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What is God Like?
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GOD IS OMNISCIENT!
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“God Is Omniscient
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All that we know about God
is just the tip of the Iceberg.
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All we can see of God
is a poor reflection of the reality.
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“So Paul, standing before the council, addressed
them as follows; “Men of Athens, I notice you are
very religious in every way, for as I was walking
along I saw your many shrines. And one of your
altars had this inscription on it:-
“To and unknown God.”
God Is Omniscience:- (all knowing)
This God whom you worship without knowing,
is the one I’m telling you about. He is the God
who made the world and everything in it.
Since He is Lord of heaven and earth.
He does not live in man-made temples,
human hands can’t serve His needs –
for He has no needs.”
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“He himself gives life and breath to everything,
and He satisfies every need.
From one man He created all the nations
throughout the whole earth.
God Is Omniscience:- (all knowing)
He decided beforehand when they should rise and
fall, and He determined their boundaries.
His purpose was for the nations to seek after God
and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him,
though He is not far from any one of us.”
“For in Him we live and move and exist.”
Acts 17:22-28;
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God’s greatness. (transcendence)
God’s goodness. (immanence)
God’s Omniscience. (all knowledge)
God’s Omnipotence. (All Powerful)
God’s Omnipresence. (Everywhere at once)
Many Errors have sprung up surrounding
Deism.
“A portrayal of God as Creator of the cosmos
but not caring and uncaring for it.”
Panentheism.
“God is greater than the universe and the universe is
contained within God; the whole is in God.”
Pantheism.
“The substance of God and the substance
of the physical universe are the same.”
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God’s greatness. (transcendence)
God’s goodness. (immanence)
God’s Omniscience. (all knowledge)
God’s Omnipotence. (All Powerful)
God’s Omnipresence. (Everywhere at once)
Many Errors have sprung up surrounding
Dualism.
“2 God’s at war / ying / yang, light vs dark etc.”
Polytheism.
“There are many God’s, all are viable.”
Process theology.
“God is in process”:-
“He is in process of becoming reality.”
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God’s greatness. (transcendence)
God’s goodness. (immanence)
God’s Omniscience. (all knowledge)
God’s Omnipotence. (All Powerful)
God’s Omnipresence. (Everywhere at once)
Many Errors have sprung up surrounding
Mormonism.
“God was a man, Man will become God.”
Trinity.
“Many views much misunderstood.”
These are just a few of man’s
ideas about God.
We will look at a couple of these in a bit more detail.
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Panentheism. Pantheism.
Universe is contained Nature is God.
within God. (or divine)
Different World Views of God
TheThe PanentheistPanentheist would saywould say
GodGod createdcreated the tree andthe tree and
needsneeds the tree for Histhe tree for His
continued self-existence.continued self-existence.
TheThe PantheistPantheist would saywould say
GodGod isis the tree andthe tree and
the treethe tree isis God.God.
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Monotheism.
“Belief in one personal and transcendent God",
as opposed to polytheism and pantheism.
Deity.Deity.
One God existing in 3 distinct persons.One God existing in 3 distinct persons.
Phil 1:2; “May God our father and the Lord JesusPhil 1:2; “May God our father and the Lord Jesus
Christ give you grace and peace.”Christ give you grace and peace.”
Titus 2:12; “We look forward with hope to theTitus 2:12; “We look forward with hope to the
wonderful day when the glory of our great God andwonderful day when the glory of our great God and
saviour, Jesus Christ will be revealed.”saviour, Jesus Christ will be revealed.”
Acts 5:3-4; “Ananias…you lied to the Holy Spirit…Acts 5:3-4; “Ananias…you lied to the Holy Spirit…
you weren’t lying to us but to God”you weren’t lying to us but to God”
Different World Views of God
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The attributes of God as Deity
are usually listed and studied as:-
Omniscience.Omniscience.
Knowing all things from the beginning toKnowing all things from the beginning to
the end of time and before and beyondthe end of time and before and beyond
time.time.
THE THREE “OMNI’S” of GOD
Omnipotence.Omnipotence.
All power:- the power to do andAll power:- the power to do and
accomplish anything God desires.accomplish anything God desires.
Omnipresence.Omnipresence.
The ability to be everywhere at once.The ability to be everywhere at once.
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Omniscience: (all knowing)
The attribute by which God
perfectly and eternally knows
all things which can be known,
past, present, and future.
God knows how best
to attain to His desired ends. Psalm 139.
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The Bible is filled with passages
which speak of God’s unlimited knowledge.
“His understanding is infinite” Psalm 147:5;
“The Lord looks from heaven,
He sees all the sons of men” Psalm 33:13;
God Is Omniscience: (all knowing)
“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His
judgments and unfathomable His ways!” Rom 11:33;
He is “The only wise God.” 1 Timothy 1:17;.
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In Revelation 4:8; The four living creatures
that symbolize the eyes of God are described:-
Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was
covered with eyes all around, even under his wings.
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The divine attributes are closely related
to one another, and thus it was unavoidable
that we have already mentioned
the OMNISCIENCE of God several times.
Omniscience: (all knowing)
That God is omniscient means that
God knows all propositions,
and this means that God possesses all knowledge.
Scripture everywhere teaches
the absolute universality of the divine knowledge.
In the historical books, anthropomorphic references
to God's having knowledge of things occur.
(Gen 11:5; 18:21; Deut 8:3;),
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The principle is everywhere presupposed in what is
related about God's knowledge of the doings of man,
about the hearing of prayer, the disclosing
of the future. (1 Sam 16:7; 23:9-12; 1 Ki 8:39; 2 Ch 16:9).
God Is Omniscience: (all knowing)
To say that God is not omniscient
would be a defect in God.
A defect is a lack of something,
God cannot lack anything.
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Yet the question of God’s omniscience
has always caused problems.
If God knows everything:
What is the point of prayer?
Are we really free?
Isn’t God at least partly responsible
for sin entering the world?
God Is Omniscience: (all knowing)
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There’s an amazing illustration of
the principle of omniscience from nature:
Illustration: The guillemot is a small arctic sea bird
that lives on the rocky cliffs of coastal regions.
These birds flock together by the thousands in
comparatively small areas. Because of the crowded
conditions, hundreds of females lay their pear-shaped eggs
side by side on a narrow ledge, in a long row.
Since the eggs all look alike, it is incredible that a
mother bird can identify those that belong to her.
Omniscience: (all knowing)
Yet studies show that she knows her own eggs
so well that when even one is moved,
she finds it and returns it to its original location.
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The attribute of Omniscience
Implies the Sovereignty:- (supremacy) of God.
God Is Omniscience:- (all knowing)
God is above all things created.
No other deities exists which compare to
or exceed God’s attributes, authority,
or existence. Gen 1; Job 38ff.
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Since God is timeless.
