Why pray if God is all knowing? Why flea from sin if you can sin then just repent?

Answer 1

Wow, some of this is just so damn creepy, it gives me chills.


Atheist. Confirmed.

Answer 2

Well, in order to have a relationship with my wife I need to talk to her.
God may be all knowing but we aren't.

There are times when I need answers I pray and ask for them and suddenly I may understand a portion of scripture I've never understood before, or I meet or talk to someone a day or two later with the answer.

The latter answer about sin can only be answered with this verse.
Heb 10:26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
This means the "reaping and sowing factor" come into play and repenting is no longer good enough, you will pay for your sin.
Example: God has protected you for many years from venereal disease by His grace while you were young and crazy. You start saying, "hey, God kept me from it this long, all I gotta do is pray and He'll forgive me, right?" Boom, you have just willfully sinned and you will reap the bad seed you've sown.

Never take the chance.

Answer 3

God wants you to pray to Him period. who is a friend and you never talk? He wants us to flea from sin! not everything you do is good for you. have you thought maybe He's trying to protect you? (not just from hell) we have a merciful God that is willing to forgive us, but why keep living in the flesh just cause He'll forgive us?

Answer 4

Praying is for you to develop a personal relationship with God. He wants you to come to him, he knows you, he knows your strengths your weaknesses, he knows you better than you know yourself. He created you, he is your spiritual father. Its just like you have a child and you want to know how he is doing, well God wants to know how you are doing. He wants you to tell you your joys your sorrows, he wants to help you. Try it, you have nothing to lose. Ask him to show you your weaknesses, ask him for knowledge and wisdom. Anything you ask it being for your eternal good, he will give you. About sin, we are all sinners, there is no one in this world who has not sinned and thats why we have the atonement of Jesus Christ, he payed for our sins, all we have to do is ask for forgiveness sincerely every day because we all sin every day and we will have peace in our hearts. God wants us to be happy, if we have a mentality that it doesn't matter what we do because either way we're going to hell than how would this world be? Heaven starts on earth.

Answer 5

God made companions. Why not talk to Him?
If you sin again, repeatedly and with no control, then there was never a repentance. In which case, we're talking about oximoron.

Answer 6

Because when you repent it means to change your ways, not continue to do what you have been doing when you know the truth.

Answer 7

flea from sin? Oh, I'm just itchin' to comment on that! (is a flea from sin some sort of std?)


hehehehe! :-)

Answer 8

(Quote)

Romans 6:1-3 (New International Version)

1What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? (Un Quote)

Answer 9

Creatrix.... I was going to let it go but it was so amusing, the use of the word flea.

Ohh, I'm so sorry, that slipped out, I should be ashamed.

Answer 10

Because if you have Jesus in your heart---you DON'T WANT to do the same sinful things--because Jesus CHANGES YOUR HEART.

Satan may make us do something stupid--but YES, GOD IS STILL THERE FOR YOU when you sin.

He loves us sooooooo MUCH that Christ, His son, died in our place--just so we CAN go to God in prayer and ask for forgiveness.

If you get used to calling on God FIRST---
When there is TEMPTATION---
The devil WILL FLEE--
because he hates the name of JESUS.