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When does my sin block my prayers according to Scripture? 10 Qs with Mike Winger (Ep 48)

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Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Today's Time Stamps: 1. 0:23 {My Sin Blocks My Prayers?} Psalm 66:18 says, "If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened." Does this mean God will ignore a person's prayers if they have active, ongoing sin in their life? How should we understand this verse in context and alongside other Scriptures about God hearing prayers?2. 9:07 {Biblically Defining a “Church”} Biblically (not legally), what constitutes a church? If someone were to host a weekly Bible study and do some volunteer work with just a few people, would that be considered a small church service? 3. 15:29 {Support for Limited Atonement?} How does John 17:9 work alongside John 3:16? Could John 17:9 be a valid point toward Limited Atonement? I do not want to believe in Limited Atonement, but I see verses like this and wonder.4. 24:40 {Discerning God’s Voice & Direction} My girlfriend recently told me that God told her to break up with me. She got us "promise bracelets" that promise that we will get married. Is what she heard really from God?5. 29:26 {Agape vs. Phileo Love} Are agape and phileo love synonymous in Greek? John 3:19 & John 12:43 use agape for loving darkness and men's praise, respectively, while John 5:20 uses phileo to describe the Father's love for the Son.6. 34:29 {Non-Sapien Hominids: Thinking Biblically} How do non-sapien hominids (Neanderthal, Denisovan, Floresiensis, etc.) fit into creation? Do they have the Imago Dei? Are they animals?7. 39:19 {The Apostle John Still Alive?} Have you ever heard the theory that the Apostle John might still be alive and be the second witness in the Tribulation? I found the arguments interesting, as conjecture.8. 45:47 {Is Anointing Oil for Today?} Should we still use oil anointing today (used by elders praying for the sick)? What would that look like?9. 52:00 {An Error in Translation?} In the NIV translation, Deuteronomy 22:28-30 uses the word “rape,” but other translations imply consent. Is this a legitimate translation error?10. 57:16 {Are Charitable Tax Deductions Sinful?} Is claiming our charitable donations on our taxes “receiving our reward on Earth” (Matthew 6:1-5)? Helpful Links: My FULL teaching on divorce and remarriage according to the Bible: Click Here My original video on Limited Atonement and Universalism, and why I see both as unbiblical: Click Here After that original video, I got a response from James White, and I included his video and my response in a longer video focused just on the topic of Limited Atonement HERE. I do this live stream most Fridays at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. You're welcome to join.To ask a question, you'll need to follow these instructions:1. Don't post your question before you see me live on camera.2. Post questions as comments in the LIVE chat at the beginning of the stream.3. Post your question with "Q" at the beginning so we can easily identify that you are sending it in as a question for me and not just a comment in the chat.4. Try to be as clear as possible so I won't misunderstand the question. Keep in mind that I don't know anything about your question other than what you type in that short comment.5. Include specific verse references when possible or applicable.6. Only one question submitted per subscriber, per stream, please. Submitting the same question into the chat a few times is OK.7. Please understand that we don't strictly take the first 10 questions submitted. Our team takes several factors into consideration.8. Check the "Clip Search" on BibleThinker.org in advance to see if your topic of interest has already been covered in a past session. My website is searchable and all the video...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the live stream. Sorry. That was the worst beginning I've ever done for a video.

0:08.7

I still remain unprofessional as always. This is a Q&A. My name is Mike Winger. I'm here to help you learn to think

0:14.0

biblically about everything. That's my hope anyways. I'm not the best Bible guy in the world,

0:19.6

but I am a Bible guy.

0:21.8

So, and hopefully you are too.

0:23.5

The first question we have for the Q&A today is actually from Preston Murphy, who says,

0:28.2

Psalm 6618 says, if I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

0:35.7

And Preston's question about this is, does this mean

0:37.9

God will ignore a person's prayers if they have active ongoing sin in their life? How should we

0:42.6

understand this verse in context and alongside other scriptures about God hearing prayers? All right.

0:51.4

To me, this is a complicated issue. And I I don't mean super confusing issue I just

0:57.7

mean there's some layers I want to add here because if I could summarize that maybe two

1:02.3

responses that I think I would have I would hear from people that would be two single

1:06.6

note to like two dimensional, too simplistic.

1:11.4

One of them would be if you have sin, God won't hear your prayer, which really ultimately

1:17.9

starts to feel like we're disqualifying every Christian from praying.

1:21.7

Everybody out there in the world, God never hears your prayers.

1:25.1

And this also can create a lot of consternation with people because

1:28.5

they can start to feel hopeless and feel like, yeah, if God's not going to hear my prayers, what's the

1:32.1

point? I give up. It's always the voice of Satan if you're thinking, oh, I'll just give up seeking God.

1:37.4

I'll give up serving and trusting in Christ. I'll just give up. That's always the voice of the enemy.

1:43.8

God's desire and preference and open door to you is always that of restoration and that of forgiveness and that of drawing near to him.

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