All knowledge exists before His mind
as an eternal intuition.
For us to "think through" something implies
a process, or a succession of thoughts in our mind
where one thought leads to another.
Only an omniscient being can hold in His immediate
consciousness all propositions and be fully aware of them.
Such is the mind of God, and He can indeed perceive all
things with exhaustive depth and clarity at all times,
even things pertaining to our future.
That our minds are finite means that we can hold
only a limited number of propositions in our
immediate consciousness at any moment.
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The Bible says:- Heb 4:13;
"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight.
Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the
eyes of him to whom we must give account”
God Is Omniscience: (all knowing)
God is "perfect in knowledge" (Job 37:16), and
“He makes known the end from the beginning,
from ancient times, what is still to come" (Isa 46:10;).
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David understood that nothing inside of him
can be hidden from God. Psalm 139:23-24;
“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and
know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous
way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!”
David did not do this arrogantly, daring God
to find anything wrong. On the contrary,
David knew that God would find wicked ways
in his heart, and he wanted to be made clean.
David wanted to be purified not only
from conscious sins but from secret faults as well.
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The story is told of an elderly grandfather
who was very wealthy. He was going deaf,
So he decided to buy a hearing aid.
Two weeks later he stopped at the shop where he
had bought it and told the manager he could now
pick up conversation quite easily, even in the next room.
“Oh, I haven’t told them yet,” the man chuckled.
“I’ve just been sitting around listening,
and you know what? I’ve changed my will twice.”
“Your relatives must be happy to know
that you can hear so much better,”
beamed the delighted proprietor.
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God is not like a dear old grandfather who
hears only when we speak clearly and directly
to him. He always hears us.
His attitude toward us is not changed by what He
hears, because we stand before Him by grace.
But if God were like that grandfather and
if His attitude toward us were changeable
how would our conversations of the past
week have affected His attitude toward us?
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In Psa 139:5; David said that “God hemmed him in
or enclosed him” The Hebrew verb
(RSV beset) usually means “besiege” in a hostile
sense; here it obviously means “hem” or
“surround,” but in a protective, benevolent sense.
In some translations T.E.V. “You are all around me”
will be expressed as a simile; for example,
“You are like a fence (hedge) that protects me.”
“Behind us there is God recording our sins, or in
grace blotting out the remembrance of them;
and before us there is God foreknowing all
our deeds, and providing for all our needs.
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“We cannot turn back and so escape Him,
for He is behind;
we cannot go forward and outmarch Him,
for He is before.” C.H. Spurgeon
All of God’s attributes exist in perfect harmony
with all His other attributes.
Before Him we must all give an account of our lives.
This is the God to whom we must explain all
that we have done. “That is why we have a great
High Priest who has gone to heaven,
Jesus the Son of God. Let us cling to him and
never stop trusting Him.” Heb 4:13-14;
Nothing in all creation can hide from Him.
Everything is naked and exposed before His eyes.
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“If there were no final, ultimate judgment day,
then God’s total knowledge of my life
would not be so threatening.
Or if He knew all things but were
not all-powerful, I might be less intimated.
Or even if He were omniscient and omnipotent but
not altogether holy, I might have a chance to
negotiate a few things. However, He is all of these
things and unchangeably so.” R.C. Sproul
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“In fact, a relatively ignorant God with absolute
power to do anything He wanted would be
frightening, for His creatures might constantly fear
that He would use that power
in ignorance of the truth.
He might not know who was truly guilty of sin,
and hence might punish the righteous and
bless the wicked, or without fully understanding
the natural order, He might perform a miracle which,
because of ignorance, produces something
monstrous.” John S. Feinberg.
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God's exhaustive knowledge of everything includes
even our thoughts and intentions:-
"For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD,
and He examines all his paths." (Proverbs 5:21;)
"the LORD searches every heart and understands
every motive behind the thoughts." (1 Chronicles 28:9;)
"I am He who searches hearts and minds, and I will
repay each of you according to your deeds."
(Revelation 2:23;).
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WHY DOES IT MATTER IF GOD IS OMNISCIENT?
You Know, Predestination
would speed things up on Judgment Day.
To what extent is divine omniscience
compatible with human free will?
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Omniscience and free will are significant
in relation to religious beliefs
about life after death.
In many religions, God judges people after
death, based on their actions in life.
God’s justice:- punishing people if they
deserve it.
This Judgement relies on belief
that humans have free will
and are morally responsible for their actions.
Omniscience seems to go against free will:-
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Many Religious ideas about God rely on the free will
defence to explain natural and moral evil.
If God has foreknowledge because He is omniscient
and omnipotent, why does He not prevent evil?
Omniscience seems to go against free will:-
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People are responsible for their actions and
deliberate omissions if they have free will.
If hard Determinism, Predestination, or Fate is true,
humans can be held causally responsible,
but not morally responsible, for their actions.
The problem is that if human freedom is defended
in a libertarian sense, how can religious believers
make sense of God’s omniscience.
Omniscience seems to go against free will:-
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If God is the creator and sustains everything,
knows what will happen, and has the power
to effortlessly manage what happens,
is God responsible for what happens?
Are humans responsible for what happens?
Can God limit His omniscience?
Or Omni potently create beings
outside His control?
Omniscience seems to go against free will:-
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Two Views of God’s Omniscience
God Is Omniscience: (all knowing)
OMNISCIENCE.
God’s unlimited knowledge, including
all history, past, present and future. (an eternal God)
LIMITED OMNISCIENCE.
God’s knowledge is limited
to what is logically possible to know
or God chooses to limit what he knows
to allow humans free will (an everlasting God).
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Two Ideas of God’s Omniscience
God’s knowledge is not the same
as human knowledge since
God is outside time and non-physical.
God does not gain new knowledge in the way
humans do through experience and learning.
God just has knowledge.
Free Will and Omniscience
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Calvin. = “God predestined some to be Saved
and others to be Damned. He is omniscient and
this has priority over our freedom”
Free Will and Omniscience
Boethius.
“God takes in all of history in a single glance.”
I do not have a real choice as God already knows
what I am going to do.
God has knowledge of future human actions. This
undermines the claim that humans have free will.”
G. E. M. Anscombe.
“It is not clear if there is anything
to be known about the future”:-
“There was no such thing as how someone would
have spent his life if he had not died as a child.”
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If God is everlasting:-
Time passes in some sense for God.
So God learns about the future as it unfolds.
LUIS OF MOLINA. – “God’s omniscience
includes all possibilities for the future.”
An everlasting view of God
If an everlasting view of God is adopted, then God can
acquire new knowledge because time passes for God.
As history unfolds, God acquires new knowledge.
God knows only what it is logically possible to know.
The idea of an everlasting God
goes against traditional Christian belief that
God is transcendent, perfect and unchanging.
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Thomas Aquinas.
