Why did Jesus lie when he said you will receive anything you ask for in prayer if you believe?

Question

And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, `Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." (Matthew 21:21-22 NAS)

He says "ALL THINGS" you ask for as long as you believe.

Quiet.Buck: Jesus didn't say you will get an answer. He said you will get what you asked for.

Katrina: Ok. You are a true believer in Christ. Pray for all disfigured children to be healed within one hour and see if it happens. Jesus' only requirement is that you believe in him. If you do, you WILL get what you pray for. But you won't, so he lied.

Answer 1

I like the guy that says that when you don't receive what you ask for, that's receiving it.

I also like the guy who ignores Jesus's example, "if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen"

Answer 2

at least you included the preconditional verse...

v21 says if you have faith and do not doubt...not only will you be able to cast mountains into the sea..but...'all things you ask in prayer, believing you will receive'.

To have faith with no doubt is a pre-req to things asked. If you know in your heart you dont deserve something...you'll have doubt. If you know that you would abuse a gift if you got it..you'll have doubt. If you know that getting it will cause you to sin...you'll have doubt. And its in that doubt (acknowleded or not) that your prayers are answered or not.

When I've prayed in faith and believed for things with a sincere heart for the things of God..He has given them to me.

Answer 3

What Jesus was saying was not Christian, nor Southern Babtist as it was a non-religious response in the true nature of reality.

Jesus was a Representitive of truth within Biblical Symbolism; All the Bible is Symbolic in meaning.

People elected to interpret Jesus as "son of God" in a singular literal sense; in all reality this is true, yet, we are all sons-daughters of God as we are the same lineage; Jesus represented the "first" of our lineage to encarnate into human form (prior to taking on the Jesus Personality) and make that Union with God known as "Christ".

Jesus spoke the Truth; believe and ask and it shall be so. When it was said one "can move a mountain" this again, was a Symbolic term used to stress how "powerful" you can be, if you wish.

Within the nature of reality one can erase most Religions as the high majority of religious teachings are distorted versions of truth, the most distortive type of lie as it is near believable.

Within your realm of reality you form oyour won reality by thgoughts and emotions, it is all as valid as any reality. Jesus was saying "form your own reality" by asking in prayer for it.

Prayer, to religions is "{bowing down, a worshipping and asking"...and this is not accurate. By right, each has the will to ask, demand changes within and without.

If one "Envisions" a future of specific events, with emotion and consistency, it will roll out beofre you like a carpet.

Again, the Bible, Matthew 21:21 and so one are Interpretations by truely unknown authors; yet, there is truth there and unfortunatley it is contained within a "faith" or religion as opposed to another text; this makes it all suspect to dogma.

Answer 4

Mat_21:21
Jesus answered and said ... - Jesus took occasion from this to establish their faith in God, (Mar_11:22)
He told them that any difficulty could be overcome by faith. To remove a mountain denotes the power of surmounting or removing any difficulty. The phrase was so used by the Jews. There is no doubt that this was “literally” true - that if “they had the faith of miracles,” they could remove the mountain before them - the Mount of Olives - for this was as easy for God to do by them as to heal the sick or raise the dead. But the Saviour rather referred, probably, to the difficulties and trials which they would be called to endure in preaching the gospel.

Mat_21:22
And all things ... - He adds an encouragement for them to pray, assuring them that they should have all things which they asked.
This promise was evidently a special one, given to them in regard to working miracles. To them it was true, but it is manifest that we have no right to apply this promise to ourselves. It was desired especially for the apostles; nor have we a right to turn it from its original meaning. There are other promises in, abundance on which we “may” rely in prayer, with confident assurance that our prayers will be heard.

Answer 5

I wish I could say that this were literal, but the bible (in my opinion) was never meant to be taken literally, no wait, scratch that...It SHOULD NOT be taken literally. I see the bible as and old messed up, tainted book that depicts actually places and maybe some events but it ties in philosophy by presenting people with a parable to figure out for themselves. I do believe that most of it is garbage and should not be followed but some of the things in there are actually good.

Too bad so many fundies take it literally (woman came from a mans rib, man came from dirt) stuff like that. I think it is more a poem:

Eve coming from a mans rib= They are from one place and a woman should be close to a mans heart.

That's my translation.. But Would I ever actually believe that Eve turned from a Rib to a human......ummm No

Answer 6

From EWTN.com:

'Mustard seed faith' is an unshakable faith, a faith that is confident in the power of God to answer prayer, yet desirous only for God's will to be done.'For God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.'[Phil 2:13 ; cf. 1 Cor 12:6].

