Omniscience.

Questions: Ever had to study? Ever had to prep for an exam? Ever had to memorize?

Sure, we all have. Why? In order to pass, in order to succeed, in order to learn.

Here’s a key distinction between God and us: God never learns anything. Why? Because he is omniscient/all-knowing.

Text: This morning I was completing the reading of 1 Chronicles in the Old Testament. Near the end of 1 Chronicles, I read this as part of the context: ” . . . for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought” (1 Ch 28:9b).

Let that sink in.

The Lord knows everything about you, about me, about his cosmos, about the future, about the past, about the end, about today’s headlines, tomorrow’s headlines, and every headline. He does not wake up one day and go, “Oops!” or “Let’s see how the cosmos is running today.”

Teaching/encouragement: Christian theology, like the Bible itself, teaches that God is all-knowing/omniscient. If there is no all-knowing/omniscient God sovereign over all things, then we are of all creatures most to be pitied, because that would entail utter lostness and purposelessness. That is why Scripture attests, “The fool says in his heart, “There is no God” (Ps 14:1).