If god is all knowing and already knows what were gonna do, why does he put us threw the test?

Answer 1

God certainly does know the outcome of each individual soul with absolute precision and infinitive perception.

Due to misuse of free will, the living entity can decide to exist separately from God,covered by the material energy consisting of five gross and three subtle elements, thus the individual soul transmigrates from body to body.

During this process of transmigration of the soul, the living entity comes to the human form of life, in which free will can be exercised, to make a choice between worldly or spiritual activities, therefore God sends a bona-fide representative or descends himself to attract us back to the spiritual realm, so there is always the option to rectify our situation and become liberated from the material energy, it is just a question of how long will it take before we take up the offer, when that will be, God also knows, there is no limit to Gods compassion or patience.

God can only be understood by receiving knowledge from God or his bonafide representative in the form of a Sadhu (a self realised soul) or Sastra (The revealed scripture) spoken by God, not from any mundane philosophical speculator, hovering on the mental platform.


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Answer 2

Dr. S. hithead. Nobody knows if there is a God and if there is one what kind of God is he. The idea of supernatural beings was developed in ancient times to provide answers humanity could not answer. The biggest question science has not been able to respond as of now if how was the universe created. Most people believe it would be silly to think that the Universe didn't need a creator. So naturally they think the universe was created by a powerful entity. The qualities that you think "God" has, were attributed to him by men. So it is possible that god doesn't have the ability to know it all.
Another question related to God that makes no sense at all is: If God is all mighty can he make a stone so heavy even he cannot lift? The follow up to this brain teaser is: If God is almighty, why can't he make himself strong enough to be able to lift the stone? They are mutually exclusive. Either he can make a stone so heavy he cannot lift it or he is not almighty. And if he can make himself strong enough to lift the stone he is not all powerful because he cannot make a stone so heavy that an all powerful God cannot lift it. All powerful means there is no limits to what he can do. Therefore he should be able to do anything.
Do not hurt yourself trying to answer the many time consuming, ridicoulous what if's about God because they are based on assumptions of what we think God is.

Answer 3

He is waiting to see how many (sheep) will turn their backs on the old system, and walk away like Lot did when he was told to, and how many (goats) remain involved, turning back to the old system, thinking they can still change things, like Lot's Wife. When the final separation of sheep from the goats is done, then the only system is done.

Here's something to consider. Every church recognizes that the signs of the last days began with the advent of WWI in 1914. Christ said that the generation would not pass away until all things came to pass. The generation, that was at least the age of consent, in 1914, is the first generation in almost 2000 years to has lived longer than 46 years on average, though the big difference may be that they survived the Spanish Flu, which specifically targeted the young and healthy.

That generation is now past 100 years of age, the first to have a significant number live that old. But, they are dying off, in significant numbers, every day. We have more wars, disasters, and disease, than every before, with old diseases that were thought to have been wiped out coming back. There seems to be only two things left to be done. World authorities declaring peace in our time, after turning on Babylon (organized religion) and destroying it. When someone says to you that these days may be the last days, you might want to correct them to say they are the last days, and counting.

Answer 4

The tests serve two purposes. They make us stronger and better and they serve as examples to others who will go through similar or harder. If nobody were tested and all were just already passed, what would heaven be? It certainly would not be heaven because there would be a lot of little and big devils too who got up there. Your question is kind of like if God knew who was going to be good and who was going to choose to be bad, then why did He bother to make the bad people since he already knows they will not obey him. However, that is like saying if the whole world were made of gold of what value would the gold be?
It would have no value because it would be a common nothing, it is not until you compare the gold to sand or gravel that the gold becomes valueable. It is then that its beauty shines through.

Answer 5

It is more like training then a test. You see sin cannot enter heaven. God is the opposite of sin like dark is the opposite of light - you cannot have dark and light in the exact same place at the same time, luckily light overpowers darkness every time, there is not anyplace too dark that a light wont turn on, but where there is light no amount of darkness can overpower the light - it may not fill a huge room but when you are close enough to the light you can see clearly.

anyway with that said you cannot exist in heaven with sin, its impossible so life is a short time to prepare yourself if you want to go to heaven and the only way you can possibly be sinless is if you get your sins wiped away since we are only human and are driven by our desires at each moment we are alive.

Jesus bought us all a free pass to get rid of our sins - He paid alot for them, torture and agonizing death that He knew was coming and could have stopped but didnt.

All we have to do is accept His gift and all He asks in return is for you to realize that He is God and He will tell you what to do and you have to do it - the main things are: trying not to do bad things, reading your Bible, talking to Him in prayer, and showing love to everyone.

The harder you try the more rewards you will get while you are alive and after you die it will be so good we cant even imagine it.

So dont look at it as a test - you wont get flunked if you fell, because He already paid for your failure.

And just because He already knows what you are going to do doesnt mean its not still your choice. That was another gift "free will" without giving us that it would be like someone holding a gun to peoples heads to make people to like you, would you still value their friendship knowing they are only their because they had no choice? I wouldnt, God wants pure real love from us by our own choice.

I hope this helps, blessings to you.

Answer 6

Well, if He knows what you're going to do and so takes you from the test early, then you didn't actually do what He knew you would do, so that would make Him into a liar. Obviously, God cannot be a liar so you have to make do with your life, and hopefully decide to follow Jesus Christ, who will help make the worst in life a little better.

Answer 7

I like to take a different tack on this. Just because God *can* know all things, including what we will do, doesn't mean that He *does* look ahead. I like to think that God gives us these tests not knowing what will happen. Just think how boring it must be to know what will happen before it happens. Don't you think that we make God happy when we make the right choice, and wouldn't that happiness be diminished without the surprise?

Answer 8

Because God wanted to test our faith with Him.

Sometimes, God creatively uses difficulties to reminds us of His presence so we will never forget that He is the greatest God.

He is always with us even in our darkest moments. He is closer than we think.In every action there is always a corresponding reaction. What you send out you get back.

In every difficulties..we are tested.
A gem cannot be polished without friction..nor man perfected without trials.

Answer 9

Life is a test and full of trials, temptations and struggles. We are here to learn and I believe we will continue to learn in the afterlife. After all, they say we only use about 10% of our brains. I believe there's alot more to learn after we leave here.Going through life's ups and downs is how we gain experience and knowledge.

Answer 10

It's to test your reaction to it. Will you be patient and grateful for other things you have? Or would you sulk and loose all hope?

"Any calamity that may come to you, whatever you lose in life, never allow frustration and despair to overtake you" (57:23)

"there are those who believe, or render their devotion, loyaly or fait on flimsy foundation. When good comes to such a person, he becomes elated, and when a test comes from Allah he performs a summersault" (22:11)

Remember this life is temporary, this life is a test and we have to learn to deal with it and pass it. God knows everything but you have a free will as well, you can choose your reaction to certain situations. You are also given a chance to learn about your mistakes etc...and possibly, if you want to, become a better person in Character