2006-08-13 15:33:31 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes He already knows. God is not bound by time as we are. He knows the end from the beginning.
But that doesn't mean he chose whether you're going to heaven or hell. That's where I differ in belief from reformed/Calvinism. Foreknowledge does not equal predestination.
2006-08-13 15:45:21 · answer #1 · answered by Elle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heaven or hell are choices you are to make. He knows when you will be born and when you will die. He may even have a plan for you like his plans for Noah, Moses, Abraham and Jesus. But you are to make a choice whether you will follow Him or not. For instance, Moses was told by God to tell the rock to give out water so his people could drink. Instead of telling the rock, he still has to tap the rock with his staff. Moses became so dependent on his staff and God saw that his faith was not that strong. What God did is to tell him that he (Moses) will not go to the promise land and instead commanded him to let Joshua take his place.
2006-08-13 15:48:16 · answer #2 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, He does.
The REAL question is: Do YOU know whether you'll go to heaven or hell when you die?
Eze 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isa 43:10 Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isa 43:11 I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.
Hope you make the right decision, my friend.
Dear Old Dad
2006-08-13 15:41:38 · answer #3 · answered by Dear Old Dad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I believe God planned everyone's birth/death/destiny. It all depends on what you believe though and how you live your life. I think that everything is planned out for us way before we get here and that it is pre-destined if we are going to Heaven or Hell no matter how we live our lives. I mean, not everything is planned, we have free-will but we are guided in certain aspects of our lives as what to do. When we die, it is already determined because he knows how you are going to live your life before you do it. This is just my opinion, may not agree with it, but hey, it's an insight.
2006-08-13 15:37:53 · answer #4 · answered by Sarah 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and there's nothing you can do about it. Your fate was sealed before your parents were even born. There is absolutely no mention of 'free will' in the bible, only predestination. So I guess God creates some people knowing full well they will spend eternity in hell. I don't understand. I don't understand. I don't understand.
2006-08-13 15:43:27 · answer #5 · answered by WHITE TRASH ARMENIAN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We believe in Fate, whether good or bad, which Allah has measured and ordained for all creatures according to His previous knowledge and as deemed suitable by His wisdom.
Levels Of Belief In Fate:
Belief in Fate has four levels:
The first level is knowledge: We believe that Allah, may He be exalted, knows everything. He knew what had happened and what will happen and how it will happen. His knowledge is eternal. He does not acquire new knowledge nor does he forget what He Knows .
The second level is Recording: We believe that Allah has recorded in the "Secured Tablet" (al-Lawh al-Mahfudh) whatever is going to happen until the Day of Judgment. "Did you not know that Allah knows all that is in Heaven and Earth? Surely that is in a Book. Surely that for Allah is an trivial matter."(22:70)
The third level is Will: We believe that Allah has willed everything in the Heaven and Earth. Nothing happens except by His will; whatever He wills will take place; and whatever He does not wish will not take place.
The fourth level is Creation: We believe that "Allah is the Creator of all things; He is the Guardian over all things, and to Him belong the keys of the Heavens and the Earth." (39:62-3)
The fourth level include whatever Allah Himself does and whatever His creatures do. So, all that people perform of sayings, deeds, or omissions are known to Allah and He has recorded them, willed them and created them, "For those among you who wish to be upright. But you shall not will except as Allah wills, the Lord of the Worlds." (81:28-29) "And had Allah willed they would not have fought one against the other; but Allah does whatever He desires." (2:253) "Had Allah willed, they would not have done so, but leave them alone and their false inventions." (6:137) "And Allah created you and what you do." (37:96)
Men's Freewill:
We believe, however, that Allah has granted humanity the power and freewill by which he performs his action. That man's deeds are by his power and freewill can be proven by the following points:
Firstly, Allah's saying, "Had they desired to go forth, they would have made some preparation for it." (9:46) In this verse Allah affirmed for mankind "a going forth" by his will and "a preparation" by his desire.
Secondly, directing man to do or not to do. If man has no freewill and power, these directions mean that Allah is asking man to do that which he cannot. This proposition is rejected by Allah's wisdom, His mercy and His truthful statement in the verse "Allah does not charge a soul beyond its capacity." (2:286)
Thirdly, Praising the virtuous for his deeds and blaming the evildoer for his actions and rewarding each of them with what he deserves. If the action is not done by the individual's freewill, then praising the virtuous is a joke and punishing the evildoer is an injustice, and Allah is, of course, free from joking and being unjust.
Fourthly, Allah has sent messengers who are "bearing good tidings, and warning, so that mankind might have no excuse against Allah after the messengers." (40:165) If the individual's action is not performed by his freewill, his argument is not invalidated by the sending of messengers.
Fifthly, every doer of actions feels that he does or does not do a thing without any coercion. He stands up and sits; comes in and goes out; travels and stays by his own freewill without feeling anybody forcing him to do any of these actions. In fact, he clearly distinguishes between doing something of his own freewill and someone else forcing him to do that action. The Islamic law also wisely distinguishes between these states of affairs. It does not punish a wrong-doer for an action done under compulsion.
Please read http://www.islamdoor.com/ think about it ask The Creator for guidance
2006-08-13 15:37:57 · answer #6 · answered by BeHappy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everything has already happened. God exists outside of time so there is no past present or future. He's ALREADY offered you salvation and you've already made your choice. It's not so much that He knows what choice you WILL MAKE, but it's that He knows the choice you MADE.
Okay cool? Understand what I'm telling ya?
To us, it's in the future, to Him, it's already happened. That's how He knows. Savvy? I hope that helps.
2006-08-13 16:02:03 · answer #7 · answered by Hank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes He Did but He did not and will not force anyone to accept Him or reject Him. He gave us all free will. Look at it this way if you want, You want someone to love you and accept you ok. What would you like most someone to love you because you forced them to or for that person to love you by their own free will simply because they choose to love you? Jesus payed the price for our sins on the cross it is finished He said. We cannot earn our salvation it is a free gift from God. While we were yet sinners Christ died for us. If the way to heaven was a million steps Jesus came 999,999 the last step is a choice
by us either to accept Him as your savior or to Reject.
2006-08-13 15:56:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is true. So there fore he knows nothing you can do will change the out come or does God change his mind?
God also would have the power to remove thoughts from your mind that would make you commit a sin. So why didn't he? We have to ask .
Did he want you to play your role out for his and satan's intertainment?
Would devine intervention depend on which one need souls for the period of time at your death? So does God get one one time, satan the next?
Redneck minds wish to know:):)
2006-08-13 15:43:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would stand to reason, yes.
This one will really get your head going:
For God to know everything (omniscient) he would have to be present everywhere all the time in all times (omnipresent). If God is omniscient and omnipresent then he would have to have all the power there is to be had (omnipotent). You cannot be one without the others.
If God wasn't all powerful then someone could limit his presence somewhere, if that happened then he couldn't know everything.
2006-08-13 15:48:27 · answer #10 · answered by edaily777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