Comments on: Omniscient + Omnipresent http://www.deTheos.com/2008/02/09/omniscient-omnipresent/ deTheos = but GOD, who is rich in mercy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:59:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jeff http://www.deTheos.com/2008/02/09/omniscient-omnipresent/#comment-9594 Jeff Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:02:03 +0000 http://www.deTheos.com/2008/02/09/omniscient-omnipresent/#comment-9594 Kris, I added the wording "He knows all truth and believes no falsehood. He has not chosen to limit His knowledge" after discussion and defense of my statement in class last week. I wanted to further distance myself from Open Theology (Open Theism), which teaches that God does not have all knowledge, and does in fact believe some (potential) falsehoods, modified by most adherrents to mean that God <em>chose</em> to do so, and it was within His own power. That last caveat is apparently meant to separate God's limited knowledge from His nature and couple it with Creation -- God limited Himself before creating. But on to your statement, you are correct that I should modify it more, since the Son willingly laid aside His divine prerogatives (Phil. 2:5-8) while incarnate. Joyful submission, not inequality, was the paradigm of His earthly life, in my humble opinion. Kris,

I added the wording “He knows all truth and believes no falsehood. He has not chosen to limit His knowledge” after discussion and defense of my statement in class last week. I wanted to further distance myself from Open Theology (Open Theism), which teaches that God does not have all knowledge, and does in fact believe some (potential) falsehoods, modified by most adherrents to mean that God chose to do so, and it was within His own power. That last caveat is apparently meant to separate God’s limited knowledge from His nature and couple it with Creation — God limited Himself before creating.

But on to your statement, you are correct that I should modify it more, since the Son willingly laid aside His divine prerogatives (Phil. 2:5-8) while incarnate. Joyful submission, not inequality, was the paradigm of His earthly life, in my humble opinion.

]]> By: kriszyp http://www.deTheos.com/2008/02/09/omniscient-omnipresent/#comment-9593 kriszyp Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:35:22 +0000 http://www.deTheos.com/2008/02/09/omniscient-omnipresent/#comment-9593 Since this seems to be a subject that you are very interested in... Matt 24:36 seems to suggest that "He has not chosen to limit His knowledge" does not apply to all three of the Godheads eternally without exception. Therefore, how would you define the extent of God's omniscient? Are you statements only in reference to the Father, or Godheads-while-not-in-human-form or is there another way to interpret this verse that I am not aware of? Since this seems to be a subject that you are very interested in… Matt 24:36 seems to suggest that “He has not chosen to limit His knowledge” does not apply to all three of the Godheads eternally without exception. Therefore, how would you define the extent of God’s omniscient? Are you statements only in reference to the Father, or Godheads-while-not-in-human-form or is there another way to interpret this verse that I am not aware of?

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