There is no "omniscient" in the Bible but the Bible tells us that God knoweth all things.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 1 Jn. 3:20 KJV
Bibitinin ko sana ang 1 John 3:20 para kay kapatid na docelmo, pero nilabas mo agad sir...
nawala tuloy yung step-by-step approach ko...
1 John 3:20 must be read in context with verses 16-23:
16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. 22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. (1 John 3:16-23)The topic is love in deed and in truth that we know in our hearts.
If you fail to help your fellowman, you do not have real love. Love in truth means not just love in words, but with action and in truth. We know our love is true because love is in our heart (conscience). And if we have true love for our fellowman, we are confident before God because God knows what is in our heart.
Verse 20:
20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. If in our heart we do not have true love for fellowman, God will know. We know what is in our own hearts. And since God is greater that our hearts, God would also know. Why? Because God knows all things that are in our hearts.
Verse 21:
21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. It's still about what is in our heart, not about what is not yet in our heart.
Does God know the things that are not yet in our heart? No.
But once it is in our heart, does God know everything that is in our heart? Yes.
That's what the verse is about. It is not about omniscience that includes things that violate free will.
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God knows what we are doing in secret. He knows what we are thinking in secret. But He does not know what we are not yet thinking.
Therefore, God does not know what we have not yet decided. Why not? Because if God knew what we will decide even before we decide it, then we cannot say that we have free will.
The story of Abraham and Isaac will not make sense any other way:
The story would be perfectly clear if you recognize that, contrary to popular belief, God is not omniscient; otherwise, the story would not make any sense.
The Genesis story of Abraham and Isaac is one proof that God is not omniscient regarding matters concerning human free will.
To test Abraham, God commanded him to slay his only son Issac as an offering. As Abraham was about to slay his son with a knife, God said to Abraham through an angel:
Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. (Gen. 22:12)
God did not say that He knew what Abraham was going to do even before he was tested. God said "now I know", meaning that God knew only at that moment, not beforehand.
How did God know? Because God is omniscient?
No. God knew only when He saw that Abraham was ready to slay his son.
And that is why we are on this earth. We are here to be tested, in order to find out if we are worthy to be with God in heaven. Why does God have to test us to find out if we should be in heaven or in hell? Because God is not omniscient.
When God ordered Abraham to slay his son Isaac, Abraham decided to obey. Did God know that Abraham decided to obey? Yes, because God knows everything in his heart. But that decision was made before Abraham actually carried it out to completion.
Did God know whether Abraham would change his mind and back out later at the last moment, when he's actually holding a knife to his own son? No, that's why Abraham had to undergo an actual test.