If God knows everything, why does he test our faith?

Question

The bible divides everything in half, first : God cannot be Judged, but the bible says God is perfect. <<< How would he know? Then: Satan wanted to become God and was sent to hell, Jesus became God to many and went to heaven? Then Jesus would say he was one with the father and claim to be the son of God. Are we all not God's children? Last, God is a being of goodness; yet is the root of all evil<<

Answer 1

Yikes! You just made my head explode. It's a miracle anyone worships that guy.

Answer 2

God tests our faith because Adam and Eve believed the deception of Satan and did not trust God's word. Secondly, God is a Supreme being that had no beginning and no end and created everything from nothing. Thirdly, we are not all God's children; only those people who do God's will are His children. Finally, God created everything but it was out of LOVE that God gave the intellectual creatures free will. It is the evil doers who reject God's will that created evil not God. You have a long journey of questions to answer. If you keep seeking the truth you will become like a pearl. My dad would say the questions may bother you like a grain of sand in an oyster. The layers and layers of answers of truth produces a pearl. Good luck.

Answer 3

1. God is perfect for he created all and the scale in which to judge is HIS. 1a. He knows because he is the I AM.

2. No, an angle wanted to challenge gods authority, and lost, thus was flung into the fire of hell.

3. Jesus was God on earth to many, and rose back to heaven.

4. Actually God sent his only begotten son; his claim is valid.

5. We are all God's children, just not his holly begotten son.

6. God is goodness, there is nothing else but his goodness.

8. The creation of evil, this may be a hard one for you to believe, is an illusion that man himself has created to challenge the goodness of God. (remember we were created out of the image and likeness of God, but he gave us free will, with that free will comes all sorts of other beliefs and actions that only mankind have made, not God.

For God created all and saw that all was good.

Answer 4

First: God is the one speaking so He knows He is perfect, but He is telling us not to judge Him. Then: Satan was already God, he wanted to be greater than God, so he was sent to hell. Jesus was also God, but was contented to be so. He even stepped down for our sake, so we all can be like Him. Then, He went back to heaven. Last: God is good. Everything He creates is good, but He does not want to be with robots. He gave us the power to choose. The Word chose God. On the other hand Satan chose hell.

Answer 5

Hopefully I can clarify a few things for you:

When the bible says God can not be judged, the writer is saying that Humans are too flawed to be bale to judge God according to our standards.

Satan is not yet in hell, and he tried to become equal to God, therefore he tried to usurp God's sovereignty.
Jesus did not try to become God. According to John 1:1-2 &3:16-18, Jesus has always existed AS God, but came to earth in the form of flesh so that all who believed in Him could be saved.
We are all God's children in the same manner that pre-church Jews were the children of Abraham, in a manner of relationship, not physical (or metaphysical) relation.
Finally, God is not the creator of eveil. Evil is the corruption of Good. God created Flesh, as He created Satan. Both live in rebellion. Just as my mom and dad gave birth to me, yet I am the one who created my misdeeds, not them.

Finally, God "tests" our faith, but not in the way we usually mean the word "test". He does not measure our faith, because, like you said, He knows everything. "Test" is meant to be used as a trial by fire, or refine. As a refiner's fire "tests" precious metals through the refining proccess, God "tests" our faith as an act of purification.

Answer 6

Even people that believe in God sometimes question "Why?"
Satan wanted to BE God.
Jesus is thought of as ALMOST God.
We are all God's children-but Jesus is OF God.
Last but not least-goodness or evil was put before us as our choice to make. That-my friend-is the "test".

Answer 7

Straight up, that interpretation of the bible is pretty much wrong. God isn't all loving, he's not all good, and there's some evidence that sugguests he's at least as evil as he is good.

If god tests our faith to strengthen us, by all means. But he could strengthen us without testing our faith. He can always make things better: that's what it means to be omnipotent.

So, take your pick: either god isn't omniscient, he's not omnipotent, or he's not all loving. Logically speaking, the three can't simultaneously be true.

Answer 8

Your questions are not logical or methodical. Yet, I will do my best with them by answering one statement at a time. If I understand the meaning the question, "If God knows everything, why does He test our faith?" Are you saying that the fact God is testing us implies He does not know everything. Is that right?
Testing does not imply a lack of knowledge on God's part. When one offers a test, is it the one who offers it that lacks knowledge or the one taking it? Obviously the one taking the test or being tested. The test-giver knows all of the right answers, therefore has no lack of knowledge. The one being tested has a lack, hence the need for study on the test-takers part.
Since it is God who is testing and not taking the test, then this would mean He knows the right answers and has full knowledge, but the one tested does not. Hence, the need for one to study their faith and live virtuously. Ergo, God testing our faith does not imply a lack of knowledge on God's part.
Second, you state that God cannot be judged and that God is perfect. And you ask, "how would He know?" Simple enough to discern. If God is perfect then there is no reason to judge Him. To judge, in one sense of the term, is to determine what is lacking or unclear. Yet if God is perfect then there is no lack or obscurity in Him and therefore no need to judge Him. Next God would know He is perfect because He knows Himself intimately and with full knowledge (unlike us). Since He knows Himself with intimate and full knowledge, He knows that He cannot do things imperfectly or out of ignorance. Therefore, God would know that He is perfect.
The whole question of Jesus is askewed. You seem to have little study of Christ in your knowledge. I would recommend you take a Christology course in any seminary. That would be helpful to you. If maybe you could phrase your questions on Jesus better, I might know how to answer them. Know this one thing though, Jesus did not become God. The Son was begotten of God the Father, but not created by God the Father. Yet Christ in His humanity (Jesus) did not become God. His human nature remains human. Glorified, but still human.
As far as God, who created everything, is the root of all evil? This cannot be true. If God is all good and all that He creates is out of His goodness and is good, then where does evil come from? It cannot come from God nor would He be responsible for its dependent existence. Somewhere along the line someone freely decided against God and all goodness. If God is all good, could He then be the one to decide for something bad? He could not for it is against His nature. Everything He created is good, but some creatures are endowed with the freewill to decide against Him. As stated in the movie, "The Ninth Configuration", "Infinite goodness is creating a being who you know in advance is going to complain." What this means is just because God created everything does not mean He is responsible for His grander and rational creations complaint and decision against Him. They freely chose to misuse their gift even when told how to properly use them. And God is not responsible for their decision to do this.
May the Lord bless and keep you. May He let the light of His face shine upon you.
God's and your beast of burden
Fr. john

Answer 9

our faith is tested for our own development and 2 strengthen our relationship wiv Him. God wants u 2 com 2 a point in ur life wer u can look back and say Thank u God for deliverin mr thru dat test.

Answer 10

God tests our faith to make us stronger. Like an oak tree needs the wind to send its roots deep into the soil, so we need to be tested and strengthened, and God allows that by tests and trials that come our way.

Answer 11

Probably God is really different from what we think He is. Let's just put aside men's interpretations & views about God's character till the day we meet Him face-to-face & ask Him direct for the right answers.