Does God know our future?

Question

Is our future set. Or does he allow us to make our own choices, could we have been happier if we made a different choice.. what do you think?

Answer 1

That's a good question.. I think it's set.

Answer 2

He knows exactly what will come of us from the day of conception. We are allowed to make our own choices, and that's the beauty of it! He loves us so much that He allows us our freedom of choice so that if we do choose Him, we are proving that we love Him also. He does have a plan for us, but whether or not we accept Him as Lord of our life and let Him show us where to go is our own decision. Even though He knows which choice we will make, He still has His plan for us, and is waiting until each of us accepts it.

Answer 3

Yes, God knows everything—including the future. Theologians call this God's "omniscience"—which simply means that He is all-knowing.

We have a hard time understanding this, of course. After all, our knowledge is very limited; even the most brilliant person on earth knows only a tiny bit about the whole universe. But God is far, far greater than we are. From the smallest subatomic particle to the most distant galaxy in the universe, God's knowledge embraces it all. The psalmist exclaimed, "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain" (Psalm 139:6).

More than that, God also knows all about us—even our innermost thoughts. We may not know what someone else is thinking—but God does, because His knowledge has no limits. The Bible says, "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" (Hebrews 4:13).

Yes, God is great—so great that we can only begin to glimpse His greatness. But listen: The greatest thing about God is that He loves us! He loves us so much that He stooped down and walked among us in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. Do you want to know what God is like? Look at Christ, for He was God in human flesh. More than that, He wants you to know Him personally—and you will, if you invite Him into your life today

Answer 4

Yes God does know our future .. So many proofes. Now here's how it goes. You ever ask yourself, why I am this color. Why was I born in this hospital, or to these parents, or why in this country. You see, YOU did choose where you wanted to be born etc. Someone (God) planned everything and you are now just living out what he already planned. Our future is set.

Now if you CHOOSE to eat a lilpop. Here's how it happened. God planned for you to choose to eat the lolipop, and you lived it out.

It's like God wrote a script, that hasn't been acted out yet. So when you choose to eat the lolipop you followed the script exactly how God plannned it. Don't ever ask yourself what if I didn't choose to eat the lolipop?? Well you COULD have but you would have, because God had planned for you to choose to eat the lilipop.

For thought: Sometimes I ask myself if we really just liven out what God planned out for us .. then everything I do is not really my choice is it. I didn't choose to be born here, I wasn't up in heaven with God saying I want to be a millionaire, no God makes my choices, we don't choose anything.

NICE question though

Answer 5

Hi! I am a newly converted Muslim girl and this is what I have learnt from my Beginners' Course in Islam....I will tell it to you from the Islamic perspective...This is to just let you know and I do not intend to preach as you might be from some other faith and I do not have the right to impose on your religion....Anyway I used to think a lot about such an issue too when I was younger but I finally understand after attending the classes...From what I have learnt, yes...our future is set...but only certain general aspects like your date of birth, date of death, your future husband/wife, the school you will go to, who your parents will be etc. and that before God put our soul in our mother's womb, he told us about these certain things that will happen for us and we have agreed with him and this is called Pre-Destination in Islam...Whereas when it comes to making decisions we make and the situations that we get in...it is US who decide it through something known as free will...I have learnt in Islam that all humans are given free will and it is up to us to do good or bad and it is those decisions that put us in the situations we are in...I read that Islam does not like to force and we cannot force others into having the same view or belief as us...we can only tell people about our religion or give advice regarding any other situations but if people do not want to do as we would like it...we cannot force or do anything about it...it is up to the individual...As Islam states, there is no compulsion in religion and that Islam needs nobody but we Muslims need Islam....what many people do not realise about Islam is that most people have this conception after the many terrorist acts that were done that Islam is a preachy and controlling religion...what I have come to learn is that it is not like that...Islam seems preachy because Islam lets you know about the consequences if you do certain things...but again we are given the choice of free will...if we still want to do certain things despite knowing the consequences..it is up to us...in the end we answer for ourselves...however, if we have done something wrong and are lost or unsure in times of trouble, we can always turn to God to ask him for his guidance or forgiveness depending on the situation as God is forgiving, most merciful...and we cannot turn back the time and change the bad choices we may have made but we STILL HAVE the choice of doing good to make up for a sin we did or turn around a bad situation we are in...And that is when we turn to God to ask him for the patience to persevere during hard times and for guidance...Afterall, everything happens for a reason yeah....I have learnt that when we take one step closer to God, He comes running...For every evil thought we have, the bad thought is not recorded as a sin until it is committed...And for every good thought AND action we have, we are rewarded...God is indeed compassionate...It has been stated that in life, each of us will encounter difficulties and the purpose is to test us and sometimes it feels almost too much to bear...but as a saying goes in Islam that God will not put us in situations that will be more than we can bear which goes to show we are more stronger than we think we really are and CAN pull through difficult times just by asking God for the patience, perseverance and guidance to survive...I hope I did not sound too preachy about Islam...just to let you know from my point of view...hope this is of help and resolves your situation....take care.

Answer 6

God knows the end, and we have free choice. He just knows what choice we're going to take.

Answer 7

Yes, He does know our future. He just wants us to pray and rely on him for our future. And to make the right choices.

Answer 8

He knows our choices before we make them. Knowing is not the same as making the decision.

Answer 9

Yes. If God exists and is all knowing, your future is fixed; you have no free will.

Answer 10

this is where destiny comes in. he knows what we're gonna do, where we're gonna go, & when we're gonna go. he gives us the power to make choices. destiny.