2007-08-31 08:04:32 · 22 answers · asked by purplepeace59 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
By very definition, to be all-knowing removes the need for hope and faith....except as being the Source of both.
2007-08-31 09:47:49 · answer #1 · answered by alan h 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God does not experience like human beings. God does not need hope or faith God Knows.
2007-08-31 15:11:41 · answer #2 · answered by Tamara S 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you know everything you don't need faith or hope. "Faith" the sbstance of things hoped for & the evidance of things yet not seen. Mr. dbitz the choice is given to us by God He gives us the oppurtunity to be to be saved from eternal damnation & that is where freedom of choice comes in [free will]! A fool has said in his heart there is no God. And God smiles & says yea right!!!
2007-08-31 15:16:01 · answer #3 · answered by GREGORIOUSITY 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arminian theology holds that "it's a mystery" because God must be all-knowing and we must have free will. However, if it's a fuzzy plan, then God must have hope that we will choose him since he can do nothing about our decision except perhaps to lead us to that decision wherein we hold the authority to decide our own eternity.
However, He takes back his authority in judgment after humbling himself while we live. This makes it a role reversal for both God and man, dramatically switching at our deaths. What was a loving offer a few minutes ago, now is a ticket to heaven or a sentencing to hell. Arminianism looks good on paper, but bringing it to its logical conclusion is, well, illogical.
2007-08-31 15:26:33 · answer #4 · answered by ccrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Faith and hope are virtues by which we believe in things we cannot see and we look to the fulfillment of things yet unknown. These virtues apply only to man. God knows all and sees all; there is no need for Him to have faith and hope.
Our faith and hope, incidentally, are rooted in Him.
2007-08-31 15:16:14 · answer #5 · answered by kcchaplain 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Among other things, "Love is gentle, Love is kind", etc, etc. ... "And now abides faith, hope and Love, but the greatest of these is Love."
God IS Love.
God doesn't NEED hope, "We hope for what we do not see, but if we see it, it is no longer hope." God knows all and sees all.
Faith? Do you have faith in your arm to turn the lights on when it is dark? God knows Himself and doesn't NEED faith, because God IS faithful.
BUT, God GIVES of Himself to those who call upon Him, and He gives us these things, of which are included faith, hope and love. God can not give what He is not. He does not HAVE these things, He IS these things.
I hope I have not confused the issue.
2007-08-31 15:13:04 · answer #6 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no one above God so who would he have hope and faith in?
2007-08-31 15:10:39 · answer #7 · answered by Reds 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God is God. He doesnt NEED hope and faith. He is the CREATOR< we are the creation. HE speaks and WE respond to what HE says.
2007-08-31 15:11:54 · answer #8 · answered by goinupru 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
god has faith that us his children will eventually do the right things in life, and he hopes that one day us his children will all love him and worship like the true great god he his.
2007-08-31 15:52:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If God is all knowing, how could he be sane - knowing for thousands of years that he would be condemning billions of people; especially when he could have allowed free will without it being about good and evil.
2007-08-31 15:13:58 · answer #10 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