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Rather, I'm trying to go the scope of the thread: How much does God know before we do it and 'how' does He know it? I John 3:20 "God who is greater than our hearts, knows all things." Omniscience? Something like? How restricted? You said not until after we do something. How...

How? Like you know me? How well do you know me? How do you 'know?' Aren't we intimating at guesswork as such, at best?

It is a concordance given. Even 'if' you saw it as 'now,' how did God know even then? We rather are well-aware that God who is greater than our hearts, knows our hearts that you, yourself gave in thread. No? The Septuagint uses νῦν which also isn't exactly 'now' by necessity, but also...

Meh! At a certain point in my theology, the ideas of panentheism looked to coincide with my beliefs. Reading your links and further, especially this one, has to have me eschewing the term altogether. While I have identified, the term used at large, is heretical and cannot jive with...

"in" Him we live and move and have our being. I'm not going to rewrite scriptures. They will inform me rather. Understood. Guilty by association? While I don't mind early dismissal, I do want to get homework done. Does panentheism entail divergence? Yes. As such I may eschew...

Except observe doesn't convey the same meaning in English and is well within the Hebrew meaning. One might argue that 'observe' IS 'to see!' I agree, but we use 'to see' as a colloquialism 'to find out.' So out the gates, no longer does one read 'to see' as simply observing: we've loaded...

Sadly, I'm that guy. Attah (Hebrew) doesn't unerringly mean 'now I know! (now) as the only translation word.' Rather, like most Hebrew words, it has a broader meanings. "Since" I know, for example. Did a translator mean to intimate that God could not know the heart? We've pitted...

Use your concordance on 'to see.' We don't want to extrapolate too far what English tells us. "To approve, to validate," etc. are well within the scope here. We don't want to proof-text our theology from not grasping the full meaning of any one word, without scrutiny. "Before a word...

Again, I likely know more about alchemy than you do and it ain't much. It was a very honest question! That you didn't? 🤔 Ah, a bible hater I see...no wonder alchemy became your authority 💫 Again, I likely know more about alchemy than you do, and it ain't much. It's a bold assertion...

Are you sure? Crowd vs crowds. What significant difference? Do you catch any? Would you really be confused if I said either??? :nono: (1 Corinthians 1:18 NKJV) (18) For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the...

"Exists within God" is nebulous. God isn't physical. Scripture does say, in an ontological sense, this: Colossians 1:16-20 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or [a]principalities or [b]powers...

Reread. Panentheism is the title of both articles I included, or was there another link someone gave?

Pantheism isn't the topic here, but rather pan-en-theism. Clete, note from the previous link that there is much controversy over the term and usage, especially, especially between Christians and Greeks as per the second link. My embrace is only so far as we are in God and He in us...

We are informed by scriptures. The Bereans were more noble because they searched if these things were true. Such requires making proper sense of the text. Agree. A very good biblical hermenuetic. This however conflates contextual understanding. I do go back and re-ask questions...

Pantheism, not pan-en-theism. Not panentheism, pantheism. See here on the difference Needs more study, there is a confusion addressed that is mostly against pantheism, not panentheism here. 1 Corinthians 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself...

Starting with a simple verse: Revelation 16:17 Rev 16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty (παντοκράτωρ), true and righteous are thy judgments. Almighty Pas (all - omni in English) and κράτος (Dominion, power, and sovereignty - Potent). If we...

I don't isolate the book. To me, that is a bit too far the other direction. When I've read Samuel, this is what I've recognized. Granted a minor disagreement. It is a thought. If so, that will be okay. At present I don't see it but it has good points to consider and has helped hone what...

He was saying the problem of prayer was thousands of opposing prayers. My point: Nobody prays for cancer to take someone, thus all/most prayer is in accord. I believe his point was that God hears opposing prayers and I was saying that it seems a faulty premise. Thanks for asking.

🆙 "Dang it!" (I tried, failed - was trying to intimate that all we are is 'created.' How do I know this? What 'can' be put there that God didn't intend? Note that it is my position that sin is an absence and breaking. We certainly are different than intent from Genesis givens. Sin is...

Agree. The Wheat/Tares analogy is where my mind went back: Matthew 13:28 ...He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30...