God always answers prayer. It's when God delays an answer, or when he says 'no' to our prayers that our faith is tested. But faithful prayer accomplishes much. All the prayers and fasting of your prayer group for your dying friend accomplished much. Although your friend wasn't physically healed, your prayers for the graces necessary to help him to persevere in death, and to keep his eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith (Hebrews 12:2) were efficacious.

The Catechism says,

2611. "The prayer of faith consists not only in saying 'Lord, Lord,' but in disposing the heart to do the will of the Father.[Cf. Mt 7:21 .] Jesus calls his disciples to bring into their prayer this concern for cooperating with the divine plan.[Cf. Mt 9:38 ; Lk 10:2 ; Jn 4:34 .]"


My 2 cents:
My most answered prayers are ended "...but, in this as in all things, Thy Will and not mine be done."

EDIT: PS I have seen instant miracles before my own eyes in response to a prayer.

Answer 7

Didn't you know, Jesus only spoke in parables. He can't be held accountable for people taking what he said literally! Especially stuff like this.

For those that say stuff like "you have to take the whole thing into consideration": I really don't think you realize the implications of your assessment. If you have to take the whole thing into consideration, then you also have to take into consideration that Jesus said that until heaven and earth pass away not a letter of the law shall pass, and anyone that teaches anyone to break the least of these laws will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. If you break even one of the laws, you are guilty of breaking them all, and blasphemy against the holy spirit is unforgivable.

Now, you can say that this is twisting scripture, but I'm just running with what you christians said and believe. Taking everything into account, if you break one of the laws you are guilty of all, meaning you are guilty of blasphemy as well, which means that you are not forgiven for any sins at all, which means that you are on your way to hell with no hope of redemption despite your belief in Jesus.

Now, doesn't that sound silly? Isn't it better to just take what he said in the context of which it was said, instead of taking what he said and applying all of the other verses to it as well, therefore changing the meaning of the words that came out of his mouth?

That's like saying that since your mom said you could have cake after dinner on your birthday, it's okay to apply that saying to everytime you want cake, even though she told you specifically that you weren't supposed to have any cake tonight. Don't take things out of context, you know what was said. Don't twist it to suit your needs. Superfoot, this means you!

Answer 8

Never take one or two verses and make a conclusion like that. You forget one of the most important rules for interpreting scripture: Compare scripture with scripture. Elsewhere in the scriptures it says that we must ask according to the will of God. Obviously God is not our butler waiting for us to bark out orders that He must obey. He is in control. He knows all things. He knows what is best for us.

Yes we should always ask, believing and in faith, but we must also ask according to God's perfect will. If we do that, and our desires align with His will, we will have whatever we ask for.

Some cults have taken one passage and ignored all others and built their theologies on such false interpretations.

Always compare scripture with scripture before saying, "Look, the bible says this!"


God bless you.

Answer 9

i'm sorry your prayer did not acquire the respond you was hoping for. the subject is one in each and every of thought. In at present’s international, the be conscious “believing” has a sort of meanings, consisting of meanings that are shallow, as in, to illustrate, “I’m believing it may rain at present.” even though, the Greek be conscious “pisteuo” (“believing” in the King James) has a particular meaning. As a one be conscious definition you should plug in the be conscious “believing”. even though, “pisteuo” capacity: thinking to be genuine, being persuaded of and putting self belief in. needless to say, this meaning consists of a lot extra advantageous than common theory. In at present’s international human beings presume that God’s answer to prayer is unconditional. it is not. As a loving Father, the eternal will answer “specific” or “no” to any request basically as an earthly father might do. did you be attentive to that the eternal expects obedience from human beings making requests of Him? It’s genuine. in case you shy away your ear from listening to the regulation of God, even your prayer would be an abomination. “He that turns his ear from listening to the regulation, even his prayer would be abomination” (Proverbs 28:9). What regulation? the ten Commandments. maximum persons have self belief they keep the ten Commandments. even though, maximum forget approximately the 4th commandment, the single that has the be conscious "undergo in concepts" in it. it incredibly is the commandment maximum non secular leaders hate. it is the attempt commandment to work out in case you're incredibly on board for Christ and his Father. Works additionally are envisioned. there's a stay faith and there's a ineffective faith. faith devoid of works is a ineffective faith (James 2:26). “you suspect that there is one God; you do nicely: the demons even have self belief, and tremble” (James 2:18). this sort of believing mandatory for receiving a “specific” answer from the eternal is that of dedication, having the climate of self belief and innovative and prescient.

Answer 10

If you believe then you will understand Gods will and ask accordingly.
These two verses cited are only a part of prayer instruction.

If you ask something that is against Gods will, then can you truly believe you will receive it???