“God takes in all of history as a whole. God’s
perception is like someone looking down on history
and taking in the broad sweep of all history at once.”
God has a ‘birds’-eye’ perspective on creation
that is theo-centric. (from God’s perspective).
Humans’ perspective on history is different because
we see events as part of a sequence involving
past, present and future.
Free Will and Omniscience
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Thomas Aquinas.
“God has knowledge because knowledge is not
physical. Therefore, God who is immaterial
can still have knowledge.”
God has self-knowledge, e.g. of His Creation.
It is not like human knowledge,
as it is not gained by using the senses.
Aquinas used the analogy of someone walking along a road:
“He who goes along the road does not see who
comes after him; whereas he who sees
the whole road from a height sees at once
all who are travelling on it.”
“While the walker makes choices, the person
looking down can see what choices can be made,
but this knowledge of the choices is not causal.”
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Many theologians argue that ultimately,
if a person chooses to live a wicked life,
God’s goodness demands two things:-
That the person has the real freedom
to choose to be wicked and
that God’s justice demands
that people are treated fairly.
This ensures that people who are wicked
are indeed punished,
and people who experience lives
full of undeserved suffering are rewarded.
Omniscience seems to go against free will:-
From Eternity PastFrom Eternity Past
His Omniscience views itHis Omniscience views it
simultaneously as bothsimultaneously as both
completed action in thecompleted action in the
moment, and as a future eventmoment, and as a future event..
Time / Human HistoryTime / Human HistoryEternityEternity
PastPast
EternityEternity
FutureFuture
God’s OmniscienceGod’s Omniscience
The Believer and the Book LifeThe Believer and the Book Life
In TimeIn Time
His Omniscience views it simultaneouslyHis Omniscience views it simultaneously
as completed in the moment, therefore,as completed in the moment, therefore,
completed in the past and as a future event.completed in the past and as a future event.
Time / Human HistoryTime / Human HistoryEternityEternity
PastPast
EternityEternity
FutureFuture
God’s OmniscienceGod’s Omniscience
The Believer and the Book LifeThe Believer and the Book Life
From Eternity FutureFrom Eternity Future
His Omniscience viewsHis Omniscience views
it as completed at theit as completed at the
moment, and asmoment, and as
completed past action.completed past action.
Time / Human HistoryTime / Human HistoryEternityEternity
PastPast
EternityEternity
FutureFuture
God’s OmniscienceGod’s Omniscience
The Believer and the Book LifeThe Believer and the Book Life
God's Omniscience does notGod's Omniscience does not
hinder or violate human volition.hinder or violate human volition.
"There is no judgment awaiting
those who trust Him.
But those who do not trust Him
have already been judged
for not believing in the only Son of God.”
John 3:18;
Ephesians 2:10; For He has made usEphesians 2:10; For He has made us
what we are, because He has createdwhat we are, because He has created
us through our union with Christus through our union with Christ
Jesus for doing good deeds which HeJesus for doing good deeds which He
beforehand planned for us to do.beforehand planned for us to do.
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“For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good deeds, which God
predestined us to make our daily way
of life.” Ephesians 2:10 Montgomery
God Is Omniscience:- (all knowing)
““For He has made us what we are,For He has made us what we are,
because He has created us through ourbecause He has created us through our
union with Christ Jesusunion with Christ Jesus for doing goodfor doing good
deedsdeeds which Hewhich He beforehand plannedbeforehand planned
for us to do.”for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10Ephesians 2:10 Williams N T
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The omniscience of God makes it possible
for the Christian's mind
to become an altar of worship,
constantly offering prayer and thanksgiving to God:-
"May the words of my mouth and the meditation of
my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD,
my Rock and my Redeemer" (Psalm 19:14);
"The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but
those of the pure are pleasing to Him"
(Proverbs 15:26).
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“O Lord, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
You know my every thought when far away.
You chart the path ahead of me
and tell me where to stop and rest.
You know when I sit down or stand up.
Every moment you know where I am.
You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord.”
(Psalm 139:1-4)
God knows all about us. The words are
meant to comfort us not frighten us.
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“Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, and His
understanding no one can fathom.”
(Isaiah 40:28)
“Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom
and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable His judgments,
and His paths beyond tracing out!”
(Romans 11:33)
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Omnipotence.Omnipotence.
All power; the power to do andAll power; the power to do and
accomplish anything God desires.accomplish anything God desires.
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The OMNIPOTENCE of God refers
to His unlimited power and ability to create
what He wills and to control His creation.
It is often asked whether this means that God can
create something that amounts to a contradiction;
However, the question suffers from what we may call
the CATEGORICAL FALLACY.
This means that a term or concept has been
misapplied to an issue in question such that one
does not even belong in the same category with the
other, and thus the statement or question becomes
unintelligible and meaningless.
God Is Omnipotent:- (all Powerfull)
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For example, the question "How big is your cat?"
makes sense, since size is a category that can be
meaningfully applied to animals.
The same is true for "How fast is your car?“
and "How smart is your son?"
However, it makes no sense to ask,
"Is the colour green fast or slow?" or
"Is that rock smart or stupid?"
Speed does not apply to colour
and intelligence does not apply to a rock.
Green cannot be fast or slow;
a Rock cannot be smart or stupid.
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Often the question is asked?
"Can God create a rock so big or heavy
that He cannot lift it?"
God is Spirit thus physical forces
do not act upon Him at all.
What force is going to make the rock "heavy"
to God? Whether the object is big or heavy
to God is completely irrelevant.
If God creates a rock, He will always
be able to do anything He wants with it.
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Can God make a square circle?
Is a self-contradictory concept.
The category of ability does not apply to
creating a contradiction, since a contradiction
is not something to be created.
A contradiction is nothing.
Therefore, it is meaningless to ask
whether God can create a square circle,
since it is a nothing it would never be done.
The omnipotence of God is defined as His ability
to create what He wills and to exercise
complete control over His creation.
God does not act contrary to His own will or nature,
and He does not perform contradictions.
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Often we as Christians are asked questions
like this in order to trip us up or trap us.
When asked whether God can create or perform
contradictions, many Christians are too quick
to insist that Omnipotence does not mean
that God can do everything.
For example, Some may say God "cannot" lie or die.
First, does the Scripture really say
that God “cannot lie”
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“In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot
lie, promised before the world began;”
Titus 1:2; King James Version
“in the hope of eternal life which God, who never
lies, promised ages ago” William's New Testament
“to give them the hope of the eternal life that was
promised so long ago by God. He does not lie”
New Jerusalem with Apocrypha Same also NIV & ESV see Greek
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A contradiction is nothing to be created or performed,
so the issue of ability is inapplicable, and so to say that
God "CANNOT" create or perform a contradiction
is to unnecessarily say that God
"cannot" do something, when it is really nothing.
