Proverbs 15:29 ( KJV ) reads as follows:
"The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ).
Lamentations 3:40-44 ( KJV ) read as follows:
"Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ).
Acts 10:4 ( KJV ) reads as follows:
"And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ).
The Greek word ( Greek [ 305 ] ) for the word "come" in Acts 10:4 ( KJV, for example ) is defined as follows:
"to go up (lit. or fig.)." [ See ABINGDON'S STRONG'S EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE, STRONG, JAMES, S.T.D., LL.D., ABINGDON PRESS, NASHVILLE, Copyright, 1890, by JAMES STRONG, MADISON, N.J., ( A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek/New Testament with their Renderings in the King James Version, p. 10. ). ]
When we consider Lamentations 3:44, we see that our prayer passes through to God. The implication, here, is that when we pray to God, there is a form of thought broadcasting that occurs. Specifically, when we pray to God, our thoughts are broadcast from our minds ( as we are located here on earth ) up to God ( Who is in heaven - see Matthew 5:9, 16 and Matthew 6:9, for example ).
Likewise, when considering Acts 10:4 ( please read all of Acts, chapter 10, to get the context ), we see that prayers come up to God. In the case of Cornelius ( see Acts 10:1 ), he was not a Christian yet ( cf. Acts 10:2, 48, and see Romans 6:1-4 ( especially verses 3 and 4, for example ) and Galatians 3:27, for example ), but because he was devout, and feared God ( recall Acts 10:2 ), God heard his prayers ( see Acts 10:31, for example, and recall Acts 10:4 ). Thus, the prayers of those who are devout and fear God, as well as the prayers of Christians ( see Acts 11:26 and 1 Thessalonians 5:17, for example ), that are not hindered ( see Job 42:8 and 1 Peter 3:7, for example ), go up, or pass through, to God.
With all of the above-given information in mind, on the medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com website, the following definition of thought broadcasting is given:
"a symptom of psychosis in which the patient believes that his or her thoughts are 'broadcast' beyond the head so that other people can hear them."
Furthermore, on that same website, thought broadcasting is listed as a symptom of schizophrenia, although it is described somewhat differently. Whatever the case may be, is every devout person who fears God, and every Christian in this world, to be considered psychotic, or suffering from schizophrenia, simply because we not only believe in, but actually engage in, a form of thought broadcasting regularly ( also known as prayer to God )? I think not.
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