are. Can you honestly say that you can see what would have happened if EVERY person got what they asked for? We aren't capable of even imagining.

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

God answers every single prayer. He just doesn't always give us the answer we want. Sometimes He says "yes", sometimes "no" and at other times, it is "wait". When God says "no", that doesn't mean He doesn't love us. It means He sees the whole picture that we can't see. Perhaps someone prayed to be spared from death, but God saw that to allow the person to go on living, that person would have unspeakable suffering down the road that He wanted to spare them from. You never know. God knows what He's doing, and He really does see the whole picture, mapped out before Him. He uses very bad situations for good, even when those bad situations result in someone dying. For the loved ones left behind, God will touch them in some way that they need to be touched in. It might be immediately, or could take a few years. Look at the guy from America's Most Wanted. When John Walsh's son Adam was kidnapped and murdered, how on earth could anyone think that a loving God would allow such a horrible thing to happen to a child? Still, God used that situation and turned it into good. John Walsh's efforts as a result of what happened to his son, has helped reunite countless children with their families, has spared many lives, and has helped to catch criminals. What about Adam? He is in Heaven, experiencing unspeakable joy with God.

God really does know what's best. He really does know what we need in order to learn a lesson, grow in our lives, help someone else, or spare us from future pain. We need to trust the fact that He really does love us and does not take pleasure in seeing us die. When he says "no" to our prayers, he is still answering our prayers. He is just not giving us the answer we asked for necessarily, but rather the answer that is for the best.

Answer 4

No, God says He is only good, we can't see the end of a matter, God says so, His ways are not our ways , He is perfect, "we" can't say where those people are now, they may be somewhere so much greater than they have ever imagined and happy they are there, then some may be where He knew they would be anyway. Gods see's all and is perfect justice and righteousness, He wants only good for His children. God says not to try to second guess Him, we can't.
Some of those peoples prayers may have been rewarded beyond their wildest expectations and would never want to re enter back into this life.

God says this :

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you"
"Thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jer.29:11

Answer 5

if God chooses to answer all people praying for long lives, we'll be amazed that Abraham & David & Adam does exist, and the Bible is true after all. We can't all live upto when we want to live, that's why we are corruptible in nature. God has His purpose for doing such things... to teach that person, so that life can speak and impact someone else's, so man can see that sin leads to death, that this world is in desperate need for God-- goes on and on, only God's wisdom can explain.

Don't worry about them, if they've accepted Jesus, they will have eternal lives ahead. X years is but a miniscule, nonsignificant fraction of what eternity is...

Answer 6

God answers all prayer, but quite often the answer we get isn't the one we want or expect - if they prayed not to die and they died, the answer was "sorry, no" - but they're away from the misery, sin, and suffering of this world, so I hardly think that's the response of not loving them! However much they might have chosen "better" ways of going...

Answer 7

God cannot answer all prayers.

Let me give you an example: (this is a true story not a parable)

A friend of mine was in a terrible car accident. He was in incredible pain and the doctors thought he would lose his leg.
He said he prayed to God for hours to take him, he wanted to die.
At the same time, his family prayed for God not to take him. They did not want him to die.

God could not aswer both prayers.

Just have faith...he knows what he is doing.

He is alive today, married, 3 girls, and has both legs.

Answer 8

If someone was a believer in Jesus and was murdered, they would be enjoying Jesus presence now There are many ways God might 'help' someone and He will probably do it on His terms not their terms

I don't know the circumstance of each person

Answer 9

God loves all of us. All He wants us to do is repent of all our sin and be saved. The only way to be saved is to ask Jesus into your spirit.

Everything happens for a reason. If those people really did ask Jesus to save them, then Jesus DID SAVE them and they are in Heaven with Him.

Jesus loves you. Repent of your sins and be saved.

Answer 10

Why did 60 million Jews, poles, political dissidents, mentally retarded , homosexuals and deformed people die in gas chambers. How could he turn a deaf ear on that many people. Makes you wonder if there really is a god.