Hebrews 6:18; says that it is "impossible for God
to lie," but then we still need to know why
or in what sense it is impossible.
Is it because God is inherently unable
to speak falsehood as if it is truth?
Or is it because whatever God says
becomes the truth? (Romans 4:17;)
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That is what the Scriptures mean when God told
him, "I have made you the father of many nations.”
This happened because Abraham believed in the
God who brings the dead back to life and who brings
into existence what didn't exist before. Rom 4:17;
Power and the Word are one in God.
Why can He not lie? Is it because of inability,
or something else? Does the category of ability
apply at all in this case?
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Likewise, when we say that God "cannot die," are we
saying that He lacks the ability to die, or should we
rather say that death does not apply to the Eternal
in the first place? Nothing eternal "can" die.
The "can" here has nothing to do with ability.
The eternal does not die, and
when we say that God "cannot" die,
we are referring to the utter impossibility of it,
the inconceivability of it,
the inapplicability of it,
and not God’s ability or inability.
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God reveals Himself as "God Almighty"
to Abraham in Genesis 17:1;
The creation account of Genesis 1-3 is no
doubt a testimony to His unique abilities.
Not only is He capable of creating inanimate
objects, but He has also created living things,
with man as the crown of His creation.
Job says to God, "I know that you can do all things;
no plan of yours can be thwarted" (Job 42:2).
God says in Jeremiah 32:27, "I am the LORD, the
God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?"
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Other biblical passages teaching the unlimited
power of God include the following:-
“O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God
who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms
of the nations. Power and might are in your hand,
and no one can withstand you.” (2 Chronicles 20:6)
If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can
say to him, "What are you doing?" (Job 9:12)
“For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can
thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can
turn it back?” (Isaiah 14:27;)
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Omnipresence: (all present)
The attribute of God by virtue of which
He fills the universe in all its parts
and is present everywhere at once.
Not a part, but the whole of God
is present in every place.
This is true of all three members of the Deity.
They are so closely related that where one is the
others can be said to be. (John 14:9-11; Psalm 139).
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From Latin “omni” meaning “all”
God is present everywhere, at all points in space,
with the totality of His being.
“Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I
flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I go down to
the place of the dead, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the
remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will
lead me, and Your right hand will lay hold of me.”
Psalm 139:7-10:
God Is Omnipresent:
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What do we mean when we speak of
the omnipresence of God?
Do we not mean that He is everywhere at once?
How can this be?
A few years back a popular book came out, written
by J. B. Philips, Bible scholar and translator.
Its title was “Your God is Too Small.”
Is our God too small? How big is God?
God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
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We Often limit God, Early in the world’s
history, men limited God to certain countries.
They made Him a God of the hills
but not of the valleys, etc.
That is a very convenient concept of God
for men who want to live and do as they want.
No one who loves sin wants a powerful,
all-seeing God Who works,
“outside of the box we want to keep Him in.”
God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
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Do we keep our God in a box and let Him out
awhile on Sundays, then put Him back
in the box for the rest of the week?
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Rebels want God to be bound by their rules.
They don’t want to have to do anything
they don’t want to do.
They think they can restrict God
to doing a few “God things” but
don’t think they have to follow any rules.
God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
Historically, men knew about
God’s power, knowledge and omnipresence,
but they rejected Him as Ruler of their lives.
70
Greek
gods
This led to the corruption of their concepts about God.
as described by the apostle Paul in Romans 1:18-32;
71
Paul’s words in Acts 17:22-31; to the Athenian
philosophers reminds us of the of the reality
of the Omnipresence of God.
“In Him We Live and Move and Have Our Being.”
This led to the corruption of their concepts about
God, as described by the apostle in Romans 1:18-32;
God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
72
The 139th Psalm describes
the Omniscience and Omnipresence of God.
“O Lord, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
2. You know when I sit or stand.
When far away you know my every thought.
3. You chart the path ahead of me, and tell me where to stop
and rest. Every moment, you know where I am.
4. You know what I am going to say before I even say it.
5. You both precede and follow me,
and place your hand of blessing on my head.
6. This is too glorious, too wonderful to believe!
7. I can never be lost to your Spirit!
I can never get away from my God!”
73
“If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there.
9. If I ride the morning winds to the farthest oceans,
10. even there your hand will guide me,
your strength will support me.
11. If I try to hide in the darkness,
the night becomes light around me.
12. For even darkness cannot hide from God; to
you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are both alike to you.”
God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
74
“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body,
and knit them together in my mother's womb.
14. Thank you for making me
so wonderfully complex!
It is amazing to think about. Your workmanship
is marvellous --and how well I know it.
15. You were there while I was being formed
in utter seclusion!
16. You saw me before I was born and saw each
day of my life before I began to breathe.
Every day was recorded in your Book!”
God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
75
“How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you are
thinking about me constantly!
I can't even count how many times a day
your thoughts turn towards me.
And when I waken in the morning,
you are still thinking of me!
19. Surely you will slay the wicked, Lord!
Away, bloodthirsty men! Begone!
20. They blaspheme your name and stand in
arrogance against you--how silly can they be?”
God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
76
21. O Lord, shouldn't I hate those who hate you?
Shouldn't I be grieved with them?
22. Yes, I hate them, for your enemies
are my enemies too.
23.Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test my thoughts.
24. Point out anything you find in me that makes
you sad, and lead me along
the path of everlasting life.”
God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
77
God is Spirit, and so exists without any first cause,God is Spirit, and so exists without any first cause,
and before time, matter, physical energy and space.and before time, matter, physical energy and space.
He is outside and inside the universe.He is outside and inside the universe.
He is infinite in every property and dimension.He is infinite in every property and dimension.
78
HE FILLS THE UNIVERSEHE FILLS THE UNIVERSE
79
God spoke through Jeremiah,God spoke through Jeremiah,
““Am I a God who is near,"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD,declares the LORD,
and not a God far off?and not a God far off?
"Can a man hide himself in hiding places"Can a man hide himself in hiding places
so I do not see him?"so I do not see him?" declares the LORD.declares the LORD.
""Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?"Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?"
declares the LORD.declares the LORD.”” (Jeremiah 23:23-24).(Jeremiah 23:23-24).
HE FILLS THE UNIVERSEHE FILLS THE UNIVERSE
80
Acts 17:30-31 (NKJV)Acts 17:30-31 (NKJV)
““Truly, theseTruly, these times of ignorancetimes of ignorance
God overlooked,God overlooked, but nowbut now
commands all men everywhere to repentcommands all men everywhere to repent,,
He has given assurance of this to all
by raising Him from the dead."
becausebecause He has appointed a day on whichHe has appointed a day on which
He will judge the worldHe will judge the world in righteousnessin righteousness
by the Man whom He has ordainedby the Man whom He has ordained
8181
We need to BELIEVE In Jesus.
