Something that started me to doubt my choice of faith years ago was when I happened on that verse that says, We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.
So much for the veracity of the so called sinners prayer. When God doesn't listen to sinners how does a sinner pray and repent and accept Jesus?
Way too many contradictions to have it consistently make sense and lay claim to being the inspired word of a perfect God. I came to believe man made God in his image and likeness when he wrote a bible and gave a supreme being an anthropomorphic personality. A human personality.
This is why I've said, I can believe in God and not believe in the bible. In fact, I'd wonder if God believes in the bible or approves what is there and attributed to his spirit. Especially when it says of him, he doesn't listen to sinners.
Well, so much for coming to God in prayer and asking forgiveness.
That's why the verse never made sense in light of what the gospel is suppose to mean.
Well, there is much misunderstanding here so I'll keep simple. The sinners prayer is a man made concept. No where in the Bible is the idea found.
As for doing God's will, what is his will? That we believe in Jesus, and repent of our sins.
What makes a person saved? That they believe in Jesus. Not some prayer of acceptance. Believe in your heart, and confess with your mouth. Confess what? That Jesus is Lord. Now that there is belief, repentance begins and sanctification, and this is God's will. Anyone who does this is doing his will and their prayers are heard.
So you choose to disregard the Bible because what man teaches that isn't in the Bible. Because the sinners prayer contradicts a passage in the Bible. So you choose the man made idea over the Bible and then say the Bible is the man made idea. This sounds a bit illogical.