1) Intellect (directs).
a)
Omniscience: the ability, though not the
obligation, to know all things possible and actual.
Deuteronomy 29:29 The
secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed
belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this
law. The “secret things” that belong to the LORD in this passage are things
not yet revealed to man. But God knows
them even if we don’t. That is a
comforting thought.
Psalm 11:4 The
LORD is in His holy temple, The LORD’s throne is in heaven; His eyes behold,
His eyelids test the sons of men. God’s omniscience includes knowing about
us things we may try to hide from Him.
Psalm 139:23 Search
me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties. The other side of His knowledge of us is that those
who fear Him can open themselves up to Him that He might cleanse us.
Psalm 147:4 He
counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. This is a
beautiful and powerful statement of omniscience.
Matthew 11:21 Woe
to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were
done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago
in sackcloth and ashes. God is so
accurate in His knowledge of the hearts of men that He can know what “might
have been.”
Acts 15:18 Known
to God from eternity are all His works.
He not only knows us perfectly; He knows Himself perfectly.
1 Peter 1:2 …elect
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the
Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you
and peace be multiplied. I know the
meaning of “foreknowledge” is debated by godly men, but it does at least mean
He has knowledge of the future, the time that has not yet happened.
The definition says God is not obligated to
know everything. We have studied this
recently, that there are things that God says He will forget. This is not the forgetfulness of old age but
the intentional striking of things from His mind.
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