Rather, God is in some third kind of relation to time. One in-between position is that God is not within our time, but he is within his own time. In this view, God's inner life is sequential and, therefore, temporal, but his relation to our temporal sequence is “all at once.” In a sense, God has his own time line.

Revelation 13:8, NIV: "All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world."

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. This is the one who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ.

In the third petition of the Lord’s prayer, Jesus instructs us to pray for God’s will to be done. This request flows from the petition for God’s kingdom to come, for the Lord’s kingdom is present where we find righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14:17). Such fruits are possible only as we do the will of God.

One reason we know God hears our prayers is because He has promised to hear them! Even if He doesn’t always answer the way we think He should, He still hears us. The Psalmist declared, “As for me, I call to God … and he hears my voice” (Psalm 55:16-17).

Why then, does God sometimes seem deaf to our prayers? One reason may be because we’ve allowed sin to take root in our hearts—and sin always cuts us off from God. It may be anger, or hatred, or prejudice, or an unclean habit, or anything else that we’ve allowed to pollute our souls. This is why we need to make sure we’ve given our lives to Jesus Christ, because He came into the world to cleanse us of our sins. Have you given your life to Him?

COMO ORAR

La mayoría de nosotros estamos acostumbrados a trabajar por un sueldo. Nos pagan por un trabajo terminado, y hay una bonificación cuando el esfuerzo supera las expectativas. Es comprensible, entonces, que muchas personas crean que la salvación depende de nuestras acciones.

Los Diez Mandamientos muestran la norma de Dios para la santidad, pero aparte de Jesús nadie los ha obedecido perfectamente. De hecho, Santiago 2.10 señala que “cualquiera que guardare toda la ley, pero ofendiere en un punto, se hace culpable de todos”. Un solo pensamiento de envidia, un comentario poco amable, o una acción que deshonre a los padres es todo lo que se necesita para ser un transgresor de la ley, de acuerdo con lo que Dios estipula. Es decir, si la salvación dependiera de nuestra insuficiente justicia, nadie podría salvarse. Pero estas diez normas no tenían la intención de salvarnos; su propósito era mostrar nuestra impotencia y señalarnos a Cristo (Ga 3.24).

El Regalo de la Libertad

I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God; incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech.

You may or may not have heard that God hears our prayers. It’s true. In this verse God is asked to incline His ear and to hear the speech of the psalmist. Calling upon God is an act of dependence upon Him out of sense of need. What we are actually doing when we call upon God is saying we are dependent upon your hearing and acting on what we need or desire.

Calling upon God is an act of worship. We are saying, “O God, how mighty You are. Hear my prayer O God for You are able.” “Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples!” (Psalm 105:1 NKJV) When we set our hearts and minds on God, knowing and trusting in Him to provide for everything, we are offering up a sacrifice of praise that God will receive and accept and return abundance back to us. “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us”. (Ephesians 3:20 NKJV)