does god answer the prayer of the unsaved?

Jesus said that "no one comes to the Father except by Me."
So if you are an unbeliever ( a person that doesn't believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and you don't believe in His death, burial, and resurrection) then God cannot hear your prayers. Because, to come to the father you have to come through your belief in His Son. I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except by Me.

acdcfan19 said:

my preacher says that god answers all prayers. even the unsaved if they just have faith and don't doubt. is this true? I found bible verses that says differently but he says that god answers all prayers.

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What name do we use in prayer? Jesus. We ask God for His will to be done in whatever it is we pray to Him about. A sinner does not have this right, not being a christian. They can not ask in the name of Jesus during prayer. Therefore, their prayer is not answered.

No, not true

John 9:31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.

His Will is for man to believe in the Gospel message and follow His commands (see John 15).

Jeremiah 11:14 “Do not pray for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.

Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!

What we do [with our hands] demonstrates our faith, if we are still in sin, our hands will show it.

acdcfan19 said:

my preacher says that god answers all prayers. even the unsaved if they just have faith and don't doubt. is this true? I found bible verses that says differently but he says that god answers all prayers.

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God HEARS "all prayers", and answers According to HIS WILL. God is all about "Redemption", and will relate to the UNSAVED in ways that will draw them to HIM.

Bear in mind that God answered MANY prayers in the OLD Testament, and NOBODY was "Saved" during that period. There was no such thing as "Salvation" until after the Ressurection.

There was definitely salvation in the OT: https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=salvation&qs_version=NIV


Isaiah 30:15 This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.

Ask this question to yourself: Why did Lazarus find Abraham on the right-side of the Chasm if neither Abraham nor Lazarus were "saved"? To fully accept the Father you must accept the Son, and to accept the Son you must fully accept the Father (See Hebrews 11)...what did Abraham do? He walked by full faith.

Oscarr said:

There is one prayer of a sinner that God will answer: "God forgive me a sinner and bring me to Jesus so I can accept Him as my Savoiur."

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That is unscriptural. God hears a sinner ask Him to bring him to Jesus so the sinner can do something to save himself? Nonsense.

acdcfan19 said:

my preacher says that god answers all prayers. even the unsaved if they just have faith and don't doubt. is this true? I found bible verses that says differently but he says that god answers all prayers.

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(Psa 2:1) Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

(Psa 2:2) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

(Psa 2:3) Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

(Psa 2:4) He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

(Psa 2:5) Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.