An omniscient god would know everything...
And yet it sounds like you want to pleasantly surprise him....
A perfect god would have no emotions nor surprise because he would already know the future....
And yet...
Christians think of him as a kindly grandpa or something....
2007-03-07 12:20:14 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Can you kids ACTUALLY READ WHAT I WROTE UNDER THE QUESTION FOR ONCE????
And ignorant guy, you're going to get banned if you keep up what you're doing.
2007-03-07 12:24:42 · update #1
God does not exist.
Sorry. God doesn't exist though :)
2007-03-07 12:22:38 · answer #1 · answered by Ignorant Guy. 2 · 1⤊ 6⤋
If man is guilty before the Lord, and deserving of Hell, then I think that's enough knowledge for anyone to know that we can have all the free will we want, we ain't earning Heaven with it!
Meaning, God doesn't need to know or care about anybody, and he would be fully justified in "smiting the earth with a curse" as written in Malachi.
So do we surprise Him? You're right, we do not. Since we are guilty, He must seek us out, and He has done so already, and now we have some logic to the Predestination and foreknowledge verses. He enters into a relationship with us out of His grace and mercy, not our decision, "lest any man should boast", Eph. 2:9, KJV.
Kindly grandpa? Jesus called Him "Father", and referred to children as "such is the Kingdom of Heaven". However, these verses were not meant for the unbeliever.
Hope that helps.
2007-03-09 05:01:26 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you noticed that nearly every Christian answer so far is either an unhelpful one-liner or is totally out of topic?
I sense a pattern here, Sherlock :)
And I agree. An omniscient god would have no surprise right? And yet there are traces of surprise in certain Biblical stories...
2007-03-07 12:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by 2 days after my B day :) 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 14:18:19 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, we dont know what our future holds, and the purpose of a Christians life, if they truly are a Christian should be the desire to know God, and love Him with all our hearts, mind, and strength. A perfect God WOULD have emotions. He feels Love, anger hate, all of it. You can connect to Him, more than anyother thing or person out there.
God Bless
ps: Hes my Savior and my father, not my grandpa
2007-03-07 12:27:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree, there is no reason to test us if he already knows how we will fare.
But, perhaps using this logic: if he doesn't test us, then he won't know, but if he plans to test us he will know.... so if he doesn't plan to test us he won't know the outcome because he never tested us...
It's a complicated piece of trickery. Many people don't understand it and therefore assume it's because God is so smart that we can't understand him or his ways.
But really it's just a trick concocted by man...
2007-03-07 12:30:38 · answer #6 · answered by God Fears Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to see if you can remain faithful, while being tempted to do what is right in His sight. And if you were God and had created a living creation what would you want it to do. Be a puppet>
.What joy could come from that having forced love.
2007-03-07 12:30:31 · answer #7 · answered by boxhead5555 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey ignorant guy, creative yet tasteless. Stop trying to be cool. You try too hard. As for the answer; God gave you free will.
2007-03-07 12:29:48 · answer #8 · answered by someone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible never says that God tests any ones faith. In fact it says "by evil things God tests noone."
2007-03-07 12:26:23 · answer #9 · answered by artisan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think of him as a grandpa i think of him as a father and if i read the bible correctly it is not god that test us its the devil
2007-03-07 12:35:44 · answer #10 · answered by family fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He just tests you because he really isn't sure of the answer.
Why test things you already know?
2007-03-07 14:35:10 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