"Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite" (Psalm 147:5).
"The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the evil and the good" (Proverbs 15:3).
"And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do" (Hebrews 4:13).
Sam Storms, an author and pastor of Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, writes the following about an aspect of God's omniscience in contrast with human knowledge:
God's knowledge is simultaneous, not successive -- He sees things at once and in their totality, whereas we know only as the objects of knowledge are brought before us, one bit after another. With God the act of perception is complete and instantaneous. God thinks about all things at once."The Lord knows everything there is to know," as the Praise Factory curriculum we use with our church's younger children testifies.
Omniscience is only one attribute of the God whose many attributes are all perfect at the same time. May we gather Sunday considering the greatness of the God we will worship together.
Nice! Just heard a sermon from Shai Linne on this very subject. He said something to the effect of "Omniscience shouldn't cause us to be afraid, but should be a great source of comfort for the believer."
ReplyDeleteThanks, Erik. Is that from a recent sermon he preached at Capitol Hill BC on Psalm 139? I plan to read Psalm 139:1-4 on God's omniscience as part of corporate worship tomorrow.
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