Defenders Podcast Defenders: Doctrine of God: Attributes of God (Part 13): Systematic Study of God’s Omniscience
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Feb 9, 2022 Dive into the profound nature of God's omniscience and His comprehensive understanding of all things. Explore the contrast between divine and human knowledge, and how self-awareness shapes our identity. Historical examples highlight cognitive excellence and the boundaries of artificial intelligence compared to God's understanding. Discover the impact of sin on our relationship with the divine and the quest for true self-knowledge. This insightful discussion leaves listeners pondering the extraordinary grandeur of divine intellect.
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God Knows Counterfactual Outcomes
- God knows not only actual events but what would happen under different circumstances.
- 1 Samuel 23:1–8 shows God answering David about hypothetical outcomes if David stayed in Keilah, illustrating knowledge of counterfactuals.
Miraculous Catch Demonstrates True Subjunctives
- John 21:6 records Jesus telling the disciples to cast the net on the right side and they will find fish.
- This is a deliberative subjunctive where the antecedent became true and Jesus' knowledge of the outcome was confirmed by their obedience.
Omniscience Defined As Knowing All Truths
- Omniscience is defined as knowing only and all truths, i.e., for any true proposition P, God knows P and does not believe not-P.
- This covers past, present, future truths and even what we'd do under different circumstances.