Rom 6:3-4;
To have that hope of eternal life:-
We need to DIE with Jesus.
Be BURIED with
Him in Baptism.
If WE are
UNITED with Him.
We will be
RAISED like Him.
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WHAT IS GOD LIKE
ESSENCE
of
GOD
ETERNAL
OMNISCIENT
SPIRIT
OMNIPOTENT
OMNIPRESENT
UNITY
IMMUTABLE
GOOD
HOLY FAITHFUL
IS THIS THE GOD WE BELIEVE IN
TRUTH
LOVE
JUSTICE
MERCY
WRATHGRACE
83
Prepared by
Graeme Morrison
graemestudy@gmail.com
www.graemebibleresources.com
Next in the series:- God Is Merciful.
What is God Like?
4 of 11
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  • 1. 1 What is God Like? 4 of 11 GOD IS OMNISCIENT!
  • 3. 3 All that we know about God is just the tip of the Iceberg.
  • 4. 4 All we can see of God is a poor reflection of the reality.
  • 5. 5 “So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows; “Men of Athens, I notice you are very religious in every way, for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it:- “To and unknown God.” God Is Omniscience:- (all knowing) This God whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about. He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since He is Lord of heaven and earth. He does not live in man-made temples, human hands can’t serve His needs – for He has no needs.”
  • 6. 6 “He himself gives life and breath to everything, and He satisfies every need. From one man He created all the nations throughout the whole earth. God Is Omniscience:- (all knowing) He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and He determined their boundaries. His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him, though He is not far from any one of us.” “For in Him we live and move and exist.” Acts 17:22-28;
  • 7. 7 God’s greatness. (transcendence) God’s goodness. (immanence) God’s Omniscience. (all knowledge) God’s Omnipotence. (All Powerful) God’s Omnipresence. (Everywhere at once) Many Errors have sprung up surrounding Deism. “A portrayal of God as Creator of the cosmos but not caring and uncaring for it.” Panentheism. “God is greater than the universe and the universe is contained within God; the whole is in God.” Pantheism. “The substance of God and the substance of the physical universe are the same.”
  • 8. 8 God’s greatness. (transcendence) God’s goodness. (immanence) God’s Omniscience. (all knowledge) God’s Omnipotence. (All Powerful) God’s Omnipresence. (Everywhere at once) Many Errors have sprung up surrounding Dualism. “2 God’s at war / ying / yang, light vs dark etc.” Polytheism. “There are many God’s, all are viable.” Process theology. “God is in process”:- “He is in process of becoming reality.”
  • 9. 9 God’s greatness. (transcendence) God’s goodness. (immanence) God’s Omniscience. (all knowledge) God’s Omnipotence. (All Powerful) God’s Omnipresence. (Everywhere at once) Many Errors have sprung up surrounding Mormonism. “God was a man, Man will become God.” Trinity. “Many views much misunderstood.” These are just a few of man’s ideas about God. We will look at a couple of these in a bit more detail.
  • 10. 10 Panentheism. Pantheism. Universe is contained Nature is God. within God. (or divine) Different World Views of God TheThe PanentheistPanentheist would saywould say GodGod createdcreated the tree andthe tree and needsneeds the tree for Histhe tree for His continued self-existence.continued self-existence. TheThe PantheistPantheist would saywould say GodGod isis the tree andthe tree and the treethe tree isis God.God.
  • 11. 11 Monotheism. “Belief in one personal and transcendent God", as opposed to polytheism and pantheism. Deity.Deity. One God existing in 3 distinct persons.One God existing in 3 distinct persons. Phil 1:2; “May God our father and the Lord JesusPhil 1:2; “May God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.”Christ give you grace and peace.” Titus 2:12; “We look forward with hope to theTitus 2:12; “We look forward with hope to the wonderful day when the glory of our great God andwonderful day when the glory of our great God and saviour, Jesus Christ will be revealed.”saviour, Jesus Christ will be revealed.” Acts 5:3-4; “Ananias…you lied to the Holy Spirit…Acts 5:3-4; “Ananias…you lied to the Holy Spirit… you weren’t lying to us but to God”you weren’t lying to us but to God” Different World Views of God
  • 12. 12 The attributes of God as Deity are usually listed and studied as:- Omniscience.Omniscience. Knowing all things from the beginning toKnowing all things from the beginning to the end of time and before and beyondthe end of time and before and beyond time.time. THE THREE “OMNI’S” of GOD Omnipotence.Omnipotence. All power:- the power to do andAll power:- the power to do and accomplish anything God desires.accomplish anything God desires. Omnipresence.Omnipresence. The ability to be everywhere at once.The ability to be everywhere at once.
  • 13. 13 Omniscience: (all knowing) The attribute by which God perfectly and eternally knows all things which can be known, past, present, and future. God knows how best to attain to His desired ends. Psalm 139.
  • 14. 14 The Bible is filled with passages which speak of God’s unlimited knowledge. “His understanding is infinite” Psalm 147:5; “The Lord looks from heaven, He sees all the sons of men” Psalm 33:13; God Is Omniscience: (all knowing) “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!” Rom 11:33; He is “The only wise God.” 1 Timothy 1:17;.
  • 15. 15 In Revelation 4:8; The four living creatures that symbolize the eyes of God are described:- Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings.
  • 16. 16 The divine attributes are closely related to one another, and thus it was unavoidable that we have already mentioned the OMNISCIENCE of God several times. Omniscience: (all knowing) That God is omniscient means that God knows all propositions, and this means that God possesses all knowledge. Scripture everywhere teaches the absolute universality of the divine knowledge. In the historical books, anthropomorphic references to God's having knowledge of things occur. (Gen 11:5; 18:21; Deut 8:3;),
  • 17. 17 The principle is everywhere presupposed in what is related about God's knowledge of the doings of man, about the hearing of prayer, the disclosing of the future. (1 Sam 16:7; 23:9-12; 1 Ki 8:39; 2 Ch 16:9). God Is Omniscience: (all knowing) To say that God is not omniscient would be a defect in God. A defect is a lack of something, God cannot lack anything.
  • 18. 18 Yet the question of God’s omniscience has always caused problems. If God knows everything: What is the point of prayer? Are we really free? Isn’t God at least partly responsible for sin entering the world? God Is Omniscience: (all knowing)
  • 19. 19 There’s an amazing illustration of the principle of omniscience from nature: Illustration: The guillemot is a small arctic sea bird that lives on the rocky cliffs of coastal regions. These birds flock together by the thousands in comparatively small areas. Because of the crowded conditions, hundreds of females lay their pear-shaped eggs side by side on a narrow ledge, in a long row. Since the eggs all look alike, it is incredible that a mother bird can identify those that belong to her. Omniscience: (all knowing) Yet studies show that she knows her own eggs so well that when even one is moved, she finds it and returns it to its original location.
