[nazerene] *God is Omniscient (all-knowing)
God is Omniscient (all-knowing)
Psalm 147:5 KJV
Great is our
Lord, and of great power:
his
understanding is infinite.
God is omniscient (all-knowing). God
possesses (without prior discovery of facts) complete and universal knowledge of
all things past, present, and future. This includes not only the actual, but
also the possible. This total and immediate knowledge is based on his eternity
(he has always, and will always exist), and his omnipresence (he has been, is,
and will always be everywhere at the same time).*
---
A. W. Tozer has
written:
"God perfectly knows Himself and, being the
source and author of all things, it follows that He knows all that can be known.
And this He knows instantly and with a fullness of perfection that includes
every possible item of knowledge concerning everything that exists or could have
existed anywhere in the universe at any time in the past or that may exist in
the centuries or ages yet unborn. God knows instantly and effortlessly all
matter and all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirit and all spirits, all
beings and every being, all creaturehood, and all creatures, every plurality and
all pluralities, all law and every law, all relations, all causes, all thoughts,
all mysteries, all enigmas, all feeling, all desires, every unuttered secret,
all thrones and dominions, all personalities, all things visible and invisible
in heaven and in earth, motion, space, time, life, death, good, evil, heaven,
and hell." (The Knowledge of the Holy, p.
62)
---
Isaiah 40:13, 14 KJV
Who hath
directed the Spirit of the Lord,
or being
his counselor hath taught him?
With whom took
he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of
judgment,
and taught
him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
Hebrews 4:13 KJV
Neither is there
any creature that is not manifest in his sight:
but all things
are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to
do.
Psalm 104:24 KJV
O Lord, how
manifold are thy works!
In wisdom hast
thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
1. He sees all
things.
Proverbs 15:3 KJV
The eyes of the
Lord are in every place,
beholding
the evil and the good.
2. He knows all things (the big and small
of his universe.
Psalm 147:4 KJV
He telleth
the number of the stars;
he calleth them
all by their names.
Matthew 10:29, 30 KJV
Are not two
sparrows sold for a farthing?
and one of them
shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
But the
very hairs of your head are all numbered.
3. He knows mankind.
a.
Our thoughts.
Psalm 139:2b KJV
"Thou
understandest my thought afar off."
Psalm 44:21 KJV
Shall not God
search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
b.
Our words.
Psalm 139:4 KJV
For there is not
a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it
altogether.
c.
Our deeds (Ps. 139:3; Rev. 2:2, 9, 13, 19; 3:1, 8, 15).
Psa 139:2-3 KJV
Thou knowest my
downsitting and mine uprising,
thou
understandest my thought afar off.
{3} Thou
compassest my path and my lying down,
and art
acquainted with all my ways.
Rev 2:2-3 KJV
I
[Jesus] know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience,
and how thou
canst not bear them which are evil:
and thou hast
tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
{3} And hast
borne, and hast patience,
and for my
name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
d.
Our sorrows.
Exodus 3:7 KJV
And the Lord
said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt,
and have heard
their cry by reason of their taskmasters;
for I know their
sorrows."
e.
Our needs.
Mat 6:31-32 KJV
Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or, What shall we
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(32) (For after all these things do the
Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things.
f. Our
devotion.
2 Chronicles 16:9a KJV
"For the
eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole
earth,
to shew
himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
1Pe
3:12
KJV
For
the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and his ears are
open
unto their prayers:
but
the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
g.
Our frailties.
Psa 103:13-14 KJV
Like as a father
pitieth{H=has parental compassion on] them that fear him.
(14) For he knoweth our frame; he
remembereth that we are dust.
h.
Our foolishness.
Psalm 69:5 KJV
O God,
thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from
thee.
i. He
knows his own.
John 10:14 KJV
I am the good
shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
2 Timothy 2:19 KJV
Nevertheless the
foundation of God standeth sure,
having this
seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.
