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The All-Knowing God: Comfort in His Omniscience
Summary: This sermon explores the theme of God's omniscience, highlighting His complete and perfect knowledge of all things, including our thoughts, fears, and lives.
Application: Understanding God's omniscience can bring comfort and assurance to Christians who struggle with uncertainty about their future or feel alone in their thoughts and hardships. It reassures us that we are seen fully by God, prompting us to seek His wisdom and guidance in all aspects of our lives.
Teaching: This sermon teaches that God's omniscience is not just about His ability to know all things but also about His desire to be intimately involved in our lives. It emphasizes that we can trust in His knowledge and goodness, providing a foundation for our faith and decisions.
How this passage could point to Christ: In the context of Scripture, the omniscience of God points to the nature of Christ as the Word made flesh, who possesses all knowledge and wisdom. It reveals how Christ understands our struggles and provides the ultimate answer to our quest for truth and understanding.
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Recommended Study: Consider studying Biblical instances where God's omniscience is highlighted and how it shapes the understanding of His character. Delve into key passages such as
Psalm 139
,
Hebrews 4:13
, and
1 John 3:20
. Utilize Logos to explore commentaries that discuss the implications of God's knowing all things, and how this relates to human experience and divine sovereignty.
1. Perception: God Knows Us
Psalm 139:1-6
You could discuss how
Psalm 139
exhibits God's complete knowledge of us, emphasizing that He knows our actions and thoughts before they occur. This realization can bring comfort to believers, reinforcing the truth that nothing in our lives is hidden from God. This groundwork helps us trust God's care and guidance, reassuring us that He is intimately involved in our journeys.
2. Presence: God Is With Us
Psalm 139:7-12
Perhaps ponder on the impossibility of fleeing from God’s presence as highlighted in these verses. God's omniscience is coupled with His constant presence, reminding us that He is with us in every circumstance. This continual presence can empower us to face challenges, knowing we are never alone and always under His watchful eye.
3. Purpose: God Created Us
Psalm 139:13-18
Maybe emphasize God's role in our creation, reflecting on His profound understanding of our being. These verses underscore His intimate involvement in crafting our lives, demonstrating His purpose and care. This knowledge calls us to praise and rely on Him, assured that He knows the very depths of our existence and has ordained our days for our good.
4. Plea: God Searches Us
Psalm 139:19-24
You could explore how David's reaction to God's omniscience is a plea for righteousness. He seeks God’s examination of his heart, desiring to align more closely with Him. This application encourages us to invite God’s scrutiny and guidance in our lives, leaning on His perfect knowledge to lead us away from harmful paths and toward eternal truth.
In an ultimate and absolute sense you and I simply cannot reconcile God’s omniscience and foreknowledge and sovereignty with this fact of prayer that we find so clearly taught in Scripture.
Life in God, 116
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Welsh Preacher and Writer)
Omniscience
207 There is not a desire that arises in thy soul, but the Lord takes notice of it.
Thomas Brooks
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ (1655)
Thomas Brooks
I want to go to the store
For an unsaved person this powerful, pervasive knowledge seems intrusive and frightening, and with good reason. God is the end-time judge with whom we must reckon. Strikingly, the response of the psalmist is not fear. He is not trembling when he thinks of God’s omniscience. On the contrary, he shelters himself in God’s knowledge and marvels at it. For the psalmist, God’s knowledge is not a threat; it is a refuge.
James Montgomery Boice
God’s omniscience is a necessary condition for complete sovereignty, for if God does not know for sure everything that will happen in advance, then He cannot be sure how free creatures will use their free will.
Norman Geisler