  • 20. 20 The attribute of Omniscience Implies the Sovereignty:- (supremacy) of God. God Is Omniscience:- (all knowing) God is above all things created. No other deities exists which compare to or exceed God’s attributes, authority, or existence. Gen 1; Job 38ff.
  • 21. 21 Since God is timeless. All knowledge exists before His mind as an eternal intuition. For us to "think through" something implies a process, or a succession of thoughts in our mind where one thought leads to another. Only an omniscient being can hold in His immediate consciousness all propositions and be fully aware of them. Such is the mind of God, and He can indeed perceive all things with exhaustive depth and clarity at all times, even things pertaining to our future. That our minds are finite means that we can hold only a limited number of propositions in our immediate consciousness at any moment.
  • 22. 22 The Bible says:- Heb 4:13; "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account” God Is Omniscience: (all knowing) God is "perfect in knowledge" (Job 37:16), and “He makes known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come" (Isa 46:10;).
  • 23. 23 David understood that nothing inside of him can be hidden from God. Psalm 139:23-24; “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” David did not do this arrogantly, daring God to find anything wrong. On the contrary, David knew that God would find wicked ways in his heart, and he wanted to be made clean. David wanted to be purified not only from conscious sins but from secret faults as well.
  • 24. 24 The story is told of an elderly grandfather who was very wealthy. He was going deaf, So he decided to buy a hearing aid. Two weeks later he stopped at the shop where he had bought it and told the manager he could now pick up conversation quite easily, even in the next room. “Oh, I haven’t told them yet,” the man chuckled. “I’ve just been sitting around listening, and you know what? I’ve changed my will twice.” “Your relatives must be happy to know that you can hear so much better,” beamed the delighted proprietor.
  • 25. 25 God is not like a dear old grandfather who hears only when we speak clearly and directly to him. He always hears us. His attitude toward us is not changed by what He hears, because we stand before Him by grace. But if God were like that grandfather and if His attitude toward us were changeable how would our conversations of the past week have affected His attitude toward us?
  • 26. 26 In Psa 139:5; David said that “God hemmed him in or enclosed him” The Hebrew verb (RSV beset) usually means “besiege” in a hostile sense; here it obviously means “hem” or “surround,” but in a protective, benevolent sense. In some translations T.E.V. “You are all around me” will be expressed as a simile; for example, “You are like a fence (hedge) that protects me.” “Behind us there is God recording our sins, or in grace blotting out the remembrance of them; and before us there is God foreknowing all our deeds, and providing for all our needs.
  • 27. 27 “We cannot turn back and so escape Him, for He is behind; we cannot go forward and outmarch Him, for He is before.” C.H. Spurgeon All of God’s attributes exist in perfect harmony with all His other attributes. Before Him we must all give an account of our lives. This is the God to whom we must explain all that we have done. “That is why we have a great High Priest who has gone to heaven, Jesus the Son of God. Let us cling to him and never stop trusting Him.” Heb 4:13-14; Nothing in all creation can hide from Him. Everything is naked and exposed before His eyes.
  • 28. 28 “If there were no final, ultimate judgment day, then God’s total knowledge of my life would not be so threatening. Or if He knew all things but were not all-powerful, I might be less intimated. Or even if He were omniscient and omnipotent but not altogether holy, I might have a chance to negotiate a few things. However, He is all of these things and unchangeably so.” R.C. Sproul
  • 29. 29 “In fact, a relatively ignorant God with absolute power to do anything He wanted would be frightening, for His creatures might constantly fear that He would use that power in ignorance of the truth. He might not know who was truly guilty of sin, and hence might punish the righteous and bless the wicked, or without fully understanding the natural order, He might perform a miracle which, because of ignorance, produces something monstrous.” John S. Feinberg.
  • 30. 30 God's exhaustive knowledge of everything includes even our thoughts and intentions:- "For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and He examines all his paths." (Proverbs 5:21;) "the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts." (1 Chronicles 28:9;) "I am He who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds." (Revelation 2:23;).
  • 31. 31 WHY DOES IT MATTER IF GOD IS OMNISCIENT? You Know, Predestination would speed things up on Judgment Day. To what extent is divine omniscience compatible with human free will?
  • 32. 32 Omniscience and free will are significant in relation to religious beliefs about life after death. In many religions, God judges people after death, based on their actions in life. God’s justice:- punishing people if they deserve it. This Judgement relies on belief that humans have free will and are morally responsible for their actions. Omniscience seems to go against free will:-
  • 33. 33 Many Religious ideas about God rely on the free will defence to explain natural and moral evil. If God has foreknowledge because He is omniscient and omnipotent, why does He not prevent evil? Omniscience seems to go against free will:-
  • 34. 34 People are responsible for their actions and deliberate omissions if they have free will. If hard Determinism, Predestination, or Fate is true, humans can be held causally responsible, but not morally responsible, for their actions. The problem is that if human freedom is defended in a libertarian sense, how can religious believers make sense of God’s omniscience. Omniscience seems to go against free will:-
  • 35. 35 If God is the creator and sustains everything, knows what will happen, and has the power to effortlessly manage what happens, is God responsible for what happens? Are humans responsible for what happens? Can God limit His omniscience? Or Omni potently create beings outside His control? Omniscience seems to go against free will:-
  • 36. 36 Two Views of God’s Omniscience God Is Omniscience: (all knowing) OMNISCIENCE. God’s unlimited knowledge, including all history, past, present and future. (an eternal God) LIMITED OMNISCIENCE. God’s knowledge is limited to what is logically possible to know or God chooses to limit what he knows to allow humans free will (an everlasting God).
  • 37. 37 Two Ideas of God’s Omniscience God’s knowledge is not the same as human knowledge since God is outside time and non-physical. God does not gain new knowledge in the way humans do through experience and learning. God just has knowledge. Free Will and Omniscience
  • 38. 38 Calvin. = “God predestined some to be Saved and others to be Damned. He is omniscient and this has priority over our freedom” Free Will and Omniscience Boethius. “God takes in all of history in a single glance.” I do not have a real choice as God already knows what I am going to do. God has knowledge of future human actions. This undermines the claim that humans have free will.” G. E. M. Anscombe. “It is not clear if there is anything to be known about the future”:- “There was no such thing as how someone would have spent his life if he had not died as a child.”
  • 39. 39 If God is everlasting:- Time passes in some sense for God. So God learns about the future as it unfolds. LUIS OF MOLINA. – “God’s omniscience includes all possibilities for the future.” An everlasting view of God If an everlasting view of God is adopted, then God can acquire new knowledge because time passes for God. As history unfolds, God acquires new knowledge. God knows only what it is logically possible to know. The idea of an everlasting God goes against traditional Christian belief that God is transcendent, perfect and unchanging.
