Is God all knowing?

Question

in other words: omniscient

Those of you who say he is why did he bother to create the bad people if he already knew they were going to be bad? You say God is all knowing so why would he create people that will just end going to hell?

Answer 1

Yes he knows everything about everything..

Answer 2

Yes, God is all-knowing. He knows everything! How wonderful is that, to know that nothing comes to us without His awareness of it.

OMNISCIENCE The attribute by which God perfectly and eternally knows all things that can be known--past, present, and future. God knows how best to attain his desired ends. God's omniscience is clearly taught in Scripture (Ps 147:5; Prov 15:11; Isa 46:10).

Omniscience of Christ:
(Col 2:3; Rev 2:18,23; 5:5,12). Manifested in his knowledge, of the Father (Mt 11:27; Jn 7:29). Knowledge of human hearts (Mt 9:4; 12:25; 17:27; 22:18; Mk 2:8; Lk 5:22; 6:8; 9:46-48; 11:17; 22:10-12 w Mk 14:13-15; Jn 1:48; 2:24-25; 4:16-19,28-29; 5:42; 6:64; 13:11; 21:17). Knowledge of future events (Mt 24:25; Jn 13:1,3,10; 16:30, 32; 18:4; 21:6). The coin in the fish's mouth (Mt 17:27), the presence of schools of fish (Lk 5:4-7; Jn 21:6).

Answer 3

Don't know how specific you wanted to go so I went deep. Found this web site that really does a good job defining our "all-knowing" God.


God All-knowing

What do we mean when we say "God knows all things?"

Omniscience — God fully and perfectly knows all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act (Ps. 139).

God’s knowledge is:

* Incomparable and beyond our capability, Is. 40:13-14; 55:8-9; Rom. 11:33
* Infallible (cannot err), inerrant (does not err), and without limit, 2 Chr. 16:9; Ps. 147:5; 31:5; Jn. 14:6
* Comprehensive Ps. 33:13, 14; Pr. 5:21; 15:3

Consider: Divine omniscience is the presupposition of all trustworthy prophecy, Is. 42:9; 46:9-10.
Jesus selectively chooses how He will use His knowledge of future events by accurately foretelling:

* His suffering, death, and resurrection, Mk. 8:31; 9:31; 10:32-34
* That Peter would find a coin in the mouth of a fish to pay the temple tax, Mt. 17:27
* Specific events surrounding his final Passover meal, Mk. 14:13-15
* His betrayal by Judas Iscariot, Mk. 14:18-20
* The disciples’ abandonment of him before his crucifixion, Mk. 14:27-30

When we claim that God’s knowledge is comprehensive, we mean that it not only includes actualities, but potentialities; not only what will occur, but what may occur under certain circumstances.

* God demonstrates his knowledge of mere possibilities, 1 Sam. 23:7-13
* God has complete knowledge of all future contingencies, Jer. 38:17-18
* Jesus knows how people would have responded under different circumstances, Mt. 11:21-24


Difficulties
Does God really "forget" our sins? Read Is. 43:25; Jer. 31:34

If God knows in advance what choices we will make, then in what sense are our choices free? Consider Peter’s denial.

Three important facts regarding God’s knowledge:

1. God holds only and all true beliefs; He cannot hold a false belief.
2. God has perfect knowledge of the actual world which he has created
3. God knows all possibilities

God's Knowledge and Our Prayers
Even though we are not smart enough to know all the facts or wise enough to process them, God will not grant something that is not good for us, Mt. 6:8; Is. 65:24.
God knows not only what we need, when we need it, but why we are asking for it, Jm. 4:3, comp. Mt. 6:9-10.

Because God knows all things actual/possible, He never makes mistakes in answering our prayers, never fails to plan ahead, or take into account all the possibilities that may occur and the eventualities that do occur.

Practical Implications
Because God knows all things actual and possible He:

* is not caught off guard by world events
* knows our thoughts and motives, Pr. 24:12
* knows our "secret sins," Ps. 90:8
* knows our hurts and anxieties, Ps. 56:8
* knows our unspoken words, Ps. 139:4
* knows the exact number of days we will live this life, Ps. 139:16
* even knows the worst about us, but loves us nevertheless, Rom. 5:8; 1 Jn. 3:19-20; 4:19
* is able to judge perfectly, Heb. 4:13

Knowing that God knows all things actual and possible, we can:

* Anticipate each day with the confidence that God understands the challenges we face.
* Be renewed by confession and repentance at the end of our day, because he knows all that we have done.
* Rely on his clear vision of all our circumstances, regardless of how dark and cloudy they may seem.




Hope this helps. Enjoy. God Bless You!

Answer 4

No. He knows everything that is, was, or could be, but he does not know what will be. Instead, he chose to give us free will so that we might make our own decisions. Because he can read our hearts, he probably has a very good idea of what will happen, what we will decide, but even he cannot know until we make the choice. This is why, for instance, he tested Abraham. Even Jesus could have chosen a different path if he wanted to. Remember how he said that at his word he could have legions of angels defending him? He could have called upon God to send them, but he chose not to. God was willing to back his Son's decision, whatever it might be. We all have free will.

Answer 5

Yes he is and to serve his purpose, with out him giving us a choice those people would have served God, but since we were given a choice those who chose to serve will be rewarded and those that don't will suffer, they already do.I chose to live for God because I have been evil and I was given another chance to not be and not hate myself. Today I love God more because I was bad and now I live in peace with my self.

Answer 6

yes

Isa 40:13 Who has meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, or a man His counsel taught Him?
Isa 40:14 With whom did He take counsel, and who trained Him and taught Him in the path of justice; and taught Him knowledge, and made known to Him the way of discernment?

Answer 7

Yes. He created everything and therefore he knows what was before and what will be after.

Answer 8

God is omniscient, all knowing.

Answer 9

yes he doesn't create them to be bad, they decide that on their own. God puts christians in their path to try and get them to beleive, just because he knows what's going to happen, doesn' t mean he wants it to happen.

Answer 10

Yes indeed God is all knowing and all powerful.
God loves you and wants the best for you.

Answer 11

Yes He is! He is the Great El Shaddai who sees and knows everything.