God's Omniscience
He knew and knows all that will happen to humanity
- Since before creation, God knew all of us would be gathered together tonight to praise and worship him.
- God created Adam and Eve knowing that they would sin. They freely chose to sin; yet God always knew they would. How this can be is a mystery of our faith. Yet God already had his perfect plan for our redemption in Jesus. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit were present at creation. All knew that we would sin and turn away from God, yet God created, Jesus was willing to obey the Father and come to earth to set us free, and the Holy Spirit is with us today to reveal these truths to each one of us.
- Remember that all of God's attributes are one. God is all-knowing - God's knowledge is one with his love, mercy, power and wisdom - all are at work in each one of us. This should be such a consolation to us because we can be confident that he works everything that happens to us to our good, just as he did with the Fall.
- Think about Joseph being sold into slavery so that Jacob and his family would be saved during the famine. After all Joseph had been through, he said to his brothers, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." Gen 50: 19-20.
- Remember Haman's plans to kill all the Jews in a single day, and how God intervened as a result of Esther's prayers and fasting. Esther 4:25 (NAB) - "Save us by your power, and help me, who am alone and have no one but you, O Lord. You know all things…"
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