  • 40. 40 Thomas Aquinas. “God takes in all of history as a whole. God’s perception is like someone looking down on history and taking in the broad sweep of all history at once.” God has a ‘birds’-eye’ perspective on creation that is theo-centric. (from God’s perspective). Humans’ perspective on history is different because we see events as part of a sequence involving past, present and future. Free Will and Omniscience
  • 41. 41 Thomas Aquinas. “God has knowledge because knowledge is not physical. Therefore, God who is immaterial can still have knowledge.” God has self-knowledge, e.g. of His Creation. It is not like human knowledge, as it is not gained by using the senses. Aquinas used the analogy of someone walking along a road: “He who goes along the road does not see who comes after him; whereas he who sees the whole road from a height sees at once all who are travelling on it.” “While the walker makes choices, the person looking down can see what choices can be made, but this knowledge of the choices is not causal.”
  • 42. 42 Many theologians argue that ultimately, if a person chooses to live a wicked life, God’s goodness demands two things:- That the person has the real freedom to choose to be wicked and that God’s justice demands that people are treated fairly. This ensures that people who are wicked are indeed punished, and people who experience lives full of undeserved suffering are rewarded. Omniscience seems to go against free will:-
  • 43. From Eternity PastFrom Eternity Past His Omniscience views itHis Omniscience views it simultaneously as bothsimultaneously as both completed action in thecompleted action in the moment, and as a future eventmoment, and as a future event.. Time / Human HistoryTime / Human HistoryEternityEternity PastPast EternityEternity FutureFuture God’s OmniscienceGod’s Omniscience The Believer and the Book LifeThe Believer and the Book Life
  • 44. In TimeIn Time His Omniscience views it simultaneouslyHis Omniscience views it simultaneously as completed in the moment, therefore,as completed in the moment, therefore, completed in the past and as a future event.completed in the past and as a future event. Time / Human HistoryTime / Human HistoryEternityEternity PastPast EternityEternity FutureFuture God’s OmniscienceGod’s Omniscience The Believer and the Book LifeThe Believer and the Book Life
  • 45. From Eternity FutureFrom Eternity Future His Omniscience viewsHis Omniscience views it as completed at theit as completed at the moment, and asmoment, and as completed past action.completed past action. Time / Human HistoryTime / Human HistoryEternityEternity PastPast EternityEternity FutureFuture God’s OmniscienceGod’s Omniscience The Believer and the Book LifeThe Believer and the Book Life
  • 46. God's Omniscience does notGod's Omniscience does not hinder or violate human volition.hinder or violate human volition. "There is no judgment awaiting those who trust Him. But those who do not trust Him have already been judged for not believing in the only Son of God.” John 3:18;
  • 47. Ephesians 2:10; For He has made usEphesians 2:10; For He has made us what we are, because He has createdwhat we are, because He has created us through our union with Christus through our union with Christ Jesus for doing good deeds which HeJesus for doing good deeds which He beforehand planned for us to do.beforehand planned for us to do.
  • 48. 48 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good deeds, which God predestined us to make our daily way of life.” Ephesians 2:10 Montgomery God Is Omniscience:- (all knowing) ““For He has made us what we are,For He has made us what we are, because He has created us through ourbecause He has created us through our union with Christ Jesusunion with Christ Jesus for doing goodfor doing good deedsdeeds which Hewhich He beforehand plannedbeforehand planned for us to do.”for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10Ephesians 2:10 Williams N T
  • 49. 49 The omniscience of God makes it possible for the Christian's mind to become an altar of worship, constantly offering prayer and thanksgiving to God:- "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer" (Psalm 19:14); "The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but those of the pure are pleasing to Him" (Proverbs 15:26).
  • 50. 50 “O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know my every thought when far away. You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest. You know when I sit down or stand up. Every moment you know where I am. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.” (Psalm 139:1-4) God knows all about us. The words are meant to comfort us not frighten us.
  • 51. 51 “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.” (Isaiah 40:28) “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths beyond tracing out!” (Romans 11:33)
  • 52. 52 Omnipotence.Omnipotence. All power; the power to do andAll power; the power to do and accomplish anything God desires.accomplish anything God desires.
  • 53. 53 The OMNIPOTENCE of God refers to His unlimited power and ability to create what He wills and to control His creation. It is often asked whether this means that God can create something that amounts to a contradiction; However, the question suffers from what we may call the CATEGORICAL FALLACY. This means that a term or concept has been misapplied to an issue in question such that one does not even belong in the same category with the other, and thus the statement or question becomes unintelligible and meaningless. God Is Omnipotent:- (all Powerfull)
  • 54. 54 For example, the question "How big is your cat?" makes sense, since size is a category that can be meaningfully applied to animals. The same is true for "How fast is your car?“ and "How smart is your son?" However, it makes no sense to ask, "Is the colour green fast or slow?" or "Is that rock smart or stupid?" Speed does not apply to colour and intelligence does not apply to a rock. Green cannot be fast or slow; a Rock cannot be smart or stupid.
  • 55. 55 Often the question is asked? "Can God create a rock so big or heavy that He cannot lift it?" God is Spirit thus physical forces do not act upon Him at all. What force is going to make the rock "heavy" to God? Whether the object is big or heavy to God is completely irrelevant. If God creates a rock, He will always be able to do anything He wants with it.
  • 56. 56 Can God make a square circle? Is a self-contradictory concept. The category of ability does not apply to creating a contradiction, since a contradiction is not something to be created. A contradiction is nothing. Therefore, it is meaningless to ask whether God can create a square circle, since it is a nothing it would never be done. The omnipotence of God is defined as His ability to create what He wills and to exercise complete control over His creation. God does not act contrary to His own will or nature, and He does not perform contradictions.
  • 57. 57 Often we as Christians are asked questions like this in order to trip us up or trap us. When asked whether God can create or perform contradictions, many Christians are too quick to insist that Omnipotence does not mean that God can do everything. For example, Some may say God "cannot" lie or die. First, does the Scripture really say that God “cannot lie”
  • 58. 58 “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;” Titus 1:2; King James Version “in the hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago” William's New Testament “to give them the hope of the eternal life that was promised so long ago by God. He does not lie” New Jerusalem with Apocrypha Same also NIV & ESV see Greek
  • 59. 59 A contradiction is nothing to be created or performed, so the issue of ability is inapplicable, and so to say that God "CANNOT" create or perform a contradiction is to unnecessarily say that God "cannot" do something, when it is really nothing. Hebrews 6:18; says that it is "impossible for God to lie," but then we still need to know why or in what sense it is impossible. Is it because God is inherently unable to speak falsehood as if it is truth? Or is it because whatever God says becomes the truth? (Romans 4:17;)
  • 60. 60 That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, "I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who brings into existence what didn't exist before. Rom 4:17; Power and the Word are one in God. Why can He not lie? Is it because of inability, or something else? Does the category of ability apply at all in this case?