And, Let every
o
[nazerene] *God is Omniscient (all-knowing)
God is Omniscient (all-knowing)
Psalm 147:5 KJV
Great is our
Lord, and of great power:
his
understanding is infinite.
God is omniscient (all-knowing). God
possesses (without prior discovery of facts) complete and universal knowledge of
all things past, present, and future. This includes not only the actual, but
also the possible. This total and immediate knowledge is based on his eternity
(he has always, and will always exist), and his omnipresence (he has been, is,
and will always be everywhere at the same time).*
---
A. W. Tozer has
written:
"God perfectly knows Himself and, being the
source and author of all things, it follows that He knows all that can be known.
And this He knows instantly and with a fullness of perfection that includes
every possible item of knowledge concerning everything that exists or could have
existed anywhere in the universe at any time in the past or that may exist in
the centuries or ages yet unborn. God knows instantly and effortlessly all
matter and all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirit and all spirits, all
beings and every being, all creaturehood, and all creatures, every plurality and
all pluralities, all law and every law, all relations, all causes, all thoughts,
all mysteries, all enigmas, all feeling, all desires, every unuttered secret,
all thrones and dominions, all personalities, all things visible and invisible
in heaven and in earth, motion, space, time, life, death, good, evil, heaven,
and hell." (The Knowledge of the Holy, p.
62)
---
Isaiah 40:13, 14 KJV
Who hath
directed the Spirit of the Lord,
or being
his counselor hath taught him?
With whom took
he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of
judgment,
and taught
him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
Hebrews 4:13 KJV
Neither is there
any creature that is not manifest in his sight:
but all things
are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to
do.
Psalm 104:24 KJV
O Lord, how
manifold are thy works!
In wisdom hast
thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
1. He sees all
things.
Proverbs 15:3 KJV
The eyes of the
Lord are in every place,
beholding
the evil and the good.
2. He knows all things (the big and small
of his universe.
Psalm 147:4 KJV
He telleth
the number of the stars;
he calleth them
all by their names.
Matthew 10:29, 30 KJV
Are not two
sparrows sold for a farthing?
and one of them
shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
But the
very hairs of your head are all numbered.
3. He knows mankind.
a.
Our thoughts.
Psalm 139:2b KJV
"Thou
understandest my thought afar off."
Psalm 44:21 KJV
Shall not God
search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
b.
Our words.
Psalm 139:4 KJV
For there is not
a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it
altogether.
c.
Our deeds (Ps. 139:3; Rev. 2:2, 9, 13, 19; 3:1, 8, 15).
Psa 139:2-3 KJV
Thou knowest my
downsitting and mine uprising,
thou
understandest my thought afar off.
{3} Thou
compassest my path and my lying down,
and art
acquainted with all my ways.
Rev 2:2-3 KJV
I
[Jesus] know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience,
and how thou
canst not bear them which are evil:
and thou hast
tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
{3} And hast
borne, and hast patience,
and for my
name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
d.
Our sorrows.
Exodus 3:7 KJV
And the Lord
said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt,
and have heard
their cry by reason of their taskmasters;
for I know their
sorrows."
e.
Our needs.
Mat 6:31-32 KJV
Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or, What shall we
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(32) (For after all these things do the
Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things.
f. Our
devotion.
2 Chronicles 16:9a KJV
"For the
eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole
earth,
to shew
himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
1Pe
3:12
KJV
For
the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and his ears are
open
unto their prayers:
but
the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
g.
Our frailties.
Psa 103:13-14 KJV
Like as a father
pitieth{H=has parental compassion on] them that fear him.
(14) For he knoweth our frame; he
remembereth that we are dust.
h.
Our foolishness.
Psalm 69:5 KJV
O God,
thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from
thee.
i. He
knows his own.
John 10:14 KJV
I am the good
shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
2 Timothy 2:19 KJV
Nevertheless the
foundation of God standeth sure,
having this
seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.
And, Let every
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