Omniscient and All-Wise

Omniscient means...

Omniscient means "all-knowing". God knows everything. God knows how everything works because He created it. God knows everything that happens because He is omnipresent. He knows everything that happened in the past and what will happen in the future (because He is outside of time - He sees the past, present, and future as if it were all the present to Him).

How do we know God is omniscient?

The Bible says God's understanding is infinite (Psalms 147:5) and that His knowledge is perfect (Job 37:16). He knows all about us (Psalms 139:1-4).

Wise means...

Wise means showing good discernment and judgment.

How do we know God is wise?

Romans 16:27 calls Him the "only wise God". His wisdom is much higher than ours ( Isaiah 55:8-9, 1 Corinthians 1:25).

What significance does God's omniscience and wisdom have for us?

God knows what is best for us (more than we ourselves). God's working in our lives (and everywhere else) is based on His knowledge of the outcome (and vice versa - He has an outcome He desires and He works in our lives to accomplish it).

When we are in situations where we need wisdom, we can ask God, who is the source of wisdom for He offers it to us (Daniel 2:17-23, James 1:5)

We are not God's experiment where God is trying to gain some sort of additional knowledge. When God allows trials in our lives, God isn't hoping for the best outcome. He already knows what will happen. He knows what we can and can't handle (1 Corinthians 10:13). He allows things to happen for His own purposes.

Therefore, we should trust Him, who already knows our future.

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