  • 61. 61 Likewise, when we say that God "cannot die," are we saying that He lacks the ability to die, or should we rather say that death does not apply to the Eternal in the first place? Nothing eternal "can" die. The "can" here has nothing to do with ability. The eternal does not die, and when we say that God "cannot" die, we are referring to the utter impossibility of it, the inconceivability of it, the inapplicability of it, and not God’s ability or inability.
  • 62. 62 God reveals Himself as "God Almighty" to Abraham in Genesis 17:1; The creation account of Genesis 1-3 is no doubt a testimony to His unique abilities. Not only is He capable of creating inanimate objects, but He has also created living things, with man as the crown of His creation. Job says to God, "I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted" (Job 42:2). God says in Jeremiah 32:27, "I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?"
  • 63. 63 Other biblical passages teaching the unlimited power of God include the following:- “O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.” (2 Chronicles 20:6) If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, "What are you doing?" (Job 9:12) “For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” (Isaiah 14:27;)
  • 64. 64 Omnipresence: (all present) The attribute of God by virtue of which He fills the universe in all its parts and is present everywhere at once. Not a part, but the whole of God is present in every place. This is true of all three members of the Deity. They are so closely related that where one is the others can be said to be. (John 14:9-11; Psalm 139).
  • 65. 65 From Latin “omni” meaning “all” God is present everywhere, at all points in space, with the totality of His being. “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I go down to the place of the dead, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will lay hold of me.” Psalm 139:7-10: God Is Omnipresent:
  • 66. 66 What do we mean when we speak of the omnipresence of God? Do we not mean that He is everywhere at once? How can this be? A few years back a popular book came out, written by J. B. Philips, Bible scholar and translator. Its title was “Your God is Too Small.” Is our God too small? How big is God? God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
  • 67. 67 We Often limit God, Early in the world’s history, men limited God to certain countries. They made Him a God of the hills but not of the valleys, etc. That is a very convenient concept of God for men who want to live and do as they want. No one who loves sin wants a powerful, all-seeing God Who works, “outside of the box we want to keep Him in.” God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
  • 68. 68 Do we keep our God in a box and let Him out awhile on Sundays, then put Him back in the box for the rest of the week?
  • 69. 69 Rebels want God to be bound by their rules. They don’t want to have to do anything they don’t want to do. They think they can restrict God to doing a few “God things” but don’t think they have to follow any rules. God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present Historically, men knew about God’s power, knowledge and omnipresence, but they rejected Him as Ruler of their lives.
  • 70. 70 Greek gods This led to the corruption of their concepts about God. as described by the apostle Paul in Romans 1:18-32;
  • 71. 71 Paul’s words in Acts 17:22-31; to the Athenian philosophers reminds us of the of the reality of the Omnipresence of God. “In Him We Live and Move and Have Our Being.” This led to the corruption of their concepts about God, as described by the apostle in Romans 1:18-32; God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
  • 72. 72 The 139th Psalm describes the Omniscience and Omnipresence of God. “O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. 2. You know when I sit or stand. When far away you know my every thought. 3. You chart the path ahead of me, and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment, you know where I am. 4. You know what I am going to say before I even say it. 5. You both precede and follow me, and place your hand of blessing on my head. 6. This is too glorious, too wonderful to believe! 7. I can never be lost to your Spirit! I can never get away from my God!”
  • 73. 73 “If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there. 9. If I ride the morning winds to the farthest oceans, 10. even there your hand will guide me, your strength will support me. 11. If I try to hide in the darkness, the night becomes light around me. 12. For even darkness cannot hide from God; to you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are both alike to you.” God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
  • 74. 74 “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body, and knit them together in my mother's womb. 14. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! It is amazing to think about. Your workmanship is marvellous --and how well I know it. 15. You were there while I was being formed in utter seclusion! 16. You saw me before I was born and saw each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your Book!” God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
  • 75. 75 “How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you are thinking about me constantly! I can't even count how many times a day your thoughts turn towards me. And when I waken in the morning, you are still thinking of me! 19. Surely you will slay the wicked, Lord! Away, bloodthirsty men! Begone! 20. They blaspheme your name and stand in arrogance against you--how silly can they be?” God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
  • 76. 76 21. O Lord, shouldn't I hate those who hate you? Shouldn't I be grieved with them? 22. Yes, I hate them, for your enemies are my enemies too. 23.Search me, O God, and know my heart; test my thoughts. 24. Point out anything you find in me that makes you sad, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.” God Is Omnipresent: everywhere present
  • 77. 77 God is Spirit, and so exists without any first cause,God is Spirit, and so exists without any first cause, and before time, matter, physical energy and space.and before time, matter, physical energy and space. He is outside and inside the universe.He is outside and inside the universe. He is infinite in every property and dimension.He is infinite in every property and dimension.
  • 78. 78 HE FILLS THE UNIVERSEHE FILLS THE UNIVERSE
  • 79. 79 God spoke through Jeremiah,God spoke through Jeremiah, ““Am I a God who is near,"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD,declares the LORD, and not a God far off?and not a God far off? "Can a man hide himself in hiding places"Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him?"so I do not see him?" declares the LORD.declares the LORD. ""Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?"Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?" declares the LORD.declares the LORD.”” (Jeremiah 23:23-24).(Jeremiah 23:23-24). HE FILLS THE UNIVERSEHE FILLS THE UNIVERSE
  • 80. 80 Acts 17:30-31 (NKJV)Acts 17:30-31 (NKJV) ““Truly, theseTruly, these times of ignorancetimes of ignorance God overlooked,God overlooked, but nowbut now commands all men everywhere to repentcommands all men everywhere to repent,, He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead." becausebecause He has appointed a day on whichHe has appointed a day on which He will judge the worldHe will judge the world in righteousnessin righteousness by the Man whom He has ordainedby the Man whom He has ordained
  • 81. 8181 We need to BELIEVE In Jesus. Rom 6:3-4; To have that hope of eternal life:- We need to DIE with Jesus. Be BURIED with Him in Baptism. If WE are UNITED with Him. We will be RAISED like Him.
  • 82. 82 WHAT IS GOD LIKE ESSENCE of GOD ETERNAL OMNISCIENT SPIRIT OMNIPOTENT OMNIPRESENT UNITY IMMUTABLE GOOD HOLY FAITHFUL IS THIS THE GOD WE BELIEVE IN TRUTH LOVE JUSTICE MERCY WRATHGRACE
  • 83. 83 Prepared by Graeme Morrison graemestudy@gmail.com www.graemebibleresources.com Next in the series:- God Is Merciful. What is God Like? 4 of 11 GOD IS OMNISCIENT!

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