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Originally Posted by Archaea
because of the prayers of men.
I'm aware of the Abrahamic discussions, and the Brother of Jared discussions, but do you believe somebody telling an Almighty something really changes his plans, or do we really change our plans to meet His through prayer?
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This is a hard question to answer because God is not man. He doesn't make "plans" in the sense we think of them, because he already knows what will happen! And as Indy points out, it treads close to the foreordination/predestination debate.
Take the lost 116 pages, for example (a wonderful showcase of several gospel principles). The Lord clearly told Joseph more than once not to hand them over. After much persistence, God "changed his mind" and permitted them to be given to Martin. We all know the result, and how God "planned" for it to happen centuries before.
We cannot think of God, his will, and his plans, like we think of our own. Whatever choices we make, and however he answers our prayers ... it is all part of a course which he has known from the beginning.