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A question for christians

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You believe in a God that is all knowing, he knows the past, present and the future, correct?

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thenormalyears wrote:You believe in a God that is all knowing, he knows the past, present and the future, correct?
I do yes. I do believe that God knows all.

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thenormalyears wrote:You believe in a God that is all knowing, he knows the past, present and the future, correct?
I do yes. I believe that God is all knowing.

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thenormalyears wrote:You believe in a God that is all knowing, he knows the past, present and the future, correct?
I do yes. I believe that God is all knowing.
He knows what he is going to do tomorrow?

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thenormalyears wrote:You believe in a God that is all knowing, he knows the past, present and the future, correct?
Believer wrote:I do yes. I believe that God is all knowing.
thenormalyears wrote:He knows what he is going to do tomorrow?
Isaiah in chapter 46 wrote:Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, 'My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure';
Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man of My purpose from a far country
Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, surely I will do it.
I believe that the standard Christian understanding of the Creator God is that He is timeless and eternal. He knows the end from the beginning. Christians, correct me if I misrepresent this, but is it not more correct to say that God knows what He has done tomorrow than to say that God knows what He will do tomorrow.
Now, I am getting rather anxious to see where you are leading with this.
Examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good.
First Epistle to the Church of the Thessalonians
The truth will make you free.
Gospel of John

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I don't think we can clasify God within our thoughts of time and space. When we consider that He is an infinite God, having always been, and that He can be all places at all times, then we have to consider that He sits outside of what we consider time-space.

With that said, yes he knows our tomorrow, because it can be His now, or our 3 years from now, because it too, can be His right now.

I too would like to know where you're going with this.
God doesn''''t want you to be part of His Religion. He wants your heart.
C.S. Lewis: Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

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thenormalyears wrote:
Believer wrote:
thenormalyears wrote:You believe in a God that is all knowing, he knows the past, present and the future, correct?
I do yes. I believe that God is all knowing.
He knows what he is going to do tomorrow?
I believe the concept of God knowing what He's going to do tomorrow is a bit too controlling for the God of the universe.

If God is always present, and God can be everywhere at once, then this description seems to imply that God sits outside of what we know of as time and space. The Bible teaches that God just is. In fact when questioned by Moses, about His name God replies "I AM"
God doesn''''t want you to be part of His Religion. He wants your heart.
C.S. Lewis: Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

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I believe the concept of God knowing what He's going to do tomorrow is a bit too controlling for the God of the universe.
But you said above that you believed in a god that was all-knowing, past present and future.

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juliod wrote:
I believe the concept of God knowing what He's going to do tomorrow is a bit too controlling for the God of the universe.
But you said above that you believed in a god that was all-knowing, past present and future.

DanZ
He is all knowing, but to speak of today, tomorrow, or even next year when referencing God, limits a limitless God. God knows all because He is everywhere, at every time. My belief is that God resides outside of space and time as we know it, which would be the only way for God to be in multiple locations across the universe at all possible moments.
God doesn''''t want you to be part of His Religion. He wants your heart.
C.S. Lewis: Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

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Believer wrote:He is all knowing, but to speak of today, tomorrow, or even next year when referencing God, limits a limitless God. God knows all because He is everywhere, at every time. My belief is that God resides outside of space and time as we know it, which would be the only way for God to be in multiple locations across the universe at all possible moments.
If God knows all, then does he know as a fact what I will do tomorrow? Not what I *MIGHT* do, but what I absolutely, without fail, will do? If so, then how can I have free will? If not, then how can he be